Pakistan Welcomes Peace Pledge by New Indian Leader
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--国际时事
Ayaz Gul
Pakistan is welcoming Indian prime minister-designate Manmohan Singh's stated intention to continue the peace process with Islamabad.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry 1 spokesman, Masood Khan, says his government believes the first statements by India's new leader are constructive 2 and forward-looking in terms of trying to resolve bilateral 3 disputes - including the territory of Kashmir.
"The statements that have been given by Mr. Manmohan Singh are positive and upbeat," he said. "I think his pronouncements constitute a good beginning and it is a good omen 4 for the continuity of the process that we have started already. And I think that this provides the basis for the continuity of the process of dialogue."
Mr. Singh's Congress Party scored a parliamentary election upset, defeating India's Hindu nationalists who had engaged in serious peace overtures 6 with Pakistan in the past 14 months. Prime Minister-designate Singh promised to continue seeking friendly relations with Pakistan.
India and Pakistan are due to discuss nuclear weapons confidence building measures in New Delhi next week (May 25-26). Mr. Khan says those talks are on schedule and a Pakistani delegation 7 of experts will be leaving for India on Monday.
"There has been no disruption," he said. "There was some uncertainty 8 about these talks because of the transition in India. But these talks are on track and we hope that other meetings would also be on track."
The upcoming nuclear talks are meant to reduce the risks of non-conventional war between India and Pakistan. They are part of a peace plan agreed to by the outgoing government of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
The unresolved territorial 9 dispute over Kashmir has triggered two of the three wars India and Pakistan have fought since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. The divided region is the main source of bilateral tensions.
注释：
Pakistan [7pB:kis5tB:n] n. 巴基斯坦（南亚国家）
Islamabad [is5lB:mEbB:d] 伊斯兰堡（巴基斯坦首都）
bilateral [bai5lAtErEl] adj. 双边的
dispute [dis5pju:t] n. 争端
territory [5teritEri] n. 版图，地域
Kashmir [5kAFmiE] n. 克什米尔地区
upbeat [5Qpbi:t] adj. 乐观的
pronouncement [prE5naJnsmEnt] n. 声明
parliamentary [7pB:lE5mentEri] adj. 议会的
upset [Qp5set] n. 颠覆
Hindu nationalists 印度民族主义者
overture 5 [5EuvEtjuE] n. 建议
delegation [7deli5^eiFEn] n. 代表团
territorial [7teri5tC:riEl] adj. 领土的
trigger [5tri^E] vt. 引起，触发
tension [5tenFEn] n. 紧张状态
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。
- They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
- There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
- The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
- Could this at last be a good omen for peace?这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？
- The opera was preceded by a short overture.这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲。
- His overture led to nothing.他的提议没有得到什么结果。
- Their government is making overtures for peace. 他们的政府正在提出和平建议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship. 最近他开始主动表示友好，样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。 来自辞典例句
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。