国际英语资讯:Egypt raises fuel prices as part of economic reform plan
<p><span word="CAIRO">CAIRO</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 29-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="cabinet">cabinet</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="strict">strict</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="reform">reform</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="TV">TV</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="hike">hike</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="gasoline">gasoline</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="from">from</span> 42.8 <span word="to">to</span> 55.3 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="cylinder">cylinder</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="restaurants">restaurants</span>, <span word="doubled">doubled</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="hikes">hikes</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="today">today</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cabinet">cabinet</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Sherif">Sherif</span> <span word="Ismail">Ismail</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="hike">hike</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="November">November</span> 2016 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 34.6 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="to">to</span> 46.9 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="hike">hike</span> <span word="worries">worries</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="Egyptians">Egyptians</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="leads">leads</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="commodities">commodities</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>.</p>
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