2015年CRI 俄罗斯筹备金砖四国首脑会议

 

Contact Groups on economic and trade issues, Ministers of Youth Affairs meetings, finance ministers, trade ministers and central bank governors meetings, meetings of the board of governors of the BRICS New Development Bank, financial forums¹, business council meetings, the list goes on.

Moscow has been buzzing with such sessions in recent weeks as the BRICS governments prepare to gather in the central Russian city of Ufa on the 9th of July.

The BRICS economies have not escaped the global economic turmoil² of recent years.

But as political analyst³ Dmitry Burikh says, they are keen to demonstrate that coordination⁴ from their banks, to their governments, is now closer that ever before.

"The BRICS business council demonstrates to us that the level of political cooperation that exists in the organisation⁵, it's pretty high. And business cooperation is also gathering⁶ momentum⁷."

China has ratified⁸ an agreement with the other BRICS members to create the New Development Bank, known as the BRICS bank.

Beijing is promoting that bank as an alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank. That's a message Moscow supports with its worsened relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis.

Russia sees BRICS not just as a convenient economic grouping, but a way to fundamentally change the global financial system, which it says is unfairly dominated by a Washington that wants the status quo to remain.

As Pavel Zakharov, from the Centre for Economic Research says, Moscow sees that Washington has failed on its promises of reform of the gobal finanical system.

"Obama's administration declared from their side that they would support reform. But in practice they've made very little effort to bring this reform through the US Congress."

Russia's economy has been weakened by its confrontation⁹ with the west, but it will be keen to show its guests and the world that what it says are the Wests attempts to isolate¹⁰ it have failed.

For CRI I'm Tom Barton in Moscow.

1 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

2 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

3 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 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。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

7 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

8 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。

9 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。

10 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。