VOA标准英语10月-US Seeks Cooperation with China in Africa
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
Jendayi Frazer
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs says there may be opportunities for the United States and China to cooperate in building Africa's infrastructure 1 and its agriculture and health sectors 2.
Jendayi Frazer says that coordinating 3 U.S. and Chinese aid would prevent overlapping 4 projects and lead to more efficient use of resources.
But she says China needs to be more transparent 5 with how it gives debt relief and loans to African nations.
"We certainly are concerned about China's lending practices potentially undermining our efforts to insure that Africa doesn't reaccumulate unsustainable debt," said Frazer. "We don't want to on the one hand cancel that debt and then on the other hand, China's giving more debt."
Frazer spoke 6 Wednesday at China's prestigious 7 Peking University and is in Beijing for meetings with Chinese officials.
China buys increasing amounts of raw materials and energy from Africa to feed its growing economy.
Beijing has come under criticism for its willingness to trade with and sell weapons to African governments shunned 8 by Western leaders because of human rights abuses.
Frazer says as China becomes more involved in Africa, Beijing is likely to change its policy of not interfering 9 in a country's internal affairs.
"I suspect that China's going to come closer to our position," she said. "And, I think that's true because China, as it invests more and has more contracts, for instance in the Congo and in other places, they're going to want the rule of law."
Beijing has won praise for using its influence with Sudan to urge Khartoum to cooperate on peace talks for its war-torn Darfur region.
She offered no specific U.S.-China cooperation plan for Africa, but said the U.S. encourages China to endorse 10 the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for Africa.
The agreement encourages financial transparency for companies extracting resources from Africa, anti-corruption efforts, and the efficient use of the resources.
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
- He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白
- There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
- A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
- She was shunned by her family when she remarried. 她再婚后家里人都躲着她。
- He was a shy man who shunned all publicity. 他是个怕羞的人，总是避开一切引人注目的活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
- I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。