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十月份 第 18 課

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  • (2012-10-26)------

  • Romney to Give 'Major' Economic Speech; Obama Rests from Campaign Trail
  • 歐巴馬稍事休息 羅姆尼繼續衝刺
  •   U.S. President Barack Obama is taking a break from the campaign trail Friday, while his Republican challenger Mitt Romney makes what his aides say is a major economic address.
  • 美國總統歐巴馬星期五將在他緊湊的競選行程中稍事休息;而共和黨總統候選人羅姆尼的助手則表示,羅姆尼將在星期五發表一場有關經濟的重要演說。

  •   A campaign spokesperson says Mr. Romney's speech in the so-called swing state of Iowa is the candidate's "closing argument" and will highlight differences in economic policy with the resident.
  • 羅姆尼的一名發言人表示,羅姆尼準備在搖擺州愛荷華州發表演說,這將是他最後階段的陳述,著重強調他和歐巴馬總統兩人在經濟問題立場上的差異。

  •   Mr. Obama, who is coming off a 40-hour campaign blitz across the country, is spending most of Friday at the White House, where he will participate in several media interviews.
  • 過去 40個小時在美國進行旋風式競選活動的歐巴馬總統,星期五則將待在白宮,接受一些媒體採訪。

  •   Polls have showed that the presidential race is virtually tied as the campaign enters its final stages before the November 6 election.
  • 投票即將於 11 月 6 日舉行;競選最後階段的民意調查顯示,兩位總統候選人的支持度基本不分軒輊。

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  • (2012-10-26)------

  • China Seeks More Nuclear Power in Energy Reform
  • 中國開放新建核電站禁令
  •   China says its energy consumption has been growing too quickly in recent years, putting a strain on the country's energy supply as well as on the environment.
  • 中國說,它的能源消耗近年來增長過快,對能源供應和環境都造成壓力。

  •   "Fossil energy resources have been exploited on a large scale, causing a certain amount of damage to the eco-environment," read the White Paper on China's Energy Policy released Wednesday by the country's Cabinet.
  • 中國國務院星期三公佈的能源狀況與政策白皮書說,對石化能源資源的大量開發和使用加大了環境保護的壓力。

  •   To create an energy industry that is "secure, stable and clean," the statement said authorities are ending a ban on new nuclear plants, encouraging more private investment in the energy sector, and developing more sustainable-energy technology.
  • 為了創造一個 “安全、穩定和潔凈” 的能源產業,中國將終止對新建核電站的禁令,同時鼓勵私營領域向能源領域作更多投資,以開發出更多可持續能源的技術。

  •   Zhou Xizhou, who heads the China team of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, says the government's energy policy faces major obstacles.
  • 劍橋能源研究協會負責中國問題研究的周錫舟說,中國政府的能源政策面臨重大障礙。

  •   "They have to find enough supply to meet the future demand, because of how fast the demand is growing," he says.
  • 他說:“由於需求迅速增長,中國必須找到能滿足未來需求的能源供應。”

  •   He says reducing the country's heavy dependence on coal and diversifying its energy resources will be a big challenge.
  • 他說,減少對煤炭的依賴以及尋求能源資源多樣化將是對中國的嚴峻挑戰。

  •   The "white paper" statement was released before November's once-in-a-decade leadership reshuffle, when a new group of senior officials is expected to announce policy changes.
  • 中國的能源狀況與政策白皮書公佈之際,中國即將進行每十年一次的最高領導層換屆;預計換屆後中國的新領導人將宣佈能源政策的改變。

  •   China, which is the world's biggest consumer and producer of energy, relies mostly on heavily polluting coal, as well as oil imports for energy production.
  • 中國是世界上最大的能源生產國和消費國,主要依靠對環境造成嚴重汙染的煤和進口的石油。

  •   But as the center of global manufacturing, the country has been trying to improve energy efficiency and improve sustainable, domestic energy sources.
  • 已經成為世界工廠的的中國一直在努力改善能源效率和尋求可持續的國內能源資源,其中包括核能發電。

  •   That includes more nuclear power, which makes up just 1.8 percent of the country's total energy production.
  • 核電只占中國目前總發電量的 1.8 %。

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