时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(十一月)


英语课

By Heda Bayron
Hong Kong
19 November 2006

Finance ministers and central bankers from 20 powerful economies meeting in Australia have urged an early resumption of stalled global trade talks and greater cooperation against illegal financing. 


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The Group of 20 wrapped up its annual meeting Sunday, warning of increased protectionism following the collapse 1 of World Trade Organization talks.


The latest series of WTO free-trade negotiations 2, known as the Doha round, stalled in July because of disagreements over how much developed countries should cut farm subsidies 3.


In its final communique, the G-20 says a successful Doha round could speed global economic growth, and reduce financial instability and poverty.


The G-20 call for an early resumption of the talks echoed a declaration from leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific economies meeting in Hanoi.  





Police relax on the front line as protests fail to eventuate at the G-20 finance summit in Melbourne, 19 November 2006
Police relax on the front line as protests fail to eventuate at the G-20 finance summit in Melbourne, 19 November 2006
 
 


 
 
 



Both G-20 and WTO meetings have attracted mass anti-globalization protests, which have often turned violent.


The annual G-20 meeting in Melbourne was no different, as protesters clashed with police. On Saturday, 10 police officers were injured and seven protesters arrested.


Christine Nixon, the police commissioner 4 for Australia's Victoria State, says foreign activists 5 suspected of instigating 6 the attacks will be investigated.


"They are people who are well trained. What we saw was guerilla tactics and it required us to respond in similar ways," said Nixon.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard denounced the protests as "thuggish behavior."


The G-20 economies account for 90 percent of the world's gross domestic product. Members include the United States, the European Union, Japan, China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.


Energy security, foreign exchange flexibility 7 and reform of the International Monetary 8 Fund and the World Bank were also on the agenda at the two-day meeting in Australia.


The delegates called for greater cooperation in fighting illicit 9 financial activities, such as funding terrorism and money laundering 10.


The G-20 ministers also condemned 11 last month's nuclear test by North Korea.



vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
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》
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
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》
v.使(某事物)开始或发生,鼓动( instigate的现在分词 )
  • Distant but clear Longyin instigating the eardrums of every person. 遥远却清晰的龙吟鼓动着每一个人的耳膜。 来自互联网
  • The leader was charged with instigating the workers to put down tools. 那位领导人被指控煽动工人罢工。 来自互联网
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性
  • Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
  • The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
adj.非法的,禁止的,不正当的
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
n.洗涤(衣等),洗烫(衣等);洗(钱)v.洗(衣服等),洗烫(衣服等)( launder的现在分词 );洗(黑钱)(把非法收入改头换面,变为貌似合法的收入)
  • Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
1-dodecyne
a. interossea communis
Accountant's Handbook
agitato
almss
aluminum-base grease
anisodynamous
asemantide
ASM (analog slave module)
autoepilation
baildons
Bashkortostanis
biomantle
block factor
Boatswain Pt.
Brinklow
c1 esterase inhibitor deficiency
chalfa
cheat in a test
chronaxie
cloud vortex
clynch
coorde
crop shear
crown post-puller
cylinder speed
deflagrate
diamond pyramid hardness number
distribution of net profit
drawee bank
dropout attitudes
dual transmitter
duo for strings
dynlink
elliptical polarization
empirical school of management
EPCG Scheme
fall down on
flos dolichosis
genus Alectura
genus glycines
giddy
give about
hot spruing
Hāgere Selam
ill humors
indifference level index
infoliating
invasion of insect pest
Juerana
lateral temporal fenestra
linifolia
liveblog
loessificaion
magnetoresistance material
mismarketing
mooring anchors
muscarinergic
Musholm
NRA
onigman
open-top duplex lantern
output alarm
pawed
pentazdiene
plant emergency cooldown system
power operated winch
price-support
proof beyond resonable doubt
Ramp Module
rectory
reduction law
reliction
Rhododendron galactinum
S-SLEEP
sheet-stringer construction
signal for stub-end track
solid solution alloy system
source of release
southern red cedar
Spaniard's Bay
start a quarrel
start life
static reports
sulfur pentafluoride
tabular dimensioning
template study
thornfield
thyroid insufficiency
time gain compensation
tissue cell
to bomb
tumbling to
tungsten-cohalt alloy
Twelfthtide
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Ursus horribilis
water purslane, water puslen
wavefront advance
weeders
whistle-stopper
zinc blende lattice structure