2006年VOA标准英语-China, India Agree to Cooperate More in Hu

By Luis Ramirez
Beijing
13 January 2006
 
  
  
China and India have agreed to cooperate more in their efforts to find new worldwide sources of oil to fuel their booming economies. The two nations, which together have about 40 percent of the world's population, signed a series of energy agreements this week during a visit to China by India's oil minister.

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India and China have both had to scour¹ the globe in recent years to find new sources of oil to meet their rising energy demands.

That search has sometimes put the two nations in competition with each other when bidding for oil in places such as Africa and South America. It is a situation that India's Minister of Petroleum² and Natural Gas Mani Shankar Aiyar says has driven up prices for both. 

"I don't think it is necessary for either India or China to purchase its own energy security at the expense of the other," he said.

The Indian official spoke³ to reporters in Beijing this week after signing five agreements on energy cooperation with China, including the sharing of information.  China and India have agreed to tell each other how much they are paying on bids for oil and gas. 

In order to implement⁴ the deal, the two sides said they would set up a joint⁵ committee to monitor compliance⁶ and facilitate information sharing.

The Indian oil minister said it would take one year to see how the agreement worked in practice.

Chinese state media on Friday said the other agreements called for the two countries to collaborate⁷ more on research, exploration and refining, and pipeline⁸ construction.

The Chinese Xinhua state news agency said China and India also pledged to work jointly⁹ on developing alternative fuels.

1 scour   

v.搜索；擦，洗，腹泻，冲刷

参考例句：

• Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。

2 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

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 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 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。

6 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

7 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

8 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

9 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。