跟读练习: Cocoa Smuggling Increases in West Africa - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer and exporter of the cocoa bean.
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But people have been illegally transporting or smuggling cocoa beans between Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana for many years.
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Ivorian growers smuggled their cocoa beans into Ghana because prices were higher and more dependable there.
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But that has changed.
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Ghanaian money lost value recently,
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while Ivory Coast has become more secure after a period of unrest.
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Now, Ghanaian farmers are smuggling their beans into Ivory Coast,
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where they get a better price.
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The government in Ivory Coast has set a price for cocoa beans.
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It hopes that will help keep the beans in the country.
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At the same time, Ghana's money has dropped in value against the dollar by more than percent.
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This has caused a loss of profits for the country's cocoa growers.
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They can make more money if they smuggle their crop to Ivory Coast.
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Ghanaian farmers who do not send their cocoa beans to Ivory Coast
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are urging the government to keep other farmers from doing so.
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One way to slow the smuggling would be to increase the price of cocoa in Ghana.
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But Ghana has a budget deficit,
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so it does not have the money to support such a move.
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These beans are needed to make chocolate.
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Ivory Coast, Ghana and other West African countries together produce more than 65 percent of the world's cocoa crop.
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Industry experts estimate that up to 100,000 tons of beans have been smuggled into Ivory Coast from Ghana since last October.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.
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在来自美国之音（VOA）学习英语的农业报告中，我们了解到科特迪瓦是全球最大的可可豆生产和出口国。然而，多年来，科特迪瓦与邻国加纳之间的可可豆走私现象一直存在。因加纳的价格较高且更加稳定，科特迪瓦的种植者开始走私他们的可可豆。但是，形势发生了变化。由于加纳货币最近贬值，而科特迪瓦在经历了一段动荡后变得更加安全，现在，加纳的农民开始将他们的可可豆走私到科特迪瓦，以获得更好的价格。科特迪瓦政府设定了可可豆的价格，期望通过此举来留住国内的可可豆。
日常交流的五个常用短语
- “价格上涨” - 这强调了市场价格的变化。
- “走私现象” - 描述了非法活动。
- “货币贬值” - 说明货币价值下降带来的影响。
- “农民的利益” - 指农民在市场变动中的财务考虑。
- “国际可可市场” - 展现可可行业的全球视角。
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