中国蔬菜价格受到天气影响

Food prices were a major driver of May's high CPI figure. Vegetable prices, in particular, have been on the climb as severe weather affects their production in southern China. 
食品价格是5月份高CPI的一个主要动力。由于中国南方的产品受到恶劣天气的影响，尤其是蔬菜价格，已经持续上涨。

At a wholesale vegetable market in Beijing, one manager says his costs have soared, as the products need to be transported in cool containers during the hot summer weather. That, in turn, drives up his, and others, vegetable prices. Meanwhile, uNPRedictable weather has also caused recent volatility in prices.
北京一个蔬菜批发市场，一名经理说他的成本已经猛增，因为夏天天气太热，这些产品都要装在冷却箱里进行运输。这样反过来就提升了他和其他人的蔬菜价格。同时，易变的天气也造成最近价格的波动。

Liu Tong, Beijing Xinfadi Wholesale Market, said, "For example, farmers in Zhangjiakou couldn't harvest vegetables due to heavy hail, so the supply falls short the next day. Then the price increases. But if it's a light rain, a significant supply of vegetables will flood the market, and the price drops significantly."
北京新发地批发市场的刘通说：“例如，由于严重的冰雹，张家口农民的蔬菜不能得到丰收，所以接下来的日子，蔬菜供应就会减少。然后价格上涨。但是如果只是下小雨，那么就会有大量的蔬菜供应涌向市场，使价格明显下降。”

Relying on other production bases hasn't been an option either. The severe weather in China's southern region has put pressure on vegetable supplies there.
依靠其他生产基地也还是没用。中国南部地区的恶劣天气对该地区的蔬菜供给造成压力。

Professor Zhu Xinkai, said, "Looking at the bigger picture, the prices of agricultural products won't have big impact on national prices. But that's on the condition there's no natural disasters. If the current drought or flood continues for months, the prices of agricultural products like food will be impacted greatly."
朱新凯教授说：“看看更广的形势，农产品价格对整个国家价格不会造成严重影响。但那是以没有自然灾害为前提。如果目前的旱灾或水灾持续几个月，那么像食品这些农产品的价格就会受到巨大的影响。”

Meanwhile, farmers in China's eastern Shandong Province say the prices of vegetables they sell to southern provinces have increased a little. Analysts say there's room for prices to rise even further.
同时，中国东部山东省的农民称，他们出售到南方各省的蔬菜价格只上涨了一点点。分析家指出价格还有进一步上涨的空间。