voa标准英语2008年-EU, Russia Resume Security Talks

The European Union and Russia have agreed to resume strategic partnership¹ talks next month that had been frozen over the conflict with Georgia. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports that French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had also received backing from Moscow for talks on security in Europe during a summit in Nice, France.
　

Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Dmitry Medvedev walk in Nice during the EU-Russia summit, 14 Nov 2008

President Nicolas Sarkozy urged both Russia and the United States to freeze missile deployments in Europe until security talks are held, ideally in mid-2009 within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Speaking to reporters after talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, Mr. Sarkozy said it was in everybody's interests to lay the foundations of the future of security in Europe. He said the talks should include the United States as well as Russia and the European Union. He spoke² in his current role as president of the European Union.

U.S. plans to build a missile defense³ shield in Poland and the Czech Republic have particularly irked Moscow. Mr. Medvedev has called for deploying⁴ short-range missiles close to Europe's borders.

On Friday, the Russian president suggested that call was in response to the U.S. defense missile plans and that Moscow had never acted unilaterally.

Russia and the E.U. also agreed to restart special partnership talks on December 2. Europe had suspended the talks after the August conflict in Georgia.

The two leaders spoke just before leaving for Washington where they will join the world's top economic powers for a summit on ways to tackle the global financial crisis. Both leaders are expected to call for more government regulation.

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

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 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。