VOA标准英语2012.01.31 especially, prediction, different

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The FAO economist won’t make any official prediction.
粮农组织经济学家不会做出任何的官方预测。
“I wish I could. It is one thing we have learned (the) hard way is that especially with the food index, which has 55 commodities inside it, and given especially what’s happening and what we’re hearing every day about the world market and the different uncertainties, it is really next to impossible.”
“我希望我可以。我们了解到这是一个很困难的事情，特别是价格指标也参杂其中时，55件商品包含其中，特别是考虑到世界市场上每天发生的变化以及我们所听说到的市场的不确定因素，这几乎已经是不可能了。”
He says his personal view is that there will not be significant declines in food prices this year.
他说他个人认为今年食品价格不会有显著的下跌。
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He says much will be known in March and April when food production forecasts are made. __ though, he does not foresee a repeat of the turmoil of the 2007 and 2008 food crisis.