Bush Wants G8 to Honor Commitments to Africa (1/2)

President Bush says the world needs more than leaders to who make promises about helping Africa. He says it needs leaders who actually right write the checks.
布什总统说世界并不只需要做出援助非洲的承诺的领导人.他说世界需要的是做出实际行动的领导人.
　
"You know I hoped that these countries understand the great promise and hope that comes when we help alleviate the this suffering.And so one of my really important agenda items is going to rally our partners to make commitments and meet commitments."
"你们知道我希望这些国家明白这项重大的承诺,希望当我们帮助非洲减轻这种痛苦的时候兑现.所以我真正重要的议程项目之一就是将要重新号召我们的合作者们来制定承诺并遵守承诺."

Mr. Bush told reporters at the White House that he is going to next week's Group of Eight summit in Japan to press fellow leaders to deliver on a promise made two years ago to double financial assistance to Africa to $22 billion by the year 2010.
布什先生在白宫告诉记者们他将参加下周在日本举行的G8峰会去敦促一同参加会议的领导人们兑现两年前做出的承诺,即到2010年对非洲加倍进行财政援助到220亿美元.
　
So far, the nonpartisan AIDS and poverty awareness group the One Campaign says just 14 percent of those funds has have been delivered.
到现在为止,无党派艾滋病和贫困组织One Campaign说只有14%的资金兑现.
　
And At last year's G8 summit, leaders agreed to back U.S.-led affords efforts to help cut African deaths from malaria by half in the most-affected countries. President Bush says he will push leaders to honor that commitment as well.
在去年的G8峰会上,领导人们同意支持美国领导的努力,来帮助将在受疟疾严重影响的国家死亡人数减少一半.布什总统说他将促使领导人们遵守这个承诺.

词汇:
alleviate vt.使易于承受,减轻
rally  v.重整旗鼓,给予新力量,使恢复健康,力量,决心,集结   n.集会
nonpartisan   adj.五党无派的,超乎党派的

posted on 2008-07-06 01:58 poppy 阅读(17) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 网摘收藏