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President Bush Meets with EU Leaders in Sweden
Deborah Tate
Gothenberg, Sweden
14 Jun 2001 12:31 UTC

President Bush is meeting with European Union leaders in Gothenberg, Sweden, the latest stop on his European tour. He will likely discuss his 1)controversial trade and environmental policies. Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate outside the summit site, threatening to 2)overshadow the meetings.
There is a heavy police presence in Gothenberg, with 3)authorities hoping to prevent an 4)outbreak of violence as protesters demonstrating against global trade and other issues march on the city.
Trade is expected to be high on the 5)agenda. European allies may raise their concerns about Mr. Bush's decision to seek a probe of whether a 6)surge of steel imports has hurt the U.S. steel industry. Europeans see the move as 7)protectionist.
Another contentious¹ issue before summit leaders is the environment, and Mr. Bush's decision to 8)abandon the 1997 Kyoto Treaty to limit 9)greenhouse gas 10)emissions. It is a move that has angered European allies.
The President is expected to try to allay² concerns by discussing his own 11)alternative proposals to the Kyoto pact³, which he opposes on grounds it 12)exempts developing nations and would hurt the U.S. economy.
At a lunch meeting with EU leaders, Mr. Bush sounded a 13)conciliatory note. "What the people of Sweden and Europe will realize is that my administration is deeply 14)committed to a prosperous Europe, and a whole Europe and a free Europe, and we look forward to a 15)constructive relationship,"Bush said.
Mr. Bush holds a 16)news conference later in the day, and attends a dinner reception with EU leaders at the Borsen Stock Exchange Thursday night.

(1) controversial[kRntrE5v:F(E)l]adj.争论的, 争议的
(2) overshadow[EJvE5FAdEJ]v.遮蔽, 使...失色
(3) authority[C:5WRrItI]n.权威, 权威人士, 权力
(4) outbreak[5aJtbreIk]n.(战争的)爆发, (疾病的)发作
(5) agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程
(6) surge[s:dV]n.巨涌, 汹涌, 澎湃
(7) protectionist[prEJ`tekFEnIst]n.保护贸易论者adj.保护贸易论的
(8) abandon[E5bAndEn]vt.放弃, 遗弃n.放任, 狂热
(9) greenhouse gas n. 二氧化碳、甲烷等导致温室效应的气体
(10) emission[I5mIF(E)n]n.(光、热等的)散发, 发射, 喷射
(11) alternative[C:l5t:nEtIv]n.二中择一, 可供选择的办法adj.二中择一的
(12) exempt[I^5zempt]v.免除adj.被免除的
(13) conciliatory[kEn`sIlIEtErI]adj.抚慰的, 调和的
(14) committed adj.效忠的；忠于…的
(15) constructive[kEn5strQktIv]adj.建设性的
(16) news conference n.记者招待会

 

1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 allay   

v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)

参考例句：

• The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
• They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

3 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。