2006年VOA标准英语-Leaders from France, Germany, Russia Meet Near
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Lisa Bryant
Paris
23 September 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to send a small group of construction engineers to Lebanon to help with reconstruction 1. He spoke 2 at the end of a meeting with the leaders of France and Germany that focused largely on energy issues.
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France's President Jacques Chirac, left, with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 23, 2006
Much of Saturday's summit, at a chateau 4 outside Paris, was devoted 5 to energy and aerospace 6 matters. Security of energy supplies from Russia is a top European priority after a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine last January temporarily halted Russian gas bound for Europe.
Friday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to allay 7 French fears on another energy question, saying suggestions that France's Total oil group could lose its license 8 in Western Siberia were "greatly exaggerated."
During a joint 9 news conference with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday, the Russian leader downplayed another potential source of friction 10, Russia's possible role in the European aerospace company, EADS.
Russia's VTB state bank recently purchased a five percent stake in EADS, but Mr. Putin told reporters the move was not an aggressive action.
President Putin said Russia had no intention of changing the policies of the European aerospace group. And, he said, France, Germany and Russia would form a working group to study a Russian role in EADS.
The three leaders also focused on Middle East hot spots, including Lebanon. Mr. Putin said he was ready to send Russian engineers to Lebanon to help with reconstruction, if all parties agreed.
During the news conference, French President Jacques Chirac said he could not confirm a report in a regional French newspaper Saturday citing an allegedly leaked intelligence document suggesting al-Qaida leader Osama bin 11 Laden 12 may have died of typhoid in Pakistan.
President Chirac expressed surprise that such a note could have been published, and said he had no comment on it.
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。
- 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。
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
- The house was modelled on a French chateau.这房子是模仿一座法国大别墅建造的。
- The chateau was left to itself to flame and burn.那府第便径自腾起大火燃烧下去。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
- Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。
- The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
- They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
- Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。