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八月份 第 01 課

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  • Taiwan Renews UN Membership Bid
  • 台灣再次爭取加入聯合國
  •   Taiwan's president Chen Shui-bian has renewed its bid to join the United Nations, sending two more letters to leaders of the world body.
  • 台灣總統陳水扁分別致函聯合國的兩位領導人,再次要求加入聯合國。

  •   A spokesman for President Chen Shui-bian says letters were delivered Wednesday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to China's U.N. representative.
  • 陳水扁總統的一位發言人說,信函星期三分送給聯合國秘書長潘基文和中國駐聯合國代表。

  •   Last week, the secretary-general's office rejected Taiwan's application for membership before it was discussed by the General Assembly.
  • 上個星期,聯合國秘書長辦公室把台灣的申請在提交聯合國大會討論之前將之退回。

  •   The office said that a 1971 U.N. resolution (2758) bars Taiwan from having separate membership in the world body.
  • 該辦公室說,聯合國大會 1971 年通過的 2758 號決議案禁止台灣另外成為這個世界組織的成員。

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  • US Treasury Secretary Opposes Currency Bill to Punish China
  • 美財長反對就貨幣問題懲罰中國議案
  •   U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he opposes U.S. legislation that would enable Washington to punish China for maintaining a weak currency.
  • 美國財政部長保爾森說,他反對國會通過一項使美國得以懲罰中國壓低人民幣匯率的法案。

  •   Paulson told China's state-run Xinhua news agency it would be more productive to have talks with China on the currency issue.
  • 保爾森對中國官方的新華社說,在匯率問題上與中國保持對話更具有建設性。

  •   Paulson is in China for talks with President Hu Jintao and other top officials Wednesday, to try to defuse political tensions.
  • 保爾森正在中國,星期三與胡錦濤主席以及其他高級官員舉行會談,努力緩解政治緊張。

  •   He is pushing Beijing to strengthen its currency, which could reduce China's trade surplus with the United States.
  • 保爾森敦促北京提高人民幣匯率,這將有助於減少美國對中國的貿易逆差。

  •   Critics say China keeps the yuan undervalued, giving its exports an unfair price advantage.
  • 批評人士說,中國壓低人民幣匯率,使其產品享有不公平的價格優勢。

  •   The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved legislation that would allow Washington to sanction other nations that refuse to adopt more market-based currency policies.
  • 美國參議院財政委員會通過一項議案,允許華盛頓制裁那些拒絕採取以市場為基礎的匯率政策的國家。

  •   Paulson and other U.S. government senior officials, including Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, have sent U.S. Senate a letter opposing the legislation.
  • 保爾森和包括商務部長古鐵雷斯和貿易代表施瓦布在內其他美國政府高級官員聯名寫信給參議院,對這項法案表示反對。

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