双语有声阅读:EU, Japan call for new trade round 欧日呼

EU, Japan call for new trade round 欧日呼吁召开新一轮贸易谈判

Worldwide demonstrations¹ disrupted trade talks

世界各地的示威活动中断了贸易谈判

Europe and Japan have called for the resumption of world trade talks by the end of this year.

The call came at the end of the EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, ahead of a meeting of the leaders of the world's major industrial countries in Okinawa on Friday.

Global trade talks broke down in December in Seattle, amid bitter recriminations between trading partners and mass demonstrations on the streets.

In a joint² statement, Japan's Premier³ Mori and French President Jacques Chirac said they accepted that many people were worried by the growing globalisation of the world economy.

"The launch of a new round of trade negotiations⁴ remains⁵ the best way for the World Trade Organisation⁶ to respond to these challenges," they said.

欧洲和日本提出在年底前继续世界贸易谈判。

欧日在东京的会谈结束时的这一呼吁，是在周五冲绳将召开的世界主要工业国家会议(G8)前提出的。

上次的西亚图全球贸易谈判在贸易伙伴相互辛辣的指责、大街上群众游行抗议声中于12月中断。

在一份联合声明中，日本首相森喜朗和法国总统希拉克称他们认识到许多人对世界经济全球化的担忧。

他们说，“展开新一轮贸易谈判仍是世贸组织迎接这些挑战的最好途径。”
 

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。