VOA标准英语10月-Asian, European Leaders Vow Cooperation on Financ

Asian and European leaders meeting in the Chinese capital, Beijing, say current efforts to resolve the global financial crisis are not enough and that further cooperation is needed. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing.
　

ASEM delegation1 members during closing of 7th Asia Europe Meeting in Beijing, 25 Oct 2008

Leaders from more than forty Asian and European countries issued a joint² statement Saturday calling for coordinated³ efforts to tackle the financial crisis.

The leaders pledged their support in efforts to reform the international monetary⁴ and financial systems.

The statement also called for the International Monetary Fund to play a lead role in helping⁵ economies recover.

Chinese Premier⁶ Wen Jiabao said all countries needed to show confidence, cooperation, and responsibility to get through the crisis. He said only by cooperating would countries have the strength to overcome hardships.

He says confidence means that all countries, especially developed ones, need to quickly take decisive measures to stabilize⁷ the financial markets so as to make people more confident.
　

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends closing session of Asia Europe Meeting in Beijing, 25 Oct 2008

The statement came at the end of the Asia-Europe Meeting, a two-day summit held to increase understanding and cooperation between the continents.

The meeting, held every two years, is normally just a discussion platform. But the growing fall-out from the world credit squeeze has focused attention on finding solutions.

Mr. Wen said countries need to strike a balance between encouraging financial innovation and regulating the market.

He says they need financial innovation but they need financial oversight⁸ even more.

Mr. Wen said although China's economy was not severely⁹ damaged by the crisis it would likely suffer more as global demand slowed down.

The meeting also addressed energy security, poverty, and climate change, among other issues.

The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said the financial crisis was no reason to postpone¹⁰ commitments made in fighting climate change.

"We need to agree a comprehensive, global agreement according to the principle of shared but differentiated¹¹ responsibilities. And, I really believe that after the very good exchanges we had today that it is possible to reach that agreement," he said.

Europe and Asia make up over half of the world's growth in domestic production.

The financial crisis started in the United States when massive defaults on home loans led several major banks to close down or merge¹². The credit crunch¹³ slowed consumption, investment and world trade.

Washington will hold a financial crisis summit next month. Asian and European leaders meeting in Beijing said they would support the summit.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

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 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 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。

7 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

8 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

9 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

10 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

11 differentiated   

区分，区别，辨别( differentiate的过去式和过去分词 )； 区别对待； 表明…间的差别，构成…间差别的特征

参考例句：

• The development of mouse kidney tubules requires two kinds of differentiated cells. 小鼠肾小管的发育需要有两种分化的细胞。
• In this enlargement, barley, alfalfa, and sugar beets can be differentiated. 在这张放大的照片上，大麦，苜蓿和甜菜都能被区分开。

12 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

13 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。