时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(七月)


英语课

A senior U.S. Congressman 1 visiting India says time is running out for New Delhi to finalize 2 a civilian 3 nuclear deal with the United States. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that India's Congress Party-led coalition 4 government indicated it will press ahead with the pact 5, despite strong opposition 6 from its left-wing allies.
 
Gary Ackerman (file photo)


After holding talks with senior Indian officials in New Delhi, U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman said there is very little time left for New Delhi to seal a civilian nuclear energy pact with the present administration in the United States.


The civilian nuclear accord signed in 2006 would allow India access to civilian nuclear technology, even though it has not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.


But India still needs approvals from the International Atomic Energy Agency and a waiver from the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group before the pact can go to the U.S. Congress.


Congressman Ackerman, who is chairman of the House of Representatives committee on South and West Asia, says time is getting shorter.


"We will in all likelihood adjourn 7 in September for the rest of the year," he said. "My concern is with the calendar running as quickly as it is, it [nuke deal] now needs a go ahead signal from an international agency, approval by the Nuclear Suppliers Group, and we do not know that can we done before September."


In New Delhi, the Congress Party is making frantic 8 efforts to salvage 9 the pact.


The pact has been in virtual limbo 10 due to opposition from the government's communist allies, who say it will compromise India's sovereignty.


But in recent days, Congress Party officials have indicated that New Delhi will go ahead and negotiate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, despite repeated warnings by the communists that such a step will prompt them to withdraw support.


The Congress Party has been in talks with a small party, the Samajwadi Party - and is hoping to gets its support in parliament if left parties walk out of the coalition.


The Samajwadi Party has made no commitments, saying it wants to get expert opinion on the merits of the deal.


The prime minister says the deal is needed to safeguard India's energy security and ensure fuel supplies for its growing economy.


The nuclear pact is seen as a landmark 11 accord, that if finalized 12, will bring New Delhi closer to Washington and become the centerpiece of a new strategic relationship between the two countries.


 



n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
v.落实,定下来
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
n.合同,条约,公约,协定
  • 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。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
v.(使)休会,(使)休庭
  • The motion to adjourn was carried.休会的提议通过了。
  • I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.我担心法庭要到3点或更晚时才会休庭。
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的
  • I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
  • He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。
v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救
  • All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
  • The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
n.地狱的边缘;监狱
  • His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地,进退两难。
  • I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死,感觉自己茫然无措。
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
vt.完成(finalize的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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acutance
afterburden
anybody's guess
appendices fasciolae
archipallial
articulationes capitulorum
aspiration pneumonedema
asthmatic attack
autothrottle system (ats)
back pressure turbine
be puffed up with pride
beauty bush
begenas
billy boy
bros before hoes
capitals of cuba
capture cross section
civil complaint
compensated operational amplifier
compo bronze
concini
concrete weight coating
countergesture
deccies
deep water transducer
deficiency of both lung and spleen
degree of dominance
diosmin
documentarist
effect of
embargo upon
endothelioma of lymphatics
feather-winged beetle
fibercystoscope
Fiordland penguins
flow label
foramen cecum ossis frontalis
freezing-and-thawing
furnace module
gammaherpesviral
GASB
granulosa-theca cell tumor of ovary
Handley
hard hit
hourly cooling load
hybrid power
injection-air
intemerate
intermediate package
Iraqnophobia
key identifier
kleists
Kolhumadulu Atoll
lithuanianism
M mode
make the acquaintance of someone
manyssh
masochist
mastication indolent pattern
miter dovetail
mitoschisis
motional wave-guide joint
MSHRIH
nitroleum
noninitial
oncosuppressive
oscillating treatment controller
pediceled
phenylbutyne dibromide
polyorchism
prawn curry
processus lenticularis incudis
putbacks
raincheck
real-estate investment trust
removing fire in the lung and resolving phlegm
revenue received in advance
rotted knot
round chart
semiconductor laser detector
shereef
shotty
skytale
soil penetrometer
splitoff
Squibb's rhubarb mixture
standard electromotive force
stochastic quantity
sulfide phase
terakihi
Ternstroemia microphylla
thawra
the treeline
theory of germplasm continuity
Thistle I.
TVLP
undangered
unkind
upper approximate value
uroleucon (uromelan) lactucicola
victresses
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