2014年CRI 国台办主任张志军首次访台 伊拉克总理拒建救国政府

 

The head of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office is now on Taiwan for a four-day visit, and has sat down with his cross-strait counterpart.

Zhang Zhijun says he wants to have contact with locals from all walks of life on Taiwan so as to better understand their lives and opinions about cross-Strait relations.

As part of the meeting, the two are promising¹ to try to improve communication between their respective departments.

They've also agreed to try to create more follow-up agreements to the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement signed four years ago.

Zhang and Wang also says they want to work more closely to support more cross-Strait tourism.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is calling on the political blocs² in Iraq to close ranks in the face of the growing threat from Sunni militants³.

But at the same time, he's also blasting any suggestion by his political rivals to form a re-branded government.

US officials have been pressing for the next Iraqi government to be more inclusive.

The current administration is a Shiite led coalition⁴.

Meanwhile, 300 US military advisers⁵ have now arrived in Iraq to help the Iraqi security forces in their battle against the Sunni insurgents⁶ who have taken control of much of northern Iraq.

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 blocs   

n.集团，联盟( bloc的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

6 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网