CRI听力:China Hikes Power Prices to Ease Power Shortages

短语讲解：

1. It also comes at a time when many of China's power-generating companies are in the red because of continued increases in coal prices.

because of因为, 由于
例句：It was because of the job that he had taken the flat.
他因为工作的原因租了那套公寓。

2. The financial losses have resulted in a power shortage, which has been brought about by the coal shortage.

result in导致,结果是
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。
bring about造成, 引起〔导致〕(某事)
例句：Science has brought about many changes in our lives.
科学为我们生活带来很大变化。

3. Now the fuel costs of Chinese power plants take up 70 percent of the total, while they are only 30 to 40 percent for U.S. companies.

take up占去
例句：This thing takes up all my attention.
这件事占用我所有的注意力。

4. The top 5 percent of consumers will be charged the highest price, as their power consumption accounts for 24 percent of total residential consumption.

account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。

5. In the long run, China should boost supplies and transportation of thermal coal and strengthen supervision of price changes to ensure a more stabilized coal market.

in the long run从长远来看, 终究
例句：In the long run prices are bound to rise.
从长远看, 物价肯定要涨。