VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Chinese Vice President to Meet at White House
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
Obama, Chinese Vice 1 President to Meet at White House
In Beijing, during the month of January, current and former U.S. and Chinese officials marked the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China that paved the way for normal relations between the two countries.
Among those present was Vice President Xi Jinping, who provided a glimpse of the complex issues involved in Sino-American relations.
"We have maintained close dialogue in countering global challenges such as the international financial crisis and climate change, and dealing 2 properly with regional hotspot issues, including the Korean Peninsula, the Iranian nuclear issue, the Middle East and South Asia," he said.
Party chief
Xi is expected to become China’s Communist Party chief later this year and assume the country's presidency 3 in 2013.
He arrives at the White House about a year after a state visit by current Chinese president Hu Jintao. In welcoming President Hu last year, President Obama emphasized the importance of cooperation between the Untied 4 States and China.
"We have an enormous stake in each other’s success, in an interconnected world, in a global economy - nations, including our own, will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together," said Obama.
But there are major strains over trade and currency policy, human rights, Iran and North Korea. China, along with Russia, recently vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria that Washington supported.
Trade
In his State of the Union Address last month, President Obama mentioned China when he vowed 5 to crack down on unfair trade practices.
"The president is genuinely very angry at China's not playing by the rules, at domestic subsidies 6 - all kinds of other things that put U.S. firms and other global firms at a disadvantage and work to China's unilateral advantage," said Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at The Brookings Institution here in Washington.
Military presence
China is concerned about the United States enhancing its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region, which is widely seen as a counterweight to growing Chinese assertiveness 7 in the region.
David Lampton, head of the China Studies Program at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, said Xi Jinping might offer further reassurances 8 about China’s intentions when he visits the White House.
"I am fully 9 confident after having just been in Beijing and talked to people there, they understand [that] alarming the rest of Asia is not good for them. And I believe Vice President Xi's visit here in part is to reassure 10 the world about the continuity that as Chinese power grows, it will not become more unreassuring and more threatening," said Lampton.
From Washington, Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the Midwestern state of Iowa and then to California before returning to China.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- 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。
- 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。
- Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
- He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
- 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。
- 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》
- Her assertiveness was starting to be seen as arrogance. 她的自信已开始被认为是自负了。
- Role playing is an important element in assertiveness training. 在果敢自信训练班上,角色扮演是个重要内容。
- We have had some reassurances from the council that the building will be saved. 理事会保证会保留那座建筑,这使我们得到了些许安慰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Everybody's reassurances have encouraged me. 大家的勉励鼓舞了我。 来自辞典例句
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。