2019年CRI Insider's view on G7 summit in France

 

Leaders of the world's most industrialized nations are meeting in France for their latest summit.

The three-day Group of Seven gathering¹ is taking place against a backdrop of worries about a global economic downturn and coincides with an era of international disunity across an array of issues.

French President Emmanuel Macron wants the heads of Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States to focus on gender² equality, education and the environment and has invited Asian, African and Latin American leaders to join them for a global push on these issues.

For more on this, we spoke³ to Dr. George Tzogopoulos, senior research fellow at the International Center for European Integration⁴.

1. What are the most pressing or strategic issues of global significance to be addressed at this summit?

2. What's your take on the Europe-America rift⁵ over a number of hard topics, such as climate change and digital taxes?

3. With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's debut⁶ at the G7 session, do you expect to see any new steps over Brexit?

4. Does it really matter if G7 leaders issue a communique or not at the end of the summit?

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 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。

4 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。

5 rift   

n.裂口，隙缝，切口；v.裂开，割开，渗入

参考例句：

• He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
• The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。

6 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。