1.   But, delegates are divided as to how much emphasis to give to the issue.

但是代表们对给予该问题多少的重要程度意见不一。

emphasis

(a) force or stress given to a word or words when spoken, to make the meaning clear or to show importance 加强语气; 强调:

* give special emphasis to a phrase 对一词组加强语气. 

(b) (placing of) special meaning, value or importance (on sth) （付予某事物）特殊的意义、价值或重要性:

* The emphasis here is on hard work, not enjoyment. 这里至关重要的是努力工作, 而不是享乐. 

2.   He says there is an over-emphasis on climate change as the only form of environmental degradation that poses challenges to the planet.

他称如今有一种把气候变化作为环境退化唯一方式而过分强调的趋势。环境退化对我们的星球提出了挑战。

degradation

The state of being degraded; degeneration.

降低，堕落：被降低的状态；衰退

3.   A focus and concern on climate change is entirely appropriate.

对气候变化的关注和关心是绝对适当的。

appropriate

 suitable; right and proper 适当的; 合适的; 正当的:

* Sports clothes are not appropriate for a formal wedding. 运动服用於正式婚礼中是不适当的.

4.   The Nobel Prize winning group of scientists says carbon and other heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions must stabilize by 2015 and then decline to head off the worst consequences from climate change. 

该诺贝尔奖小组的科学家称碳类和其它类温室气体的排放必须在2015年得到抑制，从而来阻止气候变化作引起的更坏的结果。

stabilize  v.（动词）

(a)To make stable or steadfast.

使稳定或稳固

(b)To keep from fluctuating; fix the level of:

防止…的波动；平抑：

*stabilize prices.

平抑价格

5.   In his weekly radio address Saturday, the president urged lawmakers to renew anti-terrorism legislation that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor domestic phone calls without court permission, as long as one end of the conversation is reasonably believed to be outside the United States.

在每周电台演讲中，总统周六敦促立法者更新反恐法案，从而让美国情报机关可以没有法庭许可的情况下监听国内的电话，只要是电话的另一方被认为在美国之外地区。

renew

To make new or as if new again; restore:

使更新：使或者似乎使…再次变新；修复：

renewed the antique chair.

修复那把旧式椅子

6.   But the president's top priority is to win congressional approval of his $196 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the money is for the 2008 fiscal year, which began October 1st.

但是总统的最首要任务是让国会通过其请求的用于伊拉克，阿富汗1960亿美元战争拨款提案。这些资金归于始于10月1日的2008年财政年度预算。

fiscal

adj of or related to government money or public money, usu taxes 国库的; 公款的; （通常指）岁入的; 财政的:

* the government's fiscal policy 政府的财政政策. 

7.   The president and the Pentagon argue that further delays in approving these funds would force cuts in military operations across the United States and ultimately compromise the war on terror.

总统和五角大楼表示若再不批准资金提案将会迫使他们减少全国的军费开支，从而最终危害反恐战争。

compromise

(a)To settle by concessions.

妥协：通过让步来解决

(b)To expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute:

连累：使暴露或容易引起危险、怀疑或败坏名声：

*an embassy that was compromised by hidden listening devices.

因隐藏着窃听器而处于险境的大使馆

8.   Virginia Senator Jim Webb, a Democrat, just returned from a trip to Iraq, he told reporters Saturday that warnings about military cuts are just "gamesmanship" on the part of the Pentagon, and that there will be no negative impact if Congress continues the debate on the war funding bill for several more weeks.

民主党维吉尼亚参议员JW刚刚从伊拉克归来，他周六告诉记者称军费削减的警告只是五角大楼方面的权宜之计，称国会继续的对战争拨款议案讨论多持续几周也不会有什么负面影响。

pentagon

(a) [C] geometric figure with five sides and angles 五角形; 五边形. 

 (b) the Pentagon the five-sided building near Washington that is the headquarters of the US Department of Defence and the US armed forces 五角大楼，（美国国防部办公处）