经贸英语阅读课件10[1][1].9.ppt

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1、Chapter1AnswerthefollowingquestionsWhatwillbethemostimportantitemonEU’sagendaatthissummit?WhathasHillarypromisedtodowithtradeagreementsinhercampaignforthe2008USelection?WhatistherecentagreementbetweentheEuropeanCommissionandtheChineseCommerceMinistryabout?WhatkindoffundisChinaInvestment

2、Corp(CIC)?WhydoEUmembercountriesfeelworriedabouttheoperationofCIC?WhathaveGermany,FranceandJoaquinAlmunia,theEU’seconomicandmonetaryaffairscommissioner,suggestedrespectively?CanyoulistthenameoftheEU’svariousinstitutionsmentionedinthistext?Whatarethey?Whatdoes“institutional-complexityiss

3、ue”referto?SummarizeEU’sself-imposedobstacleswhichmayblockthesummitfrombeingasuccess.Whatdoesthe“ficklepriorities”mean?Whatdoes“hackles”mean?WhatdidGermanydo,whichbroughtaboutangerinChina?TranslationInterestandattentiononthenewEU-RussiatradeagreementgainedmomentumafterEUleaders’travelto

4、RussiainMayinanattempttoresolvetheirdifferencesacrossarangeofissues.HesatdownandfiredoffafuriouslettertotheIndiangovernment,describingaradicalchangeoftheUSpolicytowardstexitileimports.TheRepublicanleadershipinthegovernmentwillsoonliftitscaponimportsfromCuba,replacedbyamonitoringsystemwh

5、ichwillbeputinplacefor2008.ThisrenownedeconomistproposedthattheFinnishgovernmentsetupasovereignwealthfund,modeledonChinaInvestmenCorp(CIC).Beforethebilateralfree-tradeagreementthesetwocountriesreachedin2007,theirstrategicsectors,suchascottonandwoolen,electronics,mining,carproducing,etc.

6、hadbeenofflimitstoforeigninvestors.Translation6.“Asidefromthetechnicaldifficulties,thereareheavyfinancialandpoliticalcostsassociatedwiththemeasuresnecessarytoreducetheemissionofgreenhousegases,”saidanexpertatthisyear’sSino-Koreasummit.7.AsnegotiationscontinuedlastnightinTokyo,Japanesego

7、vernmentofficialssaidtheywerehopefultheycouldpulloffasummitwithChinainBeijingbutstressednothinghadbeenfinalized.8.Inapreviouscareer,IspentmanyyearsnegotiatingonbehalfoftheEUwiththeRussianandChinesegovernmentsoneverythingfromSiberianoverflightrightstothetermsofChina’saccessionto