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This is the Economics Report from VOA Learning English.
India is hoping its economy will improve. In the last two years, economic growth dropped to its lowest levels in ten years. But there are few signs that the economy could return to the high growth rates that once made India one of the world's fastest growing economies.
An Indian vegetable vendor counts rupees at a vegetable wholesale market in Allahabad, India, Nov. 21, 2013.
Gurdet Singh grows crops on about 40 hectares of fertile land in northern Punjab state, the area is financially successful because of farming. Mr Singh says, he plans to buy a new and bigger tractor to make his work easier. Mr Singh is so successful that he hopes to buy a car after he pays the loans for his new tractor.
India's automobile manufacturers have suffered severe financial problems during the past two years. Industry officials are hoping that people like Mr Singh and others in rural areas will begin buying cars again.
Vishnu Mathur is the head of the Society of Automobile Manufactures of India. He says there is weak demand in urban areas for passenger cars, but he says economic gains in India's rural areas could help car makers.
Good feelings about the car industry may be a sign that the worst could be over for the Indian economy. Experts believe the economy will grow less than five percent when the 2013 fiscal year ends in March, but they say the country's agricultural industry will show better growth.
The Indian currency - the rupee lost more than 20 percent of its value compared to the dollar last year, that should help India's exports which are increasing.
Rafique Ahmed is the head of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations. He says exports are growing because the devalued rupee and better global economic conditions.
While growth is widely expected to increase, economists say it is unlikely to reach levels seen in 2011 for example, when growth was nine percent.
Economists say confidence among investors, both in India and in other countries must return before the Indian economy can improve.
Private investment has slowed because investors are concerned by the lack of reform in government barriers to business. Many investors and businesses are waiting to see whom voters would choose to led the country in national elections to be held by May. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said growth will increase to more than six percent in 2014.
And that's the Economics Report. For more stories about economics, go to our website, learningenglish.voanews.com. I'm Mario Ritter.
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词汇解释
1.hectare n. 公顷（等于1万平方米）
A hectare is equal to 15 mu.
1公顷合15市亩。
2.tractor n. 拖拉机；牵引机
The tractor hauled the fertilizer away.
拖拉机把肥料拉走了。
3.devalue vt. 使贬值；降低…的价值 vi. 贬值
Let's not devalue her work unjustly.
我们不要不公正地贬低她的工作。
内容解析
1.The Indian currency - the rupee lost more than 20 percent of its value compared to the dollar last year
compared to 与…相比
The atomic structure is often compared to a miniature solar system.
原子结构时常被比喻为微型太阳系。
A teacher's work is often compared to a candle.
教师的工作常被比作蜡烛。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
印度希望改善其经济状况，在过去两年间，经济增长率下降到10年来最低点。但鲜有迹象表明，印度经济能回到一度使印度成为全世界发展最快经济体的发展速度。
Gurdet Singh在北部旁遮普邦种了40多公顷肥沃的土地，农业使该地区经济发展不错。Singh说他计划购买一辆新的大型拖拉机来帮助生产，Singh的经营很成功，他希望能在支付完新拖拉机后购买一辆汽车。
过去两年间印度的汽车制造业经受了严重的经济问题，印度官员希望Singh这样农村地区的人能再次买得起汽车。
Vishnu Mathur是印度汽车制造业协会主席，他说城市地区对乘用车的需求不振，但他说印度农村地区的经济发展能帮助到汽车市场。
对汽车业的看好可能意味着印度经济最糟糕的时候已经过去，专家认为3月份2013年财年结束时经济增速将不到5%，但他们说该国的农业将快速发展。
去年印度的货币卢比对美元贬值了20%以上，这可能会促进印度正在增长的出口。
Rafique Ahmed是印度出口组织联合会负责人，他说路币贬值和更好的全球经济状况使得出口增长。
尽管一般都预料增长速度会提高，但经济学家称不大可能达到2011年的增速，当时的速度为9%。
经济学家说印度和其他国家投资者的信心将在印度经济改善之前回归。
由于投资者担心对企业的政府壁垒缺少改革，私人投资放缓。许多投资者和企业正在观望，看5月份的全国大选中选民会选出谁来领导本国。财长奇丹巴拉姆表示2014年增长率将达到6%以上。
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