2006年VOA标准英语-G-8 Justice Ministers Pledge to Step Up Fight A

By Bill Gasperini
Moscow
16 June 2006

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, left, speaks at The Group of Eight countries interior ministers meeting in Moscow   
  

Justice and security ministers from the Group of Eight countries have pledged to better coordinate¹ efforts to fight terrorism as well as other types of crime. The ministers have just wrapped up a two-day meeting in Moscow.

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The security officials called for better cooperation and exchanging of information to put a tighter lid on cross-border crimes.
 
They made special note of crimes committed over the Internet, such as the promotion² of terrorist actions and the recruitment of suicide bombers³.
 
After their two-day meeting in Moscow, the ministers called for better use of information on plane and train passengers, border controls and improved security on transit⁴ systems.
 
As an example, the head of INTERPOL, the international police network, said increased sharing of passport numbers and other data could help prevent possible attacks. Ronald Noble says this process has already started in some countries, but needs to be done on a wider scale.

 "If we are able to get more countries to give us the stolen passport data, if we are able to find a way to support more countries automating⁵ their checking of passports, like Switzerland has done, like France has done in Paris, then I believe we will have more opportunities to demonstrate to our citizens that we, working together, are making this world safer than it otherwise would be," he said.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, who hosted the meeting, said each country should boost its own measures to combat the terrorist threat.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales  
  
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the group that, while countries may differ in many ways, they all share a commitment to fighting the terrorist threat.
 
The G-8 group includes Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, France and Britain.

The justice ministers' meeting is one of several gatherings⁶ that will culminate⁷ in the summit of the G-8 leaders next month in St. Petersburg.

1 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

2 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

3 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

5 automating   

（使）自动化( automate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Have you ever thought about automating any part of your business? 你有没有想过把你公司的某个部门自动化？
• We are in process of automating the production department. 我们正在对生产部门实行自动化。

6 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

7 culminate   

v.到绝顶，达于极点，达到高潮

参考例句：

• The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.百年庆典活动将以宴会作为高潮。
• Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.人人都担心,这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争到达顶点。