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  • Venezuelan President to Meet with Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
  • 委内瑞拉总统将会晤古巴领导人卡斯特罗
  •   The leaders of Venezuela and Cuba are set to meet Wednesday.
  • 委内瑞拉和古巴的两位领导人定於星期叁会晤。

  •   In Uruguay Tuesday, after a Mercosur trade bloc meeting, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would be having lunch with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana today.
  • 星期二在乌拉圭参加「南方共同市场」会议之后,委内瑞拉总统查韦斯说,他星期叁将在哈瓦那和古巴领导人卡斯特罗共进午餐。

  •   Mr. Chavez says he will meet with Mr. Castro before attending a conference on oil in the Caribbean area.
  • 查维斯说,他在参加加勒比海地区一个有关石油的会议之前,会见卡斯特罗。

  •   Cuban state television read a letter from Mr. Castro on Tuesday in which he said he would not obstruct the rise of a new generation of leaders.
  • 古巴国营电视台星期二宣读了卡斯特罗的一封信函.卡斯特罗在信函中说,他不会阻挡新一代领导人的崛起。

  •   It was the first suggestion from the 81-year old leader that he might permanently step down from the presidency.
  • 这是这位现年 81 岁的领导人首次暗示,他也许会永远从国务委员会主席职位上退下来。

  •   He temporarily handed over power to his brother, Raul, in July 2006 after undergoing intestinal surgery.
  • 在2006 年 7 月接受肠道手术后,卡斯特罗暂时把权力交给了他的弟弟劳尔.卡斯特罗。

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  • President Bush to Sign Legislation Setting New US Energy Standards
  • 布希将签署制定美国新能源标準的法案
  •   A sweeping energy bill that increases fuel efficiency standards in U.S. cars and trucks will be signed into law Wednesday by President Bush.
  • 一个全面增加美国汽车和卡车燃油效率标準的法案星期叁将得到布希总统的签署,成為一项法律。

  •   The measure requires U.S. automakers to a achieve an efficiency standard of 15 kilometers per liter (35 miles per gallon) by 2020 -- the first such increase in 32 years -- and requires a major increase in the amount of biofuels, especially ethanol, to replace carbon-burning fossil fuels.
  • 这项法案要求美国汽车製造商在 2020 年前达到每公升燃油 15 公里的效率标準(每加仑燃油行驶 35 英哩),并且要求大幅度提高使用生物燃料,特别是「乙醇」来替代產生二氧化碳的矿物燃料;这是 32 年来首次提高标準。

  •   It also sets new energy efficiency standards for home appliances like refrigerators, and phases out the standard incandescent light bulb in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.
  • 该法案还為家用电器,诸如电冰箱等制定了新的能源效率标準,并且要逐渐以更节省能源的小型萤光灯来取代标準的白炽灯。

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