G20 Hope to Move Beyond Greek Crisis

 　　After the Greek political crisis dominated the first day of the G20 economic summit, the second and final day is expected to focus largely on the health of the global economy.  Large industrial countries gathered in Cannes expressed relief at Greece's decision to scrap¹ a referendum on a European bailout plan.

　　Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced Thursday he would not follow through on his proposal to ask voters whether they would approve Europe's plan to rescue Greece's economy.

　　If the deal had been voted down, Greece might have been forced out of the 17-nation euro bloc², and the country could have defaulted on its debts to banks.  The Papandreou government could have fallen as well.

　　Now the G20 leaders will focus on the original intent of the Cannes summit -strengthening the global economy.  The summit host, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said extra meetings would be held late Thursday to look for solutions to Europe's debt crisis.

　　Shortly after he arrived in France, President Barack Obama held private meetings with Mr. Sarkozy and German Chancellor³ Angela Merkel, who led the effort to keep Greece's debt from spreading through Europe.

　　After meeting with his French counterpart, Mr. Obama said his top priority for the summit was to help Europe push ahead with its recent deal to help Greece.

　　“The most important aspect of our task over the next two days is to resolve the financial crisis here in Europe," said President Obama. "President Sarkozy has shown extraordinary leadership on this issue.  I agree with him that the EU has made some important steps towards a comprehensive solution.”

　　Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser⁴ to President Obama, told reporters the goal is a cohesive⁵ plan for putting the bailout into practice.

　　“While there has been substantial progress, both he and, I think, Europe's leaders would acknowledge that more work needs to be done, because this needs to be implemented⁶ in a decisive way, in a clear way, in order to move beyond the current situation of crisis," said Rhodes.

　　G20 leaders will hold more meetings Friday on Europe's economy and the global economy.

　　Before returning to Washington, Mr. Obama will join Mr. Sarkozy in honoring the U.S.-French alliance and military members who took part in the French-led mission in Libya.

　　“Finally, I am looking forward to joining Nicolas and service members from both of our countries tomorrow, to celebrate the alliance between our two countries, which spans more than 200 years, from Yorktown to Libya," said Obama.

　　Mr. Obama will also meet one-on-one with the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

1 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

2 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

3 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

5 cohesive   

adj.有粘着力的；有结合力的；凝聚性的

参考例句：

• She sealed the parcel with cohesive tape.她用粘胶带把包裹封起来。
• The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.作者将这些片断巧妙地结合成一个连贯的整体。

6 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句