她认为，粮食价格的剧增，是期货市场投机活动的结果；而这次饥荒也是严格财政控制的良机。

The steep rise in food prices, she argues, is the result of speculation in the futures markets; the famine is a chance for stricter financial regulation.

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如果投机活动超出控制之外的话，可以带来难以估计及无法令人满意的结果，而且你可能在处理钱财事务时，变得怒不可遏。

Speculation, if allowed to get out of hand, can produce unexpected and unsatisfactory results, and you may have a tendency to go off the deep end in handling financial matters.

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