奥巴马承诺美国新的发展目标

 　　UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday committed the U.S. to achieving global development goals at a United Nations summit, vowing¹ to reduce inequality and create opportunities around the world.

　　"In doing so, we recognize that our most basic bond -- our common humanity -- compels us to act," Obama said at the three-day Sustainable Development Summit that ended here at the UN Headquarters in New York Sunday.

　　On Friday, world leaders adopted at the summit the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice², and tackle climate change by 2030.

　　Obama commits U.S. to new development goals at UN summit

　　Obama said the world suffers no illusions of the challenges ahead in achieving the goals, but "we understand this is something that we must commit ourselves to."

　　In his defense³ of the 15-year plan, Obama said some 800 million people are scraping by on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day and billions of people are at risk of dying from preventable diseases.

　　In his address, the U.S. President also warned against bad governance and inequality, among others, which threaten the achievement of the ambitious goals.

　　"Governments have to embrace transparency and open government and rule of law," Obama said, calling for combating corruption⁴, illicit⁵ finance and promoting civil society groups.

　　Obama also urged some countries to abandon old attitudes, especially those that deny rights and opportunity to women.

　　"One of the best indicators⁶ of whether a country will succeed is how it treats its women," Obama said.

1 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

2 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

6 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。