CRI听力:Diamond Price Facing Price Hikes

短语讲解：

1. When you come to the shopping centers in Beijing, you find a lot of customers are gathering at the diamond counters.

come to来到(某地)；参加(某活动)
例句：As he came to a bridge, he heard a truck approaching.
在他来到一座桥头时，他听见一辆卡车驶来。

2. Spurred by the demand from emerging markets like China, India and Brazil, diamond prices have shot up by 33 percent globally within the first six months of this year.

shoot up迅速成长
例句：The plants are just shooting up.
作物迅速生长。

3. During recent years, domestic diamond consumption mainly focused on diamonds sized at 0.5, 0.75 and one carat.

focus on集中于
例句：He focused his mind on his lessons.
他把心思集中在功课上。

4. "I've recently spent 12 million yuan buying some colored diamonds and some smaller ones mainly aiming for investment."

aim for计划, 打算
例句：She was aiming for the top in her career.
她立志攀登事业的顶峰。

5. The frenzy of investments in the market has driven many companies in diamond trade to stock the valuable stones, waiting for the peak moment to gain highest profit.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：He is waiting for something good to turn up.
他正期待着情况好转。

6. The market at the same time, has also attracted some companies from other industries.

at the same time同时; 一起
例句：The ceremony was performed at the same time in nineteen other countries. 
这一仪式同时在十九个其它国家举行。 

7. We also want to use our open platform to help develop business in this area and help them to achieve more in the future.

in the future 今后, 将来
例句：He does not care in the least what will happen in the future.
他对以后发生什么事一点也不在乎。

8. However, even though China has become the second largest diamond consumer in the world, the country has no influence on the original diamond price setting globally.

even though即使, 纵然
例句：He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.
尽管他经验最少, 但教得最好。

9. Wang Yong says the three major diamond producers like the De Beers Group together with the major wholesalers normally set the global prices.

together with和…一同, 连同…
例句：They, together with my father, have gone to Washington.
他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

10. Plus, China has only one out of the 120 global diamond wholesalers in the market, which means China has weak position in deciding on the prices.

decide on就…做出决定, 决定要
例句：He has decided on where to go.
他已经决定去哪儿。

11. As a result, Chinese diamond sellers have found great risks in making speculative investment on diamonds. If the whole market faces challenges, individual customers face huge threats.

as a result结果, 因此
例句：There was a substantial growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.
由于工业的大发展, 对外贸易也发展了。

12. Plus, market insiders remind investors that it's not easy to sell diamonds for cash in the domestic market due to an immature trading environment compared to the western countries.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。