EPT美語 - 英語自學網 / 免費英文自學教材 / 美國之音 / 新聞閱讀 / 四月份新聞 / 第13課 / 第13課-2006

目前網頁所在位置：

四月份第 13 課

Russia Urges Iran to Stop Enriching Uranium
俄羅斯促伊朗停止提煉濃縮鈾
　　Russia is again urging Iran to stop uranium enrichment to end the international standoff over its nuclear program.
俄羅斯再次敦促伊朗停止提煉濃縮鈾，以結束國際間在伊朗核計劃問題上出現的僵持局面。

　　Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the world wants to see urgent and concrete steps from Iran. He spoke on the sidelines of a meeting of envoys from the Group of Eight major industrialized nations today (Wednesday) in Moscow.
俄羅斯外長拉夫諾夫說，全世界都希望看到伊朗採取緊急和具體的步驟．拉夫諾夫是在八個主要工業化國家代表星期三在莫斯科開會間隙說這番話的。

　　On Tuesday, top officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany met on Iran, but failed to agree on whether to push for sanctions.
星期二，聯合國五個常任理事國和德國的高層官員就伊朗問題舉行會談，但是未能就是否對其進行制裁達成協議。

　　Russia and China still oppose sanctions, preferring instead for the International Atomic Energy Agency to handle the issue.
俄羅斯和中國仍然反對制裁，傾向於讓國際原子能機構來處理這個問題。

　　The series of meetings come a week before the full U.N. Security Council is to hear an I.A.E.A. report on Iran.
這一系列會議的一個星期之後，聯合國安理會全體會議將聽取國際原子能機構有關伊朗問題的一份報告。

Chinese President Tours Boeing Plant Today
胡錦濤今參觀波音飛機製造廠
　　Chinese President Hu Jintao is to tour a manufacturing plant of the aviation giant Boeing today (Wednesday) as part of his four-day visit to the United States. His visit to the plant in the northwestern state of Washington comes days after Beijing announced a deal to purchase 80 Boeing jets valued at around five-billion dollars. Mr.
中國國家主席胡錦濤繼續對美國的四天訪問，星期三他將參觀飛機製造業巨頭波音公司的製造廠．幾天前，北京宣佈購買80架波音客機的協議，總值大約50億美元。

　　Hu arrived in Washington state Tuesday and toured the headquarters of U.S. computer software giant Microsoft with company founder Bill Gates.
胡錦濤星期二抵達美國西北部的華盛頓州，並與電腦軟件巨頭微軟公司創建人比爾．蓋茨一起參觀微軟的總部。

　　Hu Jintao travels to Washington D.C. later today, and meets Thursday with President Bush at the White House.
胡錦濤將在星期三晚些時候前來美國首都華盛頓，星期四在白宮會見美國總統布希。

　　Those talks are expected to focus on U.S. demands that China reform its currency, China's human rights record, trade, and the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran.
預期雙方的會談將集中討論美國要求中國改革匯率、中國的人權紀錄、貿易以及北韓和伊朗的核計劃等問題。