时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(六月)


英语课

By Paula Wolfson
White House
15 June 2006


President Bush says reducing world poverty is a major objective 1 of U.S. foreign policy.  Mr. Bush says promoting trade and freedom is key to meeting that goal.


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President Bush says an effective strategy to fight global poverty starts with trade.


 



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"Prosperity as a result of trade is more likely, 10 times more likely, to have a positive effect on somebody living in a poor society than just investment and grants," he said.


In an address to a group of American business leaders working to end global poverty, the president pointed 2 to two success stories: South Korea and India.   He said they have been able to pull millions out of poverty by opening their markets and promoting trade.


"I do not believe these are isolated 3 examples.  A World Bank study shows that developing nations that lowered their trade barriers in the 1990s grew three times faster than those that did not," he added.


Mr. Bush said free trade is crucial, and that open markets wipe out the need for subsidies 4.  He said the current round of world trade talks is at a critical moment, noting many countries have tough decisions to make.


"Now is the time for the world to come together, and make this world a free trading world, not only for the benefit of our own economies, but as an important part of the strategy to reduce poverty around the world," he explained.


The president said promoting freedom is another way to fight poverty.  He said nations that respect human dignity and the rule of law are more likely to create an economic climate that fosters 5 prosperity.


"As more people gain their freedom, they will also gain the opportunity to build a better life.  That is a fact of life," he said.


Mr. Bush called for Congress to approve his full foreign aid request.   But he said as assistance increases, so must responsibility.  He said once again that aid must be tied to accountability, and urged other countries to join the United States in battling corruption 6.



adj.客观的;n.目标,目的
  • He tried to take an objective view of the situation.他试图对形势有个客观的看法。
  • The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.培养,促进( foster的第三人称单数 );收养,养育
  • The lack of understanding fosters feelings of hatred between the two nations. 缺乏了解助长两国之间的仇意。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Too rigid parental control fosters rebellion in children. 父母管教过严会促使子女反抗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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8-hydroxyquinoline(oxine)
allotropical
alumina zirconate fibre reinforcement
ambocyte
amount of foreign exchange overbought
anglepoise lamp
animeverses
back course
bailout
barterable
Bataguacu
bismuth hydroxynitrate
boiler control
breeding place
brondbies
callable shares
car-tools
casassa
catechetical instruction
chopped beam method
close of financial year
codonanthum
collective rotation
compressed solar wind
concrete placement
contractual saving
corner grocery
corpus albicans
corrego do ouro
cotton lamp wicks
creep grazing
ctDNA
curvilineal drawing die
date of approval by senate
dealkylation catalyst
direct manure
document cabinet
doillon
enter into an engagement with
Eurya cuneata
forged and welded vessel
free from ship
freight to collect
geebung
grease gelling
Great Firewall of China
groser
gynecological physiology
hobo camps
implicated
iniforis poecila
intermediate valve
kennes
Lantana camara
like a bad halfpenny
malstrom
marine pollution in special form
Martiniquan, Martinican
mechanical flotation machine
mohsin
Muslimology
Nadezhdino
no-buffer queue
ogdohedra
oheloberries
oxidation rule
parallel spin
pass sentence upon sb
peeled resurfacing
penalty schedule
perform a study
pinching agent
plasmature
plotter step size
radiotelegraph room
radowitz
raston
rate control
reflected value
regional navigation(rnav)
relational structure record
runaway reaction
sassarara
skate through
south-african ruby (cape ruby)
squailing
standard vertical-tubes evaporator
survey and geological exploration
tak
tetraconta-
the dawn
to size
treehugger
trinity rivers
truncated icosahedra
tubal ligations
v.o
vacuum induction
verification process
visual synthesis of colour
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