1. With six trade ministers from major economic powers in one room there was anticipation of a breakthrough for stalled talks on liberalizing global commerce.

当六大经济体的贸易部长共聚一堂时，人们对打破持续不前的全球贸易自由化进程有了些许期望。

anticipation

action or state of anticipating 预料 ; 预期 ; 预测 :

* A tennis player shows good anticipation by moving quickly into position. 网球运动员能迅速进入适当位置 , 显示其预测准确 .

breakthrough

n. （名词）

an act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction.

突破：克服或穿越障碍或限制的行为

stall

to come to a standstill: 停止

eg :Negotiations stalled. 谈判中断

 

2. The ministers from Australia, Brazil, the EU,India,Japan and the United States announced that they agreed to try by the end of the year to conclude the so-called Doha round of 150-member World Trade Organization talks.

来自澳大利亚，巴西，欧盟，印度，日本和美国的部长宣称他们同意年底达成世贸组织 150 个成员国参与的多哈回合谈判。

conclude

(a) come or bring (sth) to an end （使）（某事物）结束 :

* She concluded her talk with a funny story. 她以一个有趣的故事结束谈话 . 

(b) come to believe sth as a result of reasoning （经推理）相信某事物 :

* Those are the facts; what do you conclude from them? 这些都是事实 , 你能从中得出什麽结论 ?

(c)arrange and settle (a treaty, etc) formally and finally 达成 ; 决定 ; 缔结（条约等） :

* Britain concluded a trade agreement with China. 英国和中国签署了贸易协定 .

3. The United States has resisted making deeper cuts to subsidies for American farmers.

美国抵制大范围削减美国农民补贴的做法。

subsidy

money paid, esp by a government, to help an industry, to support the arts, to keep prices down, etc 补助金 ; （尤指政府为扶持工业、 资助艺术事业、 平抑物价等而发放的）津贴 , 补贴 :

* food subsidies, eg to reduce the price of basic foods 食品补贴（如用以降低基本食品的价格）

 

4. Australia’s trade minister, WT said the Washington and Brussels should not be expected to make all the concessions.

澳大利亚外交部长 WT 称不能指望华盛顿和布鲁塞尔做出所有的妥协。

concession

 thing granted or yielded, esp after discussion, an argument, etc 妥协 , 让步（尤指经协商或辩论等） :

* Employers made concessions to the workers in negotiations. 资方在与工人谈判中作出了让步 .

 

5. In another sign of the distance still to be traveled,india’s commerce and industries minister KN told reporters his country will not compromise the interests of millions of its subsistence farmers.

另有迹象表明达成协议还有遥远的距离，如印度商业和工业部长 kN 告诉记者他们国家就不会在关系数百万农民生存利益问题上作出妥协。

compromise

(a) giving up of certain demands by each side in a dispute, so that an agreement may be reached which satisfies both to some extent 妥协 ; 和解 ; 谅解 ; 折衷 :

* Most wage claims are settled by compromise. 对提高工资的要求大多都能折衷解决 .

(b) (between/on sth) settlement reached in this way （以上述方法取得的）和解 :

* Can the two sides reach a compromise? 双方能互让和解吗 ?

subsistence

n. （名词） the act or state of subsisting.

生存：生存、存在的行动或状态

 

6.U.S.President Bush has specail powers to negotiate a trade deal .But those so-called “fast track” powers expire June 30 unless Congress extends them.

美国总统布什拥有签订贸易协定的特权，然而这个被称为“快车道”的特权如果国会不延长时间，那么在六月 30 日将会被终止。

expire

(of sth that lasts a period of time) come to an end; become no longer in use （指延续一段时间的某事物）结束 , 不再使用 , 期满 , 终止 :

* Our present lease on the flat expires next month. 我们这套公寓的租约下月到期 .

extend

make (sth) longer or larger (in space or time) 使（某物）（在空间或时间上）更大 , 更长 , 伸长 , 延长 , 延展 :

* Can you extend your visit a few days longer? 你能多停留几天吗 ? 

 

7. The U.S.-based SITE Institute, which tracks militant postings, said the claim by the group apeared authentic.

总部位于美国的，专门跟踪极端活动的研究机构称该组织发布的声明基本属实。

authentic  adj 

(a) known to be true or genuine 真实的 ; 真正的 :

* an authentic document, signature, painting 正式文件、 亲笔签字、 原作绘画 . 

(b)  trustworthy; reliable 可信的 ; 可靠的 :

* an authentic statement 可靠的陈述 . 

8.Initial reports from the U.S.military said eight people had been killed.

最初源自美国军方的报道称有 8 人死亡。

initial

adj 作定语 of or at the beginning; first 开始的 ; 最初的 ; 第一个的 :

* the initial letter of a word 一个字起首的字母

 

9. Many legislators returned to the convention center Friday where their colleague, Mohammad Awad, a Sunni Arab deputy from the National Dialogue Party, was killed.

许多立法委员周五回到了会议中心，他们的同事，来自国家对话党的阿拉伯逊尼派代表 MA 便在此身亡。

convention

conference of members of a profession, political party, etc （某一职业、 政党等之人士召开的）大会 :

* the US Democratic Party Convention 美国民主党代表大会

 

10. Parliament speaker M.M called the special session to, in his words, “defy terrorism.”

议会发言人 MM 用他自己的话，把此会议称作“反抗恐怖主义”

defy

(a) disobey or refuse to respect (sb, an authority, etc) 违抗 , 反抗 , 藐视 , 蔑视（某人、 权威等） :

* They defied their parents and got married. 他们违抗父母的意愿而结婚了 .

(b) refuse to give in to (sb/sth); resist boldly 拒绝向（某人 [ 某事物 ] 躣让步 ; 勇敢地抵抗 :

* The army defied the enemy's forces. 这支军队英勇抗敌 .

11. Deputy Prime Minister BS said Thursday’s attack proves the terrorists do not differentiate among Iraqis, as Sunnis,Shi’ites,Kurds and Turkmen were all targets. He said the bombing was an attack against a symbol of the people’s power and authority and the political system that they created.

副总理 BS 称周四的袭击证明了恐怖分子根本不区分伊拉克人， 逊尼派、什叶派、库尔德人和土库曼人都是袭击目标。他 称爆炸是对人民的权威及他们所制定政治体系的攻击。

differentiate

see or show (two things) to be different; show sth to be different

(from sth else) 看出或指出（两者）不同 ; 辨别 ; 区别 ; 区分 :

* Can you differentiate between the two varieties? 你能辨别这两个品种吗 ?

symbol

image, object, etc that suggests or refers to sth else; emblem 象徵 ; 标志 :

* The cross is the symbol of Christianity. 十字架是基督教的标志 .

 

12. Doctor N, whose neck was bandaged, said when the bomb exploded,she did not think of herself or the people in the room with her,but of all Iraqis who face such horrors as kidnapping ,murder and bombings on a daily basis.

颈部缠着绷带的 N 医生说，当炸弹爆炸时，她没有想到自己或是屋内的其他人，而是每天要面对绑架，谋杀,爆炸威胁的全体伊拉克平民。

bandage

v  wind a bandage round (a part of) sb 用绷带包扎某人（的身体部位）

horror

feeling of intense fear or dismay; terror 恐怖 ; 恐惧 ; 惊恐 :

* I recoiled in horror from the snake. 那条蛇把我吓得直往後缩 .

 

13. He said the Americans are in charge of security in the Green Zone but no one dares to hold them responsible for this attack.
他称美国人负责绿区的安全保障，但没人敢于让他们为此次袭击负责。

in charge of

having control over or responsibility for 管理，负责：具有对…的控制或责任的 .

*You're in charge of making the salad. 你负责做沙拉

dare

(used esp in negative sentences and questions, after if/whether, or with hardly, never, no one, nobody 尤用於否定句及疑问句中 , 在 if/whether 之後 , 或与 hardly 、 never 、 no one 、 nobody 连用 ) have sufficient courage or impudence (to do sth) 敢 ; 敢於 ; 竟敢 ; 胆敢 :

* I daren't ask her for a rise. 我不敢要求她加薪 .