国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Syrians complain of skyrocketing prices amid tough economic situation
<p><span word="DAMASCUS">DAMASCUS</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 6-- <span word="Syrians">Syrians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="complaining">complaining</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skyrocketing">skyrocketing</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tough">tough</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="situation">situation</span>.</p><p><span word="Samar">Samar</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Hafez">Hafez</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="housewife">housewife</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="scary">scary</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sudden">sudden</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="dramatically">dramatically</span> <span word="increased">increased</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="shopper">shopper</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="folds">folds</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="harder">harder</span>.</p>
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