The U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates that worldwide rice consumption increased 0.9% last year, to nearly 424 million metric tons. Production increased less than 0.7%.

美国农业部估计全球对大米的消耗量在去年增加了0.9%，接近4.24亿公吨，而大米产量的增加则要少于0.7%。

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The U. s. summer driving season starts next week amid predictions that gasoline consumption in the U. s. will be lower than last year as squeezed motorists cut back due to high prices.

美国暑假驾车出游季即将于下周开始，此时有预测说，随着生活拮据的开车人因高油价减少开车，美国汽油消费量可能会低于去年。

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In fact, he notes, research published in 2004 in the Journal of the American Medical Association attributed 85,000 U. S. deaths a year to alcohol consumption.

他指出，事实上，发表于2004年美国医学会杂志上的研究报告将一年内85,000美国人的死亡归因于喝酒。

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That is, when one country's consumption increases from one year to the next, every other country's consumption increases from one year to the next.

也就是，当一个国家的消费,逐年上升，其他国家的消费,也逐年上升。

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