申論題

一、英譯中：請將下列英文譯為中文。

⑴The widely expected slowdown in the expansion of world output and trade turned out to be much stronger than most observers had projected at the beginning of the year 2001. Global output increased only marginally and world trade decreased somewhat, both developments in sharp contrast to the preceding year when both trade and output expanded at record rates. (WTO Annual Report, 2002)（8 分）