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         The economies of India and China could be larger than many people have thought. A new study from the World Bank now has some experts    (1)    that China will become the world's largest economy by one measure this year. The same study says that India's economy could pass Japan's as the world's third-largest.

         To get their results, the researchers used a different way to measure the size of a nation's economy. Usually economists measure by a country's Gross Domestic Product - the value of all goods and services it produces. But some say, a different method, called Purchasing Power Parities, or PPP is a better measure. It    (2)    differences in the cost of living among nations.

         The report is from the International Comparison Program, which was    (3)    by the United Nations. The results are based on prices in 2011.

         Kamel Mellahi is a professor at the University of Warwick in Britain. He says PPP provides economists with a way to    (4)    the costs of ordinary things that people need in different countries.

         "You take a basket of goods that we all buy, including milk, butter, sugar, [going] to the movies,    (5)    of haircuts in different countries, and they look at the cost of that in different countries," Mellahi said.

         Experts then establish a base exchange rate and use it to compare economies. The Gross Domestic Product measure uses market-based exchange rates to compare economies. They are exchange rates paid by travelers and exporters. So the main    (6)    between GDP and PPP is how exchange rates are computed.

         Greg McBride is Chief Financial Analyst at Bankrate.com. He says PPP avoids some problems, but it is more like an    (7)    than a measurement.

         "There is a huge margin of error there that I think can really throw the validity of the whole thing into question," said McBride.

          World Bank information shows that China's GDP was about $8 trillion in 2012, that was half the size of the $16 trillion US economy. However, Professor Mellahi says the GDP measurement    (8)    developing economies.

          "People always said it underestimated the size of economies in developing countries, and some of the    (9)    economies," Mellahi said.

           The economies of China and India continue to grow at rates higher than most developed economies. However, China and India rate far below other large economies when their economies are compared with their    (10)    .


         
上期活动答案：
1. increasingly
2. economy and working hard
3.poverty
4.afford
5. commit
6.perform
7.diverse
8. rent
9. revenue
10. benefit