VOA标准英语2008年-EU Foreign Ministers Approves Partnership Talks
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（五月）
Paris
26 May 2008
European foreign ministers agreed Monday to begin negotiations 2 with Russia for a new partnership 3 treaty amid disagreements between the two sides on defense 4, diplomatic and energy issues. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.
The European Union agreement to launch partnership talks with Russia ends months of objections by several eastern EU members. The EU and Russia are expected to formally launch the partnership talks at a summit next month.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel of Slovenia, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency 5, says he expects discussions to last about a year and ratification 6 another year although some analysts 8 predict the entire process will take several years.
"We are not in front of a quick fix, but indeed the process has started" he said. "During the negotiations we should be able to clarify all the problems that exist between the EU and the Russian federation 9. But all in all...the Russian federation and the EU are partners and we want to work together."
Relations between Brussels and Moscow are far from perfect. Russia opposes plans to deploy 10 a U.S. nuclear shield in EU members Poland and the Czech Republic. And some EU members like Romania are particularly concerned about Russia's ties to separatist movements in Moldova and Georgia. The 27-member bloc 11 also worries about its growing dependency on Russian gas, which supplies about a quarter of their needs.
Analyst 7 Michael Emerson of the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels, characterizes some EU-Russian differences, particularly over Russian policies toward former Soviet 12 Republics, as "deep." He says it's unclear exactly what kind of partnership accord will eventually be struck.
"There's a range of scenarios," said Emerson. "One is that it will result in a purely 13 declaratory document or a framework document that will lead to further binding 14 negotiations on concrete topics later. Or it could be a major negotiation 1 seeking binding and substantive 15 agreements on a whole range of economic and political issues. The EU wants the second, and I think Russia wants the first."
If it is realized, the new partnership agreement would replace an accord signed in 1997 when the issues facing the two sides were very different than they are today.
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- 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。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- 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。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。
- The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- 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。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
- 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。
- I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
- This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
- The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
- Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
- They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
- A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。