广播电视英语短句 第 74 课：小麦供应-2

Wheat production last year is now estimated at just over six hundred million tons. 去年小麦产量估计超过60亿吨。

That was up one percent from two thousand six -- not as much as had been hoped. 这仅比2006年上涨1%，不如期望的高。

Almost all of the increase was among large producers in Asia. 这些增长几乎都是在亚洲的大型产量地。

Prices are up sharply for wheat but also for most other cereal crops. 不仅小麦的价格在猛烈上涨，其他谷类农作物大多都如此。

The F.A.O. says big production increases may be required for more than one season for prices to fall much below their recent highs. 联合国食品农业组织指明：为使价格从目前最高记录大幅下落，农作物大产量增加可能会被要求多余一个季度。