欧盟部长们就希腊问题再聚首

　　A number of officials arriving for the Eurogroup meeting, such as Eurogroup chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem, spoke¹ of a fundamental lack of trust after years of broken Greek promises and a snap referendum called by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

　　"We are not there yet, both on substance - there is still a lot of criticism on the proposals, on the reform side, on the fiscal² side and there is of course a major issue of trust. Can the Greek government be trusted to actually do what they are promising³, to actually implement⁴ in the coming weeks, months, years? "

　　Greece submitted its formal request to the European Stability Mechanism⁵ on Wednesday, asking for a three-year loan from the bailout fund.

　　欧盟部长们就希腊问题再聚首

　　The country then submitted a detailed⁶ package of reform proposals to the Eurogroup on Thursday night, pledging to carry out a new package of comprehensive reform measures promptly⁷.

　　A positive assessment⁸ of the Greek proposals delivered by the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary⁹ Fund late on Friday, along with bullish comments from Athens' key euro zone ally France, had raised expectations that the Eurogroup would give a green light to new loan negotiations¹⁰.

　　But even French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, Greece's most powerful ally in the euro zone, said that the Greek government had to "re-instill confidence".

　　"It's up to the Greek government to bring information to re-instill confidence, which has not been damaged by this government, but by every Greek government over many years which have sometimes made promises without making good on them at all. Today we need to have confidence again, to have certainty that decisions which are spoken of are decisions which are actually taken by the Greek government."

　　Greece's parliament backed the government early Saturday to carry out the new package of reform measures with 251 votes in favor versus¹¹ 32 against.

　　If the Eurogroup agrees to open negotiations, a planned emergency summit of 28 European Union leaders set for Sunday may be cancelled.

　　Otherwise, if the finance ministers couldn't reach an agreement on renegotiation, Athens has a last chance trying to persuade leaders on Sunday to open negotiations.

　　Without a debt deal in the coming hours, Greece will face a financial collapse¹² and a Grexit. Greek banks have been closed for the past two weeks and are running out of cash while the country's economy is suffering from capital controls.

　　Greece has been in arrears¹³ to the IMF since July 1 and faces a 3.5-billion-euro debt repayment¹⁴ to the ECB on July 20.

　　For CRI, I'm Wang Mengzhen. A number of officials arriving for the Eurogroup meeting, such as Eurogroup chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem, spoke of a fundamental lack of trust after years of broken Greek promises and a snap referendum called by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

　　"We are not there yet, both on substance - there is still a lot of criticism on the proposals, on the reform side, on the fiscal side and there is of course a major issue of trust. Can the Greek government be trusted to actually do what they are promising, to actually implement in the coming weeks, months, years? "

　　Greece submitted its formal request to the European Stability Mechanism on Wednesday, asking for a three-year loan from the bailout fund.

　　欧盟部长们就希腊问题再聚首

　　The country then submitted a detailed package of reform proposals to the Eurogroup on Thursday night, pledging to carry out a new package of comprehensive reform measures promptly.

　　A positive assessment of the Greek proposals delivered by the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund late on Friday, along with bullish comments from Athens' key euro zone ally France, had raised expectations that the Eurogroup would give a green light to new loan negotiations.

　　But even French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, Greece's most powerful ally in the euro zone, said that the Greek government had to "re-instill confidence".

　　"It's up to the Greek government to bring information to re-instill confidence, which has not been damaged by this government, but by every Greek government over many years which have sometimes made promises without making good on them at all. Today we need to have confidence again, to have certainty that decisions which are spoken of are decisions which are actually taken by the Greek government."

　　Greece's parliament backed the government early Saturday to carry out the new package of reform measures with 251 votes in favor versus 32 against.

　　If the Eurogroup agrees to open negotiations, a planned emergency summit of 28 European Union leaders set for Sunday may be cancelled.

　　Otherwise, if the finance ministers couldn't reach an agreement on renegotiation, Athens has a last chance trying to persuade leaders on Sunday to open negotiations.

　　Without a debt deal in the coming hours, Greece will face a financial collapse and a Grexit. Greek banks have been closed for the past two weeks and are running out of cash while the country's economy is suffering from capital controls.

　　Greece has been in arrears to the IMF since July 1 and faces a 3.5-billion-euro debt repayment to the ECB on July 20.

　　For CRI, I'm Wang Mengzhen.

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

4 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

6 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

7 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

8 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

9 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

10 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• 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。

11 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

12 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

13 arrears   

n.到期未付之债，拖欠的款项；待做的工作

参考例句：

• The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.购车贷款的偿付被拖欠了三个月。
• They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.他们催讨拖欠的工钱。

14 repayment   

n.偿还，偿还款；报酬

参考例句：

• I am entitled to a repayment for the damaged goods.我有权利索取货物损坏赔偿金。
• The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.税务局一直在催她补交税款。