时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:政治经济


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46 热那亚八国集团会议


DATE=7-28-01
TITLE=IN THE NEWS#491 - Group of Eight Conference 
BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk


    (start at 1'5") This is Bob Doughty 1 with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS.
    Last week, the heads of government of the Group of Eight held a three-day meeting in (1)Genoa, Italy.  The members are the leading industrial nations --the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada--and also Russia.
    The leaders met to (2)discuss world (3)trade and (4)economic development.  They also discussed disease prevention, debt reduction, and other (5)issues.  Officials from several developing countries including (6)Nigeria, (7)Mali, (8)Bangladesh and (9)El Salvador were invited to take part in the (10)conference for the first time.
    During the talks, about one-hundred-thousand (11)protesters (12)demonstrated outside the historic 2 palace in Genoa where the meeting was held.  They gathered there to express their anger about world trade. 
    One person was killed during the protests.  The (13)Italian Interior 3 Ministry 4 says the (14)demonstrator was shot in an act of self-defense 5 by a member of Italy's national police force. 
    Many protesters (15)condemned the deadly use of force by the Italian police.  The Group of Eight leaders expressed sorrow for the death and (16)urged demonstrators to (17)reject (18)violence.
    The protesters (19)represented trade unions, environmental groups, farmers, and the unemployed 6.  Most shared a concern about the effects of international trade.  Many of the protesters believe world trade harms the people of poor countries.  They say major international companies are becoming wealthy while harming the poor and the environment. 
    (20)Opponents of world trade want wealthy nations to reduce debt in developing countries.  They also called for better education in poor countries and more money to treat diseases in Africa.
    The Group of Eight leaders said world trade helps all people.  They promised to work to bring the poorest countries into the world economy.  And they promised to continue to deal with issues important to all areas of the world.
    The leaders also discussed the (21)worldwide AIDS (22)crisis and other deadly diseases.  They agreed to provide more than one-thousand-million dollars to support efforts to prevent and treat AIDS, (23)tuberculosis and (24)malaria.  These (25)preventable diseases kill millions of people each year.  Most of the (26)victims live in poor countries.  
    One of the most (27)disputed issues at the G-Eight meeting was the Kyoto treaty to halt the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.  President Bush continues to reject the treaty.  He says it would harm the American economy.  Other leaders said they would work to put the treaty into effect.
    At the end of the conference, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced they would hold new arms talks.  They said they want to link talks about reducing (28)nuclear weapons with American plans to build a (29)missile defense system.  
    This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS, was written by Cynthia Kirk.  This is Bob Doughty.



(1)Genoa [ 5dVenEuE ]n.热那亚(意大利西北部的州及其首府)
(2)discuss [ dis5kQs ]vt.讨论, 论述
(3)trade [ treid ]n.贸易
(4)economic [ 7i:kE5nCmik ]adj.经济(上)的
(5)issue [ 5isju: ]n.论点
(6)Nigeria [ nai5dViEriE ]n.尼日利亚(非洲中西部国家)
(7)Mali [ 5mB:li: ]n.马里
(8)Bangladesh [ 7bB:N^lE5deF ]孟加拉国[亚洲]
(9)El Salvador [ 5sAlvEdC: ]n.萨尔瓦多(巴西港市)
(10)conference [ 5kCnfErEns ]n.会议, 讨论会, 协商会
(11)protest [ prE5test ]n.抗议
(12)demonstrate [ 5demEnstreit ] vi.示威
(13)Italian Interior Ministry n.意大利内阁
(14)demonstrator [ 5demEnstreitE ]n.示威者
(15)condemn [ kEn5dem ]vt.声讨, 谴责
(16)urge [ E:dV ]vt.力劝
(17)reject [ ri5dVekt ] vt.拒绝, 抵制
(18)violence [ 5vaiElEns ]n.暴力
(19)represent [ 7ri:pri5zent ]vt.表现
(20)opponent [ E5pEunEnt ] n.反对者
(21)worldwide [5w:ldwaId, -5waId]adj.全世界的
(22)crisis [ 5kraisis ]n. 危机
(23)tuberculosis [ tju7bE:kju5lEusis ]n.肺结核
(24)malaria [ mE5lZEriE ]n.疟疾
(25)preventable [prI5ventEb(E)l]adj. 可预防的
(26)victim [ 5viktim ]n.牺牲者, 牺牲品
(27)disputed vbl.争议
(28)nuclear [ 5nju:kliE ]adj. 原子能的, 核的
(29)missile [ 5misail, -sEl ]n.导弹



adj.勇猛的,坚强的
  • Most of successful men have the characteristics of contumacy and doughty.绝大多数成功人士都有共同的特质:脾气倔强,性格刚强。
  • The doughty old man battled his illness with fierce determination.坚强的老人用巨大毅力与疾病作斗争。
adj.历史上著名的,具有历史意义的
  • This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
  • We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
adj.在内的,内部的,内地的,国内的;n.内部
  • There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
  • They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
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'Aïn Abid
-kinesia
acoustic vibration process
analytic variance
anthemed
anticonalbumin
be it so
beak style
belly-ache bush
blimping
bloodied nose
boiled wort
brill brills
Bāmīān, Daryācheh-ye
cape trafalgars
Chloralpyrine
chromophobe cells
cnuts
collapsible cladding
combination caliper
completely connected algebraic group
condenser support
cottage tulip
crisis-intervention
Dežanovac
differential photo-electronic spectrometer
diktyoma
dorman
duellism
dulaglutide
earlington
exterior capacity
febris acmastica
fine grain ceramics
fluperolone acetate
friction(al) loss
genus Suksdorfia
gomphothere
greyling
halflap
hand threshing
helium magnetometer
Hochdonn
hoe in
I thought as much.
inconsolably
inductive probability
interpapillary peg
jack post
kilo-volt ampere (kva)
line finder
lishizhen
longaevous
low-rate trickling filter
M.Co.
Me-akan-dake
Memorette
metal surface
metheful
Mocanal
mutation trend
Myricaceae
neurasthenic asthenopia
northern europes
note issue mechanism
Old Macdonald Had a Farm
opg-ligand
overglance
peniophora aurantiaca
PG-3
Pimpinella bisinuata
plastomere
plenches
preform body
primped
recurrent expenditure
reimposer
right coiling
sack races
secondary half-session
serviceability analysis
snappily
spit-shine
spoke bone
stagnant loop syndrome
tax-inclusive
telegraph automatic system
tolerance fault
transus temperature
triti-
two-filament bulb
unconsoled
unjoyfulness
urano-organic complex
USA Patriot Act
vibration method of roof testing
water of internal origin
water-cut
word-like
write once-run anywhere
Yangtzean
zitso