G20 英国承诺给叙利亚额外援助

 　　It was nevergoing to be an easy chat, but at least G20 leaders prepared for dinner. Syriawas no longer the elephant in the room. It was the center piece for discussionand debate. On the key question of proposed military action, David Cameron hasno hand left to play, but made a decent face of not looking too deflated¹. Whileunable to offer active support to Barack Obama, the Prime Minister aimed tobuttress arguments in what proved to be a polite but predictable tabling ofentrenched and opposed positions.

　　“Some people will never be satisfied with.”

　　“Do you think that includes President Putin?”

　　“I haven’t said I haven’t yet seen any of evidence thatRussia will change the position after the United States, but the best way ofdoing this, of course, is to have a UN resolution, a condemnation² of Syria, abacking for all necessary measures to be taken.”

　　The handshake between David Cameron and Vladimir Putin wasnot the warmest in the summit. The two men don’t see eye to eye on a host ofthe issues but nor of they yet descended³ to the arctic level of US-Russiaexchanges.

　　"However, remarks attributed to Vladimir Putin’sspokesman threatened to throw a bit of spanner into the works. It’s said DimitriPescov described Britain as just a small island; no one pays any attention tothem. "

　　“The whole story is a bit odd, because one thing we know isthis remark didn’t come from one of the G20 press conference hall. In fact, itwasn’t made in St. Petersburg at all. It seems to be emanated⁴ from some sort ofpress briefing earlier in the week that no one at that time chose to report.Anyway, it is perhaps worth pointing out that Russian position generally aboutthe British Parliamentary vote was that it was great news because it underminedthe move towards military action.”

　　The hosts pulled down all the stops with the sound-and-lightshow stretching into the small hours. After the spectacle, the Russia Presidentfound time to meet David Cameron, who wants help to facilitate humanitarian⁵ aidin Syria. He’d hoped to be able to forge an agreement on such a pressingsubject, but given the divisions of the top table it might be wise not to beton it.

　　Joy Jones, Sky News, at the G20 in St. Petersburg.

1 deflated   

adj. 灰心丧气的

参考例句：

• I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.他对我的建议兴趣不大，令我感到十分气馁。
• He was deflated by the news.这消息令他泄气。

2 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

3 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

4 emanated   

v.从…处传出，传出( emanate的过去式和过去分词 )；产生，表现，显示

参考例句：

• Do you know where these rumours emanated from? 你知道谣言出自何处吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rumor emanated from Chicago. 谣言来自芝加哥。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。