...The hopeful continent 希望之洲 Africa rising 非洲崛起 After decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance to follow in the footsteps of Asia 经历数十年缓慢增长之后，非洲真正获得了追随亚洲的发展机会 THE shops are stacked six feet high with goods, the streets outside are jammed with customers and salespeople are sweating profusely under the onslaught. But this is not a high street during the Christmas-shopping season in the rich world. It is the Onitsha market in southern Nigeria, every day of the year. Many call it the world’s biggest. Up to 3m people go there daily to buy rice and soap, computers and construction equipment. It is a hub for traders from the Gulf of Guinea, a region blighted by corruption, piracy, poverty and disease but also home to millions of highly motivated entrepreneurs and increasingly prosperous consumers. decade十年; stack n.堆叠, v.堆满，堆积 be jammed with挤满 profusely丰富地; 繁茂地 hub 中心，轮轴 prosperous成功的, 顺利的, 繁盛的 难句分析： It is a hub（ for traders from the Gulf of Guinea）, a region （blighted by corruption, piracy, poverty and disease but also） home （to millions of highly motivated entrepreneurs and increasingly prosperous consumers）. Hub, region, home是并列宾语，括号部分是各个宾语的补语成分。 它是几内亚湾商人云集的中心。这里腐败猖獗，海盗横行，穷人遍地，疾病丛生，但是这里同时又汇聚了无数活跃的企业家和愈发富裕的消费者。 译文： 商店里堆积了六英尺高的商品，外面的大街上顾客接踵摩肩，店员们忙着接待一波又一波的客人，挥汗如雨。然而这并不是富裕国家圣诞节购物季的大街，而是尼日尼亚南部的奥尼查市场，一年中每天如此。许多人称之为世界第一大市场。每天有多达300万人去那里购买大米、肥皂、电脑和建筑设备。来自几内亚湾的商人都云集于此。这里腐败猖獗，海盗横行，穷人遍地，疾病丛生，但是这里同时又汇聚了无数活跃的企业家和愈发富裕的消费者。 Over the past decade six of the world’s ten fastest-growing...
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