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十月份 第 18 课

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  • (2012-10-26)------

  • Romney to Give 'Major' Economic Speech; Obama Rests from Campaign Trail
  • 欧巴马稍事休息 罗姆尼继续衝刺
  •   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.
  • 美国总统欧巴马星期五将在他紧凑的竞选行程中稍事休息;而共和党总统候选人罗姆尼的助手则表示,罗姆尼将在星期五发表一场有关经济的重要演说。

  •   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.
  • 罗姆尼的一名发言人表示,罗姆尼準备在摇摆州爱荷华州发表演说,这将是他最后阶段的陈述,着重强调他和欧巴马总统两人在经济问题立场上的差异。

  •   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.
  • 过去 40个小时在美国进行旋风式竞选活动的欧巴马总统,星期五则将待在白宫,接受一些媒体採访。

  •   Polls have showed that the presidential race is virtually tied as the campaign enters its final stages before the November 6 election.
  • 投票即将於 11 月 6 日举行;竞选最后阶段的民意调查显示,两位总统候选人的支持度基本不分轩輊。

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  • (2012-10-26)------

  • China Seeks More Nuclear Power in Energy Reform
  • 中国开放新建核电站禁令
  •   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.
  • 中国说,它的能源消耗近年来增长过快,对能源供应和环境都造成压力。

  •   "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.
  • 中国国务院星期叁公佈的能源状况与政策白皮书说,对石化能源资源的大量开发和使用加大了环境保护的压力。

  •   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.
  • 為了创造一个 “安全、稳定和洁凈” 的能源產业,中国将终止对新建核电站的禁令,同时鼓励私营领域向能源领域作更多投资,以开发出更多可持续能源的技术。

  •   Zhou Xizhou, who heads the China team of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, says the government's energy policy faces major obstacles.
  • 剑桥能源研究协会负责中国问题研究的周锡舟说,中国政府的能源政策面临重大障碍。

  •   "They have to find enough supply to meet the future demand, because of how fast the demand is growing," he says.
  • 他说:“由於需求迅速增长,中国必须找到能满足未来需求的能源供应。”

  •   He says reducing the country's heavy dependence on coal and diversifying its energy resources will be a big challenge.
  • 他说,减少对煤炭的依赖以及寻求能源资源多样化将是对中国的严峻挑战。

  •   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.
  • 中国的能源状况与政策白皮书公佈之际,中国即将进行每十年一次的最高领导层换届;预计换届后中国的新领导人将宣佈能源政策的改变。

  •   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.
  • 中国是世界上最大的能源生產国和消费国,主要依靠对环境造成严重污染的煤和进口的石油。

  •   But as the center of global manufacturing, the country has been trying to improve energy efficiency and improve sustainable, domestic energy sources.
  • 已经成為世界工厂的的中国一直在努力改善能源效率和寻求可持续的国内能源资源,其中包括核能发电。

  •   That includes more nuclear power, which makes up just 1.8 percent of the country's total energy production.
  • 核电只占中国目前总发电量的 1.8 %。

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