葡萄牙，委内瑞拉签署多个合作协议

 　　葡萄牙，委内瑞拉签署多个合作协议

       LISBON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Portugal and Venezuela signed multiple agreements during a month-long forum¹ which concluded here Tuesday, to boost the cooperation in the domains² of economy, trade and science and technology between the two countries.

　　Both visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Portuguese³ Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho attended the closing ceremony of the 8th Portugal-Venezuela Bilateral⁴ Cooperation Forum which began on May 20.

　　Portuguese Prime Minister Passos Coelho said in a speech at the ceremony that Venezuela is one of the most important exporting market for his country in South America and Portugal has attached great importance to the cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, education and culture with Venezuela.

　　Coelho hoped the entrepreneurs of the two countries will make full use of the forum as an exchange platform to expand bilateral cooperation and further enhance the exchange between the two countries and development in agriculture, economy and trade.

　　According to a report by Portugal's Publico newspaper, the bilateral cooperation agreements, valued more than 800 million euro, cover such fields as the production and exporting of agricultural produce, telecommunication⁵ engineering, science and technology, education and civil construction.

　　As part of his visit to Europe in his capacity as a newly elected president of Venezuela, Maduro was on a one-day official visit to Portugal, the first since he assumed the presidency⁶ in April this year. During his stay in Portugal, Maduro met with his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Passos Coelho separately.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 domains   

n.范围( domain的名词复数 )；领域；版图；地产

参考例句：

• The theory of thermodynamics links the macroscopic and submicroscopic domains. 热力学把宏观世界同亚微观世界联系起来。 来自辞典例句
• All three flow domains are indicated by shading. 所有三个流动区域都是用阴影部分表示的。 来自辞典例句

3 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

4 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。

5 telecommunication   

n.电信，远距离通信

参考例句：

• Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
• I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。