英語閱讀：關于泡面的資料

　　Instant noodle companies are feeling the pinch. Tingyi, which makes and sells Master Kong instant noodles, had a revenue slump in its instant noodle business from 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in 20xx to 3.2 billion U.S. dollars in 20xx. The company even had to sell its inoperative noodle and beverage factories in the city of Xi’an, northwest China, earlier this year.

　　方便面公司陷入困境。生產與銷售康師傅方便面的康師傅控股有限公司的方便面銷售收入自20xx年的43億美元暴跌至20xx年的32億美元。今年年初，該公司甚至不得不出售位于中國西北部西安的一些旗下虧損的方便面與飲料工廠。

　　Zhang Xin, associate professor with department of economics and finance at Tongji University, says the shrinking migrant population has damaged the industry as they were one of the largest groups of instant noodle consumers.

　　同濟大學財經系副教授張鑫表示萎縮的流動人口數量打破了這個行業的輝煌，因為他們是方便面最大的消費群體。

　　China’s migrant population decreased for the first time in about 30 years in 20xx. The economic rise of China’s interior regions is luring back migrant workers from coastal cities. Skills and capital acquired in cities also help migrant workers start their own businesses in their home town.

　　20xx年，中國流動人口在30年間首次減少。國內內陸地區經濟的復蘇吸引在沿海地區的打工的農民工回到他們家鄉。在外面城市學到的技能以及賺到的錢使得這些民工可以在家鄉謀劃經營他們自己的生意。

　　The explosive growth of China’s high-speed railway networks turns out to be unexpected enemy of the instant noodles industry.

　　對速食泡面業來說，中國迅猛發展的高鐵網絡實則為不速之敵。

　　I ate instant noodles for breakfast, lunch and as a midnight snack during my 20-hour train trips in the past, says Tang Mingsheng, who works in the eastern Chinese city of Fuzhou.

　　在中國東方城市福州工作的唐明生說道，在他過去的20小時火車旅途中，他吃方便面作為早餐，午餐和宵夜零食。

　　But since 20xx, Tang’s journey home at Spring Festivals is on a high-speed train that takes just six hours. There is no need for midnight instant-noodle snacking.

　　但是從20xx年開始，唐春節回家坐高鐵只要六個小時，這就不需要午夜方便面充饑了。

　　Trains were once an important market for instant noodles, but railway stations are ordering less and less instant noodles these days, says Long Shuhai, an instant noodle distributor in Yunnan Province.

　　一個云南省的方便面經銷商龍樹海說，對于方便面行業來說，火車曾經是一個重要的市場，但是最近火車站預訂越來越少的方便面。

　　Instead, trains sell expensive Haagen-Dazs ice cream, imported fruits and lunch boxes, as the instant noodle market continues to dwindle.

　　相反，方便面市場持續下降，火車上售賣起昂貴的哈根達斯冰淇淋、進口水果和午餐盒飯。