美国有线新闻 CNN G20峰会在阿根廷召开 多个热点话题备受关注

G20峰会在阿根廷召开 多个热点话题备受关注

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina is our first stop today. It's the meeting place of the G20, the group of 20. Leaders from 19 nations plus the European Union representing the biggest economies of the world, all are going to be there. CNN Correspondent Nick Robertson says in terms of international diplomacy¹, the G20 is like this giant music festival where all the world's biggest bands are playing.

These nations account for 2/3 of the world's population, 75 percent of it's international trade and 85 percent of the world's economic output. And this is the 10th anniversary of the first G20 meeting. In 2008, leaders met to discuss a response to the great recession. In 2018, they'll spend Friday and Saturday focused first on issues related to the global economy and they'll also talk about international trade, agriculture and energy policy. In the past, the G20's been criticized for having a lot of show but little action. This time around though there are some unique dramas playing out.

One point of tension involves the U.S. and Russia. Their presidents were supposed to meet on the sidelines of the summit this Saturday but U.S. President Donald Trump² cancelled that meeting on Thursday. He blamed Russia's seizure³ of three Ukrainian ships during a confrontation⁴ earlier this week. Russia still has those ships and their sailors in custody⁵. Trade struggles between the U.S. and China. Britain's plan to leave the European Union and Saudi Arabia's response to the killing⁶ of a Saudi journalist in Turkey, all of these topics are going to be closely watched at the G20.

1 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

4 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。