Friday, March 4, 2011

keep inflation to within ...%

「インフレ率を〜%内に抑える」

BBCの記事、'China's Premier Wen Jiabao targets "social stability"'から。

'Mr Wen has been addressing about 3,000 delegates to open the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

He says the government aims to keep inflation to within 4% and hit economic growth of 8%.

Mr Wen accepted that uneven economic development was a "serious problem".

The focus on social stability was echoed in an editorial in the Communist Party-run Beijing Daily that coincided with the opening of the Congress and which warned against any Middle East-inspired pro-democracy protests.

The speech is the most important of the year delivered by a Chinese politician, correspondents say, similar in status to the State of the Union address in the US.

"Recently, prices have risen fairly quickly and inflation expectations have increased," Mr Wen says.

"This problem concerns the people's well-being, bears on overall interests and affects social stability. We must, therefore, make it our top priority in macroeconomic control to keep overall price levels stable."

Inflation in China is at 4.9%, and has continued to accelerate despite three recent interest rate hikes. Analysts say it has yet to peak.'

Thursday, March 3, 2011

mogul

「大御所」

The Ageの記事、'Spielberg to call action on WikiLeaks film'から。

'HOLLYWOOD film mogul Steven Spielberg has bought the rights to the story of the WikiLeaks saga, The Guardian newspaper reported.

The Guardian was one of five media outlets used by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to publicise the thousands of classified US documents relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and diplomatic cables.

Reportedly conceived as an investigative thriller, the film will be backed by DreamWorks - the studio founded in 1994 by Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.'

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

uncap

「~のキャップ[ふた・帽子]を取る、暴露する」

The Australia 'Minister Chris Evans warns universities ahead of uncapping'

'AHEAD of sweeping changes to uncap the supply of government university places next year, Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans is warning universities to keep growth "sustainable" and ensure quality isn't sacrificed.

Senator Evans will tell vice-chancellors that the budget environment is tight and that the new student-demand-driven system will punish universities that let quality slip.

"We support growth in higher education, but that growth must be sustainable," Senator Evans says in a speech to be delivered to the Universities Australia conference in Canberra today.

"That means maintaining an attention to quality and accepting that students have the right to make choices based on open, transparent information.

"Like students, I too will be asking questions about the value for money the commonwealth is getting from the range of programs that we have in place to support higher education," he says.'

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

go on sale

「発売される」

基本的な表現ですが、よく使うのでここでおさらい。

BBCの記事、'Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream seized for safety tests'から。

'Ice cream made from breast milk has been removed from a central London restaurant on health grounds following complaints by members of the public.

The dessert, called Baby Gaga, went on sale at ice cream parlour Icecreamists in Covent Garden in February.

But Westminster Council officers removed the product to make sure it was "fit for human consumption".

Icecreamist founder Matt O'Connor said the donor was medically screened and the milk mixture was pasteurised.'

pasteurised 殺菌された