时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(六月)


英语课
By Scott Stearns
White House
22 June 2007

U.S. President George Bush and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met at the White House Friday to discuss human rights and commercial ties. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has more about the first U.S. visit by a Vietnamese president since the Vietnam war.






President Bush meets with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in Oval Office of White House, 22 Jun 2007


President Bush meets with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in Oval Office of White House, 22 Jun 2007



With flag-waving Vietnamese-Americans protesting outside the White House gate, President Bush welcomed President Triet to the Oval Office saying he is impressed by Vietnam's growing economy.


Mr. Bush said America has good economic relations with Vietnam, but the country must improve its human rights record to take that relationship further.


"I also made it very clear that in order for relations to grow deeper, that it is important for our friends to have a strong commitment to human rights and freedom and democracy," said President Bush. "I explained my strong belief that societies are enriched when people are allowed to express themselves freely or worship freely."


President Bush criticized Vietnam's human rights record in a speech to a pro-democracy forum 1 in the Czech Republic earlier this month, saying President Triet's government has imprisoned 2 peaceful religious and political activists 3.


Vietnam is a one-party communist state.


The human rights group Amnesty International last month called on Vietnamese authorities to reform a penal 4 code criminalizing peaceful dissent 5 following prison terms for three leading dissidents.


President Triet has downplayed human rights issues during this trip to the United States. In New York earlier this week, he said all the people in Vietnamese jails are criminals.


Following his White House talks, the Vietnamese leader said human rights are a small part of a much larger relationship.


"Mr. President and I also had a direct and open exchange of views on a matter that we remain different, especially on matters related to religion and human rights," he said.


He says the leaders agreed to increase their dialogue in order to better understand each other's position on human rights and not let those differences affect their larger commercial interests. Trade between the two counries last year totaled nearly $10 billion.


President Bush thanked the Vietnamese leader for his help in searching for the remains 6 of Americans killed during the Vietnam War. President Triet thanked the American leader for help in dealing 7 with the continuing effects of deadly chemicals used by U.S. forces during that conflict.




n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
  • I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
  • He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。
n./v.不同意,持异议
  • It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
  • He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
学英语单词
activated carbon method
all-or-nothing
antemortem inspection
antiwomen
artificial serum
backvelder
Barents Island
beisty
Billingford
briarwood
caparas
carpetless
cationic detergents
chrysophyll
church members
columbary
core analysis
crap on
diarra
diphenyl dimethyl ethane
Duddell galvanometer
enhydra lutriss
ensconcing
epithelial cyst
estate administrator
estrin phase
expanded preliminary design
fartherances
fixed crystal
flue dust collector
fluider
flush up
Fosfocin
full astern both
fur burger
gendlin
genus Vespa
gramme ring winding
grinners
hailstorm recorder
half-track
ham fat
hard drive shredder
hemispherical rotor pole
high-flowest
identity diffusion
ilana
impor-tant
kalle
kanny
Khāchrod
Lachesis flavovilidis
Langstedt
leakproof fuel tank
legislatrices
load sheet
loran rate
major diameter relief
mass merchandising
misevaluations
mouloud
Nahuatl language
Nodi lymphatici mesenterici centrales
Northern European
one-chip product
opt-
padina pavonia gaill
parallel tangent method
pelvic part
photochemical processing
policiesand
primary photochemical process
pull someones leg
put up a resistance
Putinisation
pyracrine
quinaria
Ramus prelaminaris
realities
resistor colo(u)r code
return of foreign trade
right of denunciation
rise-time distortion
schedul
Scleria onoei
sea main thermocline
secure storage
separation cell
single-current system
sitalidone
situs
snack
stack switch
swagger coat
three phase hoist motor
three-corner
u.t. 2 time
union three-way cock
valve system
varnish formation
water hammers
xeroxed