VOA标准英语2008年-Bush to Urge Europe to Work with US on Global I

By Paula Wolfson
Rome
12 June 2008

President Bush is urging Europe to work with the United States on issues with global reach. He says they should focus on more than just trans-Atlantic issues, and work together to help bring peace to the Middle East, curb¹ Islamic extremism, and deal with the threat from Iran. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports in a speech scheduled for delivery Friday in Paris, Mr. Bush will reach out to America's European allies.
　

President Bush speaking in Rome, 12 Jun 2008

President Bush has made repairing frayed² ties with Western Europe a major goal of his second term in office.

Shortly after taking the presidential oath of office for the second time in 2005, he went to Brussels where he called for a new era in trans-Atlantic relations.

White House National Security Adviser³ Stephen Hadley says there is evidence that new era has taken hold, and cites the leaders currently in power in Italy, Britain, Germany and France.

"You have in Prime Minister Berlusconi, Prime Minister Brown, Chancellor⁴ Merkel, President Sarkozy, leaders who are committed to a powerful and purposeful Europe that advances the values of liberty both within the confines of Europe and also beyond," he said.

Hadley says President Bush will use a speech Friday in Paris to urge European leaders to work even more closely with the United States to bring peace and prosperity to the countries of the Middle East.

"He will make the point that the rise of free and prosperous societies in the broader Middle East is essential to peace in the 21st century just as the rise of a free and prosperous Europe was essential to the peace of the 20th century," he added.

Hadley indicates the president will make the case for a unified⁵ stand on Iran, and a renewed commitment across the Atlantic to support Afghanistan.

The White House has labeled the Friday speech at the Paris headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as the centerpiece of the president's trip to Europe.

It follows talks in Italy, Germany and Slovenia, where President Bush attended the annual U.S.-EU Summit.

While in Paris, Mr. Bush will also hold talks with French President Nicholas Sarkozy. It will be their first formal meeting on French soil.

1 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 frayed   

adj.磨损的v.（使布、绳等）磨损，磨破( fray的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His shirt was frayed. 他的衬衫穿破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The argument frayed their nerves. 争辩使他们不快。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。