【原】撸串的季节，啤酒销量竟然下滑了！英语读头条（第57期）

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Global beer sales drying up, says report

报道说，全球啤酒销量持续下滑

People are drinking fewer alcoholic drinks,according to a new industry report tracking consumption worldwide.

根据最新的行业内对全球消费追踪报告说，人们越来越少的饮用酒精饮品了。

Beer sales continued to slide last year andthe trend towards cider sipping stalled.

啤酒的销售量延续去年的趋势持续下滑，饮用苹果酒的趋势停止增长。

The global market for all alcoholic drinkscontracted 1.3% in 2016, driven by a 1.8% fall in beer sales, the InternationalWine and Spirits Record (IWSR) found.

据国际葡萄酒及烈酒研究机构(IWSR)报告说，由于啤酒销量降低了1.8%，导致全球酒精饮品市场在2016年缩减了1.3%。

Cider sales went in reverse, down 1.5%after several years of growth.

The overall contraction of internationalalcohol sales is far greater than the average dip of 0.3% in the previous fiveyears.

苹果酒销售逆转，在连续几年的增长后下降了1.5%。全世界酒类销量的缩减的比例远大于前五年的平均下降率0.3%。

The IWSR market report for 2016 foundglobal wine sales to be relatively flat, down 0.1% and spirits consumption grew0.3%.

国际葡萄酒及烈酒研究机构(IWSR)的2016年市场报告显示，葡萄酒的销量相对持平，只下降了0.1%，而烈性酒的消费则升高了0.3%。

UK gin makers could be boosted as theso-called gin revival continued, with sales of the iconic British tipple up3.7% globally.

英国金酒制造商得到所谓的金酒复兴的推动，其标志性的英式烈酒在全球的销量提升了3.7%。

Although global GDP increased 3.5% in 2016,according to the IMF, and economic growth usually correlates with increasedalcohol consumption several major economies, China, Russia and Brazil all facedan economic slowdown or recession.

虽然，根据国际货币基金组织的数据显示，2016年全球GDP的增长上升了3.5%，在一些主要经济地区，经济的增长却是与酒类销量相挂钩的，中国、俄罗斯和巴西却都面临着经济减缓或衰退。

Beer sales in China fell 4.2%, were down5.3% in Brazil and dipped 7.8% in Russia.

啤酒销量在中国下降了4.2%，在巴西下降了5.3%，在俄罗斯则下降了7.8%。

重点单词

beer ：啤酒，

wine : 葡萄酒;

cider ：苹果汁; 苹果酒;

alcohol : 乙醇，酒精; 含酒精的饮料;

consumption : 消费;

sales : 销售额; 销售

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