双语有声阅读:EU overhauls aid system 欧盟将彻底改革

EU overhauls² aid system 欧盟将彻底改革其援助计划

European aid too often arrives too late

欧盟援助总是姗姗来迟 

The European Commission is to radically³ overhaul¹ the way it runs its vast foreign aid programme after years of inefficiency⁴ and mismanagement.

Details of the plan were announced at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by the Commissioner⁵ for External Relations, Chris Patten.

EU missions abroad will get a bigger role in implementing⁶ programmes on the ground, while a better staffed organisation⁷ will be set up within the Commission to speed up aid delivery. 　

Mr Patten, who took over his job last September, is said to have been shocked by what is described as a catalogue of waste and incompetence⁸.

数年来欧洲联盟委员会在运行其庞大的外援项目上一直存在着低效和管理混乱的问题，对此，它将做彻底改革。

负责欧盟对外关系司的科里斯-帕特恩委员在斯特拉斯堡欧洲议会上宣布了此次改革的详细计划。

欧盟驻外机构将根据这一计划在援助项目实施上发挥更大的作用，同时在欧盟内部将建立一个更加精干的组织以加快援助进度。

据说，去年九月上任的帕特恩先生对援助计划中的浪费和不能有效实施计划现象感到震惊
 

1 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

2 overhauls   

v.彻底检查( overhaul的第三人称单数 )；大修；赶上；超越

参考例句：

• The plant overhauls 8 locomotive, manufactures and repairs 100 train vehicles annually. 年机车解体大修8部，修、制各类型铁路车辆百余辆。 来自互联网
• The wind turbine generator overhauls what is the standard flow? 风机检修的的标准流程是什么？ 来自互联网

3 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

4 inefficiency   

n.无效率，无能；无效率事例

参考例句：

• Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace. 资方与工人之间的冲突使得工厂生产效率很低。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are ill-equipped. 出现此种低效率是因为工人与管理层都能力不足。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

6 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

7 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。

8 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。