2007年VOA标准英语-Kosovo Negotiators Meet, But Little Progress Ex
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Pristina
09 August 2007
Envoys 1 from the United States, the European Union and Russia, who are meeting in London Thursday to talk about the status of Kosovo, say they are expecting no substantial shifts in positions. VOA's Barry Wood reports from the Kosovar capital Pristina that there is little hope of a break in the stalemate between Serbs refusing to relinquish 2 sovereignty and Kosovo's ethnic 3 Albanians demanding independence.
The six nation contact group on Kosovo set up a three member negotiating team consisting of an American, a German, and a Russian. This group is at the center of the London meeting, which also includes diplomats 4 from France, Italy, and Britain. The trio is undertaking 5 a further round of negotiations 7 that are to be completed by December 10. The team travels to Belgrade on Friday and to Pristina on Saturday.
The latest diplomatic effort follows Russia's decision last month to block U.N. Security Council action on a plan for Kosovo's conditional 8 independence. The plan was drafted by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari who spent 12 months trying to get the Serbs and Kosovo Albanians to agree on the territory's future.
Mr. Ahtisaari's plan calls for limited independence of Kosovo, an international security force and strong guarantees of minority rights. Kosovo has been under U.N. administration since 1999 when NATO bombing drove Serb forces fighting an Albanian insurgency 9 out of the territory. Kosovo's 90 percent ethnic Albanian majority say they will settle for nothing less than independence.
The delay in determining status is causing consternation 10 in Pristina. Xhemail Halili is the director of Kosovo's Chamber 11 of Commerce. He claims investors 12 are staying away because of the uncertainty 13 and says there are worries that status might not be decided 14 by the end of the year.
"Everything is waiting for the resolution of the final status of Kosovo," he said. "We are afraid, first of all, that the status might be delayed even more, beyond the end of the year."
The German member of the negotiation 6 team, Wolfgang Ischinger, called on Serbs and Kosovar Albanians to work harder to find agreement.
President Bush has said that Kosovo's independence is inevitable 15.
- the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
- Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
- 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。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
- He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
- There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
- Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。