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  • Russia, Turkey Sign Energy Agreements
  • 俄罗斯土耳其签署能源协议
  •   Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin signed energy agreements in Ankara Thursday.
  • 星期四,土耳其总理埃尔多安和俄罗斯总理普京在安卡拉签署了能源协议。

  •   One of the biggest deals involves Turkey's approval for Moscow's planned South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Central Asian gas from Russia under the Black Sea to Europe, bypassing Ukraine.
  • 其中一笔重大交易就是土耳其同意莫斯科筹划的南溪天然气管道项目;此项目将把中亚天然气从俄罗斯经由黑海,绕过乌克兰运送到欧洲。

  •   Turkey signed an agreement allowing construction of the pipeline in Turkish waters.
  • 土耳其签署协议,允许在土耳其水域内修建管道。

  •   Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was present at the signing ceremony.
  • 义大利总理贝卢斯科尼出席了签字仪式。

  •   Doubts about Russia's reliability as a gas supplier resurfaced in January when Russia cut supplies to Europe during a payment dispute with Ukraine.
  • 一月,俄罗斯在和乌克兰出现付款分歧时,切断了欧洲的天然气供应,这让俄罗斯做為天然气供应者的可靠性再次受到质疑。

  •   The Moscow-backed South Stream pipeline will be competing with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline.
  • 莫斯科支援的南溪天然气管道将和欧盟支援的纳布科管道竞争。

  •   Turkey and four members of the EU signed an agreement last month to construct that pipeline.
  • 上个月,土耳其和欧盟的四名成员签署了有关修建纳布科管道的协议。

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  • Livestock Dowry Still on Offer for Chelsea Clinton
  • 肯亚男子用牲畜作彩礼向切尔西求婚
  •   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it will be up to her daughter Chelsea whether to accept a Kenyan man's offer of livestock in return for Chelsea's hand in marriage.
  • 肯亚一名男子用牲畜作為彩礼,向美国国务卿希拉里‧克林顿的女儿切尔西求婚;克林顿国务卿说,是否接受这个求婚要由切尔西本人决定。

  •   The Kenyan man's offer of 40 goats and 20 cows was first made in 2000, in a letter to Secretary Clinton's husband, then-president Bill Clinton.
  • 这名肯亚男子早在 2000 年就写信给当时的美国总统比尔‧克林顿,提出用 40 头山羊和 20 头牛的彩礼向切尔西求婚。

  •   At a town hall meeting in Nairobi Thursday, the mediator asked for a fresh response to the proposal.
  • 星期四在内罗毕举行的市政厅会议上,主持人问克林顿国务卿对於这个求婚是否有新的回应。

  •   Clinton said her daughter is "very independent," but added that she will pass along what she called the "very kind offer."
  • 克林顿国务卿说,她的女儿“非常独立”,但她将向切尔西转告“这个非常友好的提议”。

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