CCTV9英语新闻12月：中国的消费物价指数在十一月降至3%

The growth of CPI, a main gauge¹ of inflation, slightly slowed in November. It grew 3 percent year on year, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October. Food prices, especially that of vegetables, were the main driver.

Last month, food prices jumped 5.9 percent year on year, while prices of non-food products moved up 1.6 percent.

Meanwhile, the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at wholesale² level, fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier.

 

People select fruit in a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 8, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 3 percent year on year in November, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. (Xinhua/Yang Shichao)

1 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

2 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。