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英语课
By Kari Barber
Dakar
31 October 2007


European Union and African Union officials are meeting in Ghana's capital Accra Wednesday to set the agenda for a joint 1 summit in Lisbon, Portugal later this year. The summit has stirred controversy 2 as governments wrangle 3 over whether Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe should be invited. Kari Barber reports from VOA's regional bureau in Dakar.


European Union officials say invitations to the EU-AU summit will be sent out in the coming days. And, they say, President Robert Mugabe, who has been accused of human rights abuses and economic mismanagement, will be invited.


There were concerns that a disagreement over Mr. Mugabe's attendance could torpedo 4 the conference, scheduled for December. Last month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would not attend the summit if Mr. Mugabe attends.


But EU and AU leaders moved forward Wednesday as they met in Accra to set a conference agenda.


Journalist Kwafi Kpodo attended the meeting. He says leaders at the planning meeting stressed the need for the European Union and the African Union to make the conference happen and to work toward common goals.


"The Ghanian foreign minister and the Portuguese 5 minister just exchanged determination to bring a new partnership 6, a very inclusive partnership to Africa," said Kpodo. "So the nature of the partnership they want is equal partners and not anyone having the upper hand."


Analysts 7 say the EU may be seeking to strengthen ties with Africa as China's economic influence on the continent grows.


Prosper 8 Addo, researcher at the Accra-based Kofi Annan Center, says the relationship between the EU and the AU has been helpful for Africa in some areas - such as bolstering 9 AU peacekeeping efforts like the one in Darfur. But, he says, the relationship should develop beyond providing aid and assistance.


"These partnerships 10 should be seen on an equal status," he said. "And also if it is possible that ways and means are developed to make the continent a bit independent so that we do not always go begging, begging, begging. Perhaps that should also be the way that we are going."


Addo says the impact of decisions made at the summit will depend on how African leaders implement 11 them.


"For all these efforts to really bear fruit a lot will depend on leaders once again," he said. "I am just hoping and praying that decisions that will be made will be taken in good faith. But that the Africa person, that man walking on the street, really should be at the mind of our leaders."


Topics expected to be discussed at the Lisbon summit include climate change, energy, and how African countries can reach development goals.


 




adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • 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。
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
vi.争吵
  • I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee.我不想同委员会发生争执。
  • The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。
n.水雷,地雷;v.用鱼雷破坏
  • His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
  • Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。
n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语
  • They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
  • Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
  • 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。
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。
v.成功,兴隆,昌盛;使成功,使昌隆,繁荣
  • With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管,公司开始兴旺起来。
  • It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。
v.支持( bolster的现在分词 );支撑;给予必要的支持;援助
  • Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象? 来自辞典例句
  • He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句
n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 );合伙人身份;合作关系
  • Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
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alignment hole
alkylferrocene
all-weld bridge
antipress
atrex
autonomous function
bordure
budell
chastizement
colores
colour television mask
compact disk-interactive
cribrous
cross-river buoy
crossed roller chains
dangerous pile
dannys
deep search
deoppilated
differential liberation
diffusion-reflection
divisionalizations
dumasia cordifolia benth et. backer
effective gas-oil ratio
eggs benedicts
erosional basin
fabii
falls off the wagon
felting resistance
fenbutatin oxide
fuel tolerance
fur goods
genus Prosopis
glenlyon
hash brownie
heavyheartedly
high-altitudes
high-frequency test bay
hyperemia cardiac failure
increasing nutrient concentration
incremental frequence shift
interpols
jail-bird
jyllands-posten
kasts
Kenacort
less-polluting
line clinometer
linguistic semiotics
load-balancing
Luxemburgish
magnetomechanical ratio
manual slot
marginal cost and revenue
mean blade width
mixed banking system
moderately fine texture
motlanthe
multiple sequence operation
Niekerkshoop
nominal terms
noncowboy
order cycadaless
overshoulder
overspecific
packing cloth
pain in the rear
pardoning the bad is injuring the good
personal selling
pointwise finite
poke and pry
pouring reel
preclavus
profits by
protestant church music
put under one's belt
rainmaker remover nozzle
reachability graph
reflex receiver
Resykin
river-marine vessel
root crops
scalene right triangle
scheduling resource
sima rock
simultaneousequation model
square-wave pulse of light
superfine grain developer
synangium
Tabakerz
taxing power
Ticonal
totally enclosed type motor
Trailliaedoxa
true yeasts
trypots
unscroll
USMA
water proofing material
xanthan
yang jin