时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(四月)


英语课

By Lisa McAdams
Moscow
24 April 2006

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his visiting Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev meeting in the Moscow Kremlin on Monday, April 24, 2006
  
Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev is on his first state visit to Russia - a visit expected to be dominated by economic and security concerns. Mr. Bakiyev kicked off two days of talks by meeting President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.

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Kyrgyz officials say Mr. Bakiyev's trip to Moscow this week is proof of the priority Bishkek places on its relationship with Russia, especially regarding foreign policy. But most veteran analysts 1 believe the talks will focus on efforts to broaden trade and economic ties between Bishkek and Moscow.

Kumar Bekbalatov, who heads up the Bishkek office of the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), says Bakiyev's visit presents lucrative 2 opportunities for Russia.

"In Russia, the desire [is] to get into the energy sector 3 in Kyrgyzstan. And we see Russian giant Gazprom entering the Kyrgyz economy, at least the first statement [is] an agreement has been reached," he said. "Also, there have been talks of building an aluminum 4 plant in southern Kyrgyzstan, as well as modernizing 5 the electric energy sector. I think the expectation is that the visit will solidify 6 all these agreements."

Bekbalatov tells VOA that military cooperation could also figure large in this week's talks, especially given President Bakiyev's warning to the United States last week. In it, he said that his government could expel one-thousand U.S. troops from a Kyrgyz base (Manas) used to support anti-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, if the United States does not agree to pay more by June 1st.

Bekbalatov says, in his view, the threat is more about trying to score political favor with Russia than anything else.

"This statement was made precisely 7 because of the need of President Bakiyev to show some type of at least political loyalty 8, and to appease 9 some of the [regional] concerns related to the airbase," added Bekbalatov.

Moscow initially 10 signed off on the increased U.S. military presence in Central Asia, but in recent months has shown signs of withdrawing its support. Russia also has an airbase in Kyrgyzstan. And following his talks with Mr. Bakiyev, President Putin made clear Russia plans to expand its military resources in Kyrgyzstan, an area that was once in the zone of Soviet 11 influence.

Putin says he looks forward to continued military-technical cooperation with Bishkek on this issue.

Mr. Bakiyev was later scheduled to discuss cultural and educational projects, as well as efforts to guarantee the rights of Russian citizens in Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz citizens in Russia.

The Bakiyev visit to Moscow comes against a backdrop of growing unrest back home. In the 10 months that followed his rise to power, following last year's political revolution, there has been a series of high-profile killings 12 of lawmakers, prison riots, and highly divisive battles between competing clans 13 for control of big business.

Some analysts suggest Kyrgyzstan risks civil war, if President Bakiyev does not get control of the corrupt 14 clans, some of whose members have made their way into the current parliament, enjoying parliamentary immunity 15 from criminal prosecution 16.

Meanwhile, opposition 17 parties and civic 18 organizations have vowed 19 to stage a mass rally in the Kyrgyz capital this week to pressure President Bakiyev to step up the fight against organized crime and to move forward with long-promised democratic reforms.



分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adj.赚钱的,可获利的
  • He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
  • It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
n.(aluminium)铝
  • The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
  • During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段,它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
使现代化,使适应现代需要( modernize的现在分词 ); 现代化,使用现代方法
  • Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化,从而达到增加利润,增强竞争力的目的,是一件复杂的事情。
  • The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。
v.(使)凝固,(使)固化,(使)团结
  • Opinion on this question began to solidify.对这个问题的意见开始具体化了。
  • Water will solidify into ice if you freeze it.水冷冻会结冰。
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
n.忠诚,忠心
  • She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
  • His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
v.安抚,缓和,平息,满足
  • He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
  • The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派
  • There are many clans in European countries. 欧洲国家有很多党派。
  • The women were the great power among the clans [gentes], as everywhere else. 妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里,乃至一般在任何地方,都有很大的势力。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
  • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
  • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
adj.城市的,都市的,市民的,公民的
  • I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
  • The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
学英语单词
a professional athlete
aaprotect
activity factor of B (in a liquid or a solid mixture)
al-rasheed
alignment time
anti-perfectionists
aporrectodea trapezoides
assembly robot
band-edge tailing
Barrault, Jean-Louis
be ambitious to do sth
beiderman
biophysics of membrane transport
blowout switch
boning room
caponier
Cetiprin
clinical genetics
cold waste
commercial fertilizer
content ratio analyzer
corticoliberin
crushable structure
customer centricity
DB
desktop videoconferencing
druggister
durable good
encander
essien
Ettrickhall
exner comprehensive system
extra heavy duty
genus omphalotuss
geometric mean inequality
group efficiency
hand brake housing
herposiphonieae
high efficiency TWT
highest probable frequency (hpf)
hold sb in high esteem
holeier
homogentisic acids
hot-tubs
instruction mode
iron-clad
Japanophobic
kizdere
kona cyclone
kragen
L, l
lactomucin
latitudinal cleavage
LC-ME
localcalls
lycocernuine
Maastrichtians
malignant auricular arrhythmia
methylphenylamine
micrometer-microscope
nimbiol
Office Francais de Recherche Sous-Marine
ophthalmoreaction
overconsolidated soil
peg-bar
pingees
pogonia macrocarpum broth
Pyeonghae
Qosqo
quadrant-edge orifice plate
radiosonde station
recommend substitutes
Rhizoma Panacis Japonici
rotating particle
roundhand
Saccharum Granorum
Saint James
schlenker
shoddy shaker
sidewheeler
silicon meter
skeezas
small calorie (cal)
softening plant
SP-54
square can
steering wheel angle
sukhoi
sulphur parakeet
the green-eyed monster
the have-nots
thixomolding
to yearn after...
tobacco looper
ultramacho
ultrasonic laparoscope
under authorities
volume color
wind someone round one's fingers
workfree
working-time
ya mean