【每日晨读金融时报】30July2025 英语口语听力 附原文及实用单词短语

India trade deal to deliver exports lift

Prime Min­is­ter Sir Keir Starmer and India’s Prime Min­is­ter Nar­en­dra Modi will today sign a trade deal between the two coun­tries which Lon­don believes will boost Brit­ish exports to India by 60 per cent by 2040.

The agree­ment, announced in May, means that tar­iffs on more than 90 per cent of UK exports to India will be cut, with the largest reduc­tions on cos­met­ics, clothes and food and drink — albeit phased in over a dec­ade. Min­is­ters said the deal was expec­ted to even­tu­ally bene­fit the UK eco­nomy by £4.8bn a year.

India’s Modi is also expec­ted to visit King Charles and meet Indian and UK busi­ness lead­ers dur­ing his fourth visit to the coun­try since becom­ing prime min­is­ter in 2014.

Starmer will sep­ar­ately high­light £6bn of “new invest­ment and export wins” between the two coun­tries, although most of this fig­ure is made up of pre­vi­ously announced Air­bus sales to national car­rier Air India.

1. boost

词性：动词 / 名词
意思：

动词：提升、促进、增加

名词：推动、增强、促进的举措

常用场景：经济增长、士气提升、销量提高等

例句：

The government plans to boost spending on infrastructure.
政府计划增加基础设施支出。

The new product gave a significant boost to the company’s revenue.
新产品显著提升了公司的收入。

2. albeit

词性：连词（相当于 although，但语气更弱，常用于书面语）
意思：尽管，虽然（后面接让步的短语）

结构：albeit + 形容词 / 副词 / 短语，不接完整句子

例句：

The plan was successful, albeit expensive.
这个计划虽然代价高昂，但很成功。

He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation.
他接受了这份工作，虽然有些犹豫。