亚洲消费者购物热情减退_BEC初级作文

亚洲消费者购物热情减退

司徒志仁说，利华成衣最初几乎完全依靠来自欧美的需求。然而过去几年，包括香港和台湾在内的大中华区弥补了发达国家需求不足的状况。他说，如今，中国的零售商放慢了开设新店的速度，或者是销售增长略有放缓，同时还存在库存过多的问题。

In South Korea, where the economy hinges on trade, consumers are downright moribund. Department-store sales and auto sales are shrinking. Home prices are starting to fall. The government has reacted with a raft of measures to support consumers, including easier terms on home loans. There also is talk of a major stimulus package.

在经济严重依赖贸易的韩国，消费完全停滞不前。百货公司的销售和汽车销量都在缩水。房地产价格已经开始下降。政府采取了大量措施刺激消费，包括放宽对购房贷款的限制。推出一项大规模一揽子刺激方案的讨论也浮出水面。

While Korea's car makers are managing to turn a profit selling Hyundais and Kias in the U.S, at home, sales are contracting.

就在韩国的汽车制造商在美国销售现代(Hyundai)汽车和起亚(Kia)汽车刚开始盈利的当口，国内销量却正在下降。

'Vacation season and holidays are times when we used to make good sales, but not now,' says Park Jong-moon, manager at a Hyundai dealership in eastern Seoul. 'The economy is not doing well. Customers with money can buy cars and other things but, since many have bank loans and debts, they don't have money to spend.'