美国有线新闻 CNN 因求购格陵兰岛遭拒 特朗普推迟访问丹麦计划

 

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Today's international coverage¹ on CNN 10 concerns the largest island in the world. And despite its name, about 80 percent of it is covered with ice. I'm Carl Azuz, thank you for taking 10 minutes for our show. Less than two weeks before he was scheduled to visit the northern European nation of Denmark, U.S. President Donald Trump² announced yesterday that he had postponed⁴ the trip. The reason has to do with Greenland, the island we referred to a moment ago. Despite its huge size, the CIA says it's more than three times the size of Texas, Greenland is not an independent country. It officially became part of Denmark in 1953, though since then Greenland has been granted a lot of authority to govern itself, making its government autonomous⁵.

Still, Denmark remains⁶ involved in Greenland's security, financial policy and foreign affairs. And that's where the United States factors in. For more than 150 years, American politicians have expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark. President Trump is the latest American official to mention this, and he's brought it up several times in recent weeks. The island is believed to be rich in resources like gold, diamonds, uranium, oil, lead and iron ore. But a lot of that is covered by the territory's ice sheet. It's not heavily populated, less than 60,000 people are estimated to live in Greenland. But many of them struggle with high unemployment according to the British Broadcasting Corporation. The island re??lies on Denmark for most of its government revenues.

On Sunday, President Trump told reporters that Greenland is hurting Denmark and confirmed that the U.S. was interested in buying the island. But Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenland is not for sale and that she strongly hoped the suggestions that the U.S. might buy it weren't serious. She called them an absurd discussion. President Trump then wrote that based on those comments, he'd postpone³ their scheduled meeting for another time.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I look forward to going, but I thought the Prime Minister's statement, that it was absurd that wasn't — it was an absurd idea was nasty. I thought it was an inappropriate statement. All she had to do is say no we wouldn't be interested.

AZUZ: The Danish leader called the postponement⁷ regrettable and surprising, but said repeatedly that the cancellation⁸ does not change the good relations between America and Denmark.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

4 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

5 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

8 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。