Session Alignment

S1

Families hit with increase in cost of living

T1

家庭承担生活成本上涨。

S2

British families have to cough up an extra £ 31,300 a year as food and fuel prices soar at their fastest rate in 17 years .

T2

英国家庭一年花在食品和燃料上的价格达到了三万一千三百英镑，这也是十七年来涨幅最高的一年。

S3

Prices in supermarkets have climbed at an alarming rate over the past year .

T3

超市里边的价格上涨的速度在过去的一年里非常的惊人。

S4

Analysts have warned that prices will increase further still , making it hard for the Bank of England to cut interest rates as it struggles to keep inflation and the economy under control .

T4

分析人士已经提醒，价格呢还会进一步上涨，因此使得英格兰银行很难进一步降低利率，因为它也需要来控制通货膨胀以及让经济得以控制。

S5

To make matters worse , escalating prices are racing ahead of salary increases , especially those of nurses and other healthcare professionals , who have suffered from the government 's insistence that those in the public sector have to receive below-inflation salary increases .

T5

更糟糕的是，上涨的价格已经超过了工资上涨的幅度，特别是护士和其他的一些医疗人士，因为他们受到政府的一些规定，政府坚持在公共部门工作的人必须接受一个低于通货膨胀的工资上涨水平。

S6

In addition to fuel and food , electricity bills are also soaring .

T6

那么除了燃料和食品之外，电费也在急剧上涨。

S7

Five out of the six largest suppliers have increased their customers ' bills .

T7

六个最大的供应商当中，有五家已经增加了他们为客户开出的电费单。