印度财政部长敦促进行经济改革

Treasury¹ Secretary Urges India to Press

Economic Reform

印度财政部长敦促进行经济改革

 

Treasury Secretary John Snow says economic cooperation between India and the United States "has never been better."

 

Mr. Snow spoke² to reporters in New Delhi where he met senior government officials to review the growing commercial relationship between the two countries.

 

He said India has taken steps to liberalize its financial markets, but needs to do more to allow greater scope for foreign ownership in the banking³ and insurance industry. He says this would be in the country's best interests.

 

John Snow: We commend you for that and urge you on with those initiatives because they have huge potential for lifting growth rates, and helping⁴ address the issue that I know is much on your mind ... reducing poverty levels, creating employment, stronger job numbers.

 

The two sides also discussed how India can improve its investment climate to attract more American private financing for infrastructure⁵ -- seen as a huge bottleneck⁶ to further expansion of its growing economy.

 

India has attracted more foreign businesses in recent years, and is seen as having the potential to become a major economy.

 

Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram also expressed optimism about increasing engagement with the United States.

 

P. Chidambaram: Economic cooperation between the two countries is growing, it is stronger every year and I believe it will get stronger in the future too.

 

In a joint⁷ statement following a meeting of the India-U.S. Financial and Economic Forum⁸, both countries said global economic performance remains⁹ sound, although rising energy prices, tightening¹⁰ of financial market conditions, and uneven¹¹ growth in the world present a challenge. The two sides also emphasized the need to combat terrorist financing and money-laundering operations.

 

Mr. Snow also said the United States is committed to reducing its fiscal¹² deficit¹³, and to increasing domestic savings¹⁴.

 

He came to the Indian capital from Bombay, where he met some of the country's top industrial leaders.

 

Anjana Pasricha, for VOA news, New Delhi.

 

注释：

potential [pE5tenF(E)l] n. 潜力

bottleneck [5bCtl7nek] n. 瓶颈

optimism [5CptimizEm] n. 乐观

uneven [5Qni:vEn] adj. 不平坦的，不平均的

money-laundering 洗钱

Bombay [bCm5bei] n. 孟买

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 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。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

6 bottleneck   

n.瓶颈口，交通易阻的狭口；妨生产流程的一环

参考例句：

• The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
• China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。

7 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。

8 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

9 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。

10 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

11 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
• The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

12 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。

13 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

14 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。