VOA标准英语2013--美国和巴西之间的诸多关系

 

The Many Ties Between The U.S. And Brazil 美国和巴西之间的诸多关系

As part of his first official trip to South America as Secretary of State, John Kerry visited Brazil, a country we partner with across a wide range of issues.

More than one million Brazilians requested visas to the United States last year, and the U.S. consulate¹ in Sao Paolo, which processed most of them, is our busiest in the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens travel to Brazil. Many of these visitors are students, taking part in educational exchanges under the auspices² of programs such as the Brazil Scientific Mobility³ Program, which aims to send 101,000 Brazilian students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to study abroad by 2015– 47,000 of them to the United States— so they can use their newly acquired knowledge in science and technology to benefit their home country.

This program complements⁴ President Barack Obama's 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative, which promotes increased international educational exchanges between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean, including Brazil. The goal is to reach 100,000 exchanges annually⁵ in each direction. During their academic visits abroad, the students increase their understanding of their host countries, forging stronger ties between our peoples.

But the United States and Brazil cooperate on myriad⁶ issues, said Secretary Kerry. “We work together to advance economic opportunity, human rights, environmental protection, regional peace and security, democracy, as well as major global challenges in the Middle East and elsewhere.” 

The United States and Brazil are working together to combat climate change, promote racial and ethnic⁷ equality, protect human rights of all people, including women, lesbian gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, people of African descent, and indigenous⁸ peoples. We recognize and applaud Brazil’s increasing leadership role in the Americas and on the wider international stage. As Brazil’s influence grows stronger, so does our partnership⁹, said Secretary Kerry.

Describing the potential of the bilateral¹⁰ relationship, Secretary Kerry commented, “The U.S.-Brazil relationship has the opportunity to provide extraordinary positive global impact if we continue to work together on these kinds of issues, on the environment and science and technology and sustainable energy, nonproliferation, on access to education, on disaster management, and our strong trade ties, our strong investment ties, our energy cooperation, our sustainable development cooperation.” 

“We share democratic values and we share a commitment to diversity and we share a determination to improve opportunities for our people.”

1 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

2 auspices   

n.资助，赞助

参考例句：

• The association is under the auspices of Word Bank.这个组织是在世界银行的赞助下办的。
• The examination was held under the auspices of the government.这次考试是由政府主办的。

3 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

4 complements   

补充( complement的名词复数 )； 补足语； 补充物； 补集（数）

参考例句：

• His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
• The isoseismal maps are valuable complements to the instrumental records. 等震线图是仪器记录有价值的补充资料。

5 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

6 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

7 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

8 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

9 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

10 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。