EPT美语 - 英语自学网 / 免费英文自学教材 / 美国之音 / 新闻阅读 / 四月份新闻 / 第13课 / 第13课-2006

目前网页所在位置：

四月份第 13 课

Russia Urges Iran to Stop Enriching Uranium
俄罗斯促伊朗停止提炼浓缩铀
　　Russia is again urging Iran to stop uranium enrichment to end the international standoff over its nuclear program.
俄罗斯再次敦促伊朗停止提炼浓缩铀，以结束国际间在伊朗核计划问题上出现的僵持局面。

　　Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the world wants to see urgent and concrete steps from Iran. He spoke on the sidelines of a meeting of envoys from the Group of Eight major industrialized nations today (Wednesday) in Moscow.
俄罗斯外长拉夫诺夫说，全世界都希望看到伊朗採取紧急和具体的步骤．拉夫诺夫是在八个主要工业化国家代表星期叁在莫斯科开会间隙说这番话的。

　　On Tuesday, top officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany met on Iran, but failed to agree on whether to push for sanctions.
星期二，联合国五个常任理事国和德国的高层官员就伊朗问题举行会谈，但是未能就是否对其进行制裁达成协议。

　　Russia and China still oppose sanctions, preferring instead for the International Atomic Energy Agency to handle the issue.
俄罗斯和中国仍然反对制裁，倾向於让国际原子能机构来处理这个问题。

　　The series of meetings come a week before the full U.N. Security Council is to hear an I.A.E.A. report on Iran.
这一系列会议的一个星期之后，联合国安理会全体会议将听取国际原子能机构有关伊朗问题的一份报告。

Chinese President Tours Boeing Plant Today
胡锦涛今参观波音飞机製造厂
　　Chinese President Hu Jintao is to tour a manufacturing plant of the aviation giant Boeing today (Wednesday) as part of his four-day visit to the United States. His visit to the plant in the northwestern state of Washington comes days after Beijing announced a deal to purchase 80 Boeing jets valued at around five-billion dollars. Mr.
中国国家主席胡锦涛继续对美国的四天访问，星期叁他将参观飞机製造业巨头波音公司的製造厂．几天前，北京宣佈购买80架波音客机的协议，总值大约50亿美元。

　　Hu arrived in Washington state Tuesday and toured the headquarters of U.S. computer software giant Microsoft with company founder Bill Gates.
胡锦涛星期二抵达美国西北部的华盛顿州，并与电脑软件巨头微软公司创建人比尔．盖茨一起参观微软的总部。

　　Hu Jintao travels to Washington D.C. later today, and meets Thursday with President Bush at the White House.
胡锦涛将在星期叁晚些时候前来美国首都华盛顿，星期四在白宫会见美国总统布希。

　　Those talks are expected to focus on U.S. demands that China reform its currency, China's human rights record, trade, and the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran.
预期双方的会谈将集中讨论美国要求中国改革匯率、中国的人权纪录、贸易以及北韩和伊朗的核计划等问题。