然而，这0.7%的消费增长部分是由于家庭需要支付更多的高额能源账单。

However, part of the 0.7% spending rise was due to households paying more on increasingly higher energy bills.

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其中有一些还是最不值的消费；更不用提那些偶然的和定期的高额设备升级费用。

Many of these are also the worst kind of expenses; ongoing ones, not to mention the periodic high-priced equipment upgrades.

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由于高额的汽油价，消费者倾向于购买小号的运动型多功能车或小轿车，而在这些领域福特并不擅长。

With the high cost of petrol, consumers are moving down to smaller SUVs or even to cars, both parts of the market where Ford is not so strong.

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