卡斯特罗：古巴进展顺利，成果显着

 　　HAVANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is progressing and the results are noticeable, Cuban President Raul Castro was quoted as saying on Monday by local daily "Granma".

　　"We continue advancing and the results are noticeable. We move at a faster pace than what is imagined by those who criticize our supposed slowness and ignore the difficulties we face," Raul Castro said at a cabinet meeting with his ministers.

　　During the meeting, Adel Yzquierdo, Minister of Economy and Planning, said the country expects for this semester a growth of 2.3 percent, two tenths higher over the same period last year, despite external obstacles and damages left by the Hurricane Sandy.

　　Yzquierdo stressed that most sectors¹ increased their contribution to the overall economic growth, specially² trade, transportation, communications and manufacturing.

　　Since taking office in 2008, Raul Castro has pushed for more than 300 economic reforms, which were designed to pull the country out of a crisis dated to 1990.

1 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。