欧盟土耳其合作应对难民危机

 　　BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- European Council President Donald Tusk¹ on Monday met with visiting President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling for closer cooperation on coping with refugee crisis.

　　"The situation where hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to the EU via Turkey must be stopped. And we cannot do it on our own, we need the Turkish side," said Tusk after the two leaders' meeting.

　　He said that in order to solve this crisis, the two sides discussed financial assistance, border management, fight against smugglers, integration² policies and visa liberalization, noting that the European Union is ready to take up all issues with Turkey so they also discussed a possible buffer³ zone in Syria.

　　EU calls for closer cooperation on refugee crisis with Turkey

　　Tusk briefed that the two sides had been very engaged in talks the last days and weeks. The European Union (EU) and Turkey share a shared challenge at hand, which is "the many refugees and migrants in and crossing through Turkey to EU countries."

　　The two sides also discussed issues including the urgent need to find a solution to the conflict in Syria.

　　Erdogan kicked off his visit to Brussels on Monday, when he was scheduled to meet the presidents of the top three EU institutions, and he will also hold a joint⁴ dinner with Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz Monday evening.

1 tusk   

n.獠牙，长牙，象牙

参考例句：

• The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。
• A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。

2 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

3 buffer   

n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲

参考例句：

• A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
• Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。