VOA常速英语2008年-Australia Moves to Improve Ties With South Paci
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Sydney
07 March 2008
Demonstrators in Papua New Guinea tried to disrupt a visit by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Landowners staged protests as part of a dispute over proposed mining of the Kokoda Track, a trail where Australian forces fought Japanese troops during the Second World War. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.
Australia's new prime minister was greeted on his first visit to Papua New Guinea by landowners living along the Kokoda Track, who staged a noisy protest against Australia's opposition 1 to mining in the area.
The trail was the site of a series of battles between Australian and Japanese forces in 1942.
The Kokoda Track is a revered 2 part of Australia's military history and Canberra wants it given World Heritage protection.
Villagers, though, want sections of the rugged 3 path to be mined for copper 4 and gold. They stand to make a fortune if permission is granted, something Kevin Rudd has opposed.
Mr. Rudd, a former diplomat 5, has needed great tact 6 during his visit to Papua New Guinea.
Relations between Australia and its former colony and nearest neighbor have been sensitive in recent years. The former Australian prime minister, John Howard, rarely saw eye-to-eye with officials in Port Moresby. Mr. Howard became increasingly frustrated 7 at what he saw as a lack of action to combat corruption 8 in Papua New Guinea.
Mr. Rudd hopes his visit will be the beginning of more harmonious 9 times.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare says it is time for a fresh start.
"The relationship was more or less deteriorated 10 for a little while because of what transpired 11 at the time," he explained. "There was no common understanding, mutual 12 understanding between the differences that we have and the differences the previous Australian governments have. But it's all water under the bridge."
The environment will be a focus of discussions during Mr. Rudd's visit, especially problems with mining and forestry 13 operations.
The two countries have agreed to safeguard vast areas of tropical rainforest and to monitor logging in Papua New Guinea.
"We've outlined a new framework to work together on this," Mr. Rudd said. "A regular dialogue on how we can advance this agenda within the international forums 14 of the world. Secondly 15, an Australian offer for technical assistance when it comes to the satellite based monitoring of the extent of forestry coverage 16."
Most people in Papua New Guinea live a subsistence lifestyle in remote areas. HIV and AIDS are serious problems, along with gang violence and official corruption.
Mr. Rudd next visits another of Australia's small South Pacific neighbors, the Solomon Islands.
Australia led a multinational 17 peacekeeping force into the archipelago in 2003 to end years of ethnic 18 fighting.
Canberra says its intervention 19 was intended to make sure political instability did not allow its neighbors to become havens 20 for extremists and criminals.
- 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。
- A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例,现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
- Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
- The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
- The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- She showed great tact in dealing with a tricky situation.她处理棘手的局面表现得十分老练。
- Tact is a valuable commodity.圆滑老练是很有用处的。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
- The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。
- Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
- His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化,日甚一日。
- It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
- It later transpired that he hadn't been telling the truth. 他当时没说真话,这在后来显露出来了。
- We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
- Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
- At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
- Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
- A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
- It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。
- Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二,动脑筋提出自己的见解。
- Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次,需要确定所作用的载荷。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。