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This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS.
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President Bush has been meeting this week with European leaders in five countries.
( q/ \$ U( ?1 ~6 k2 gIt is his first visit to Europe as president.
) N: u3 z1 f8 g' m9 _ ^Political experts consider it an important test of his foreign policy (1) leadership.
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3 U" a8 r7 r5 D3 a8 ^$ ]" iPresident Bush visited Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and (2) Slovenia.
# @7 y0 m' r/ yHe met Wednesday with top (3) NATO officials and Thursday with leaders of the fifteen European Union nations.
t2 e5 I: |3 s$ ]) E( @& B2 [% WThey discussed such issues as (4) missile defense, (5) NATO expansion and the environment.' v2 k& U( m8 }/ f3 ]% v
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European leaders have (6) expressed concern that the United States will act without the support of European nations in its foreign policy decisions.
: N1 x5 P- D6 LMister Bush is seeking support for his policies.! }: [; ?- ~; ?2 ^9 J; A
He promised to work with European (7) allies on C2 v$ \. s+ Q6 c1 N
(8) issues of shared concern.
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Mister Bush urged NATO leaders to prepare for future expansion of the (9) alliance.: A; q3 D. E, ^' n7 s$ }3 W2 I
And he promised that the United States would not act on its own to withdraw (10) peacekeeping troops from (11) the Balkans. 4 X9 j' Y* H9 z2 }" [
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President Bush's discussions with the European leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, center on two areas of concern.) u; ^) {4 g8 t- p2 @
One is missile defense.( e) p' b( i- p1 _
Mister Bush is seeking support for a proposed missile defense system.
" G& ^6 `+ o: F& yHe says an (12) anti-missile system is necessary to defend against threats from terrorists and some countries.
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Establishing the new system would mean ending the (13) Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that the United States signed with the Soviet Union in Nineteen-Seventy-Two.$ K& x* G% F( R' W- t! e I5 i" N
That agreement limited development of missile defense systems. q, [; Z0 W; [& b
Mister Bush said the agreement is no longer useful.
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1 a; z( B; J7 c3 g; Y/ ZAmerican officials said Spain and several other countries have offered some support for the proposed missile defense system.( O; b0 I& t! d. Z; z+ r& o
But some NATO members fear it would harm all arms control efforts.% ~. s& q4 L7 _3 v5 V7 U0 |& @
Russia and China also (14) reject the proposal. . c" H" w ^8 S, ]
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European leaders also disagree with the United States about the best ways to deal with the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.! \6 c5 t$ Y6 p; z7 M3 S
The European Union supports a global warming treaty negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in Nineteen-Ninety-Seven.
5 T) g1 m. z, z7 wThe treaty says industrial nations must reduce the release of gases produced by burning oil, coal and gas.. E( o- Y: ?3 r: A3 [9 j9 q+ B
The gases cause the Earth to get warmer by (15) trapping the sun's heat in the atmosphere.
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- R5 |" N9 \% c. EPresident Bush has rejected the treaty.
9 r, W0 F1 d0 f5 x. qHe says it should include developing nations such as China and India.
/ j0 F+ F }! n9 W1 [0 u; [/ fHe says the goals of the treaty would harm the American economy.
# [) R* [7 Y1 W* _* nBefore he left for his Europe trip, he called for more research about the problem and for better technologies to reduce gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. |2 r4 c0 O Q' P' f
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(16) Supporters of the Kyoto treaty say the only way to reduce these gases is to force nations to do so.) l4 M0 i$ ^4 Z
They note that the United States produces more of these gases than any other country.
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This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS, was written by Cynthia Kirk." J4 k* w+ S4 s* g
This is Steve Ember.& h w# R- C" U, G" ] Q1 E& j6 L
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leadership [`li:d[Fip] n.领导能力, 领导阶层* R2 F9 {1 K+ i0 I5 a0 r! E
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Slovenia [slEU`vi:nj[] n.斯洛文尼亚(南斯拉夫一共和国)9 b" g3 ?. x/ s6 ^* X
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2 w' I: y7 s9 z3 ]0 y' t4 T3 JNATO [`neitEU] abbr. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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missile defense3 Z! {' p8 p, A; C0 K3 h+ P
导弹防御
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北约扩张
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express [iks`pres] vt.表达, 表示. @+ o/ |0 G3 |
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allies [ `Alaiz] n.联盟国, 同盟者
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issue [ `isjU:] n. 论点, 问题0 G$ v: M& T: _, o
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反导弹系统
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反弹道导弹条约
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reject [ri`dVekt]vt.拒绝, 抵制, 否决- S/ D) G2 X Q$ _$ _
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* k0 u: M# D3 I0 Atrap [trAp] vi.设圈套, 设陷阱 vt.诱捕, 诱骗
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2 c. M3 l9 ?- b2 _supporter [sE`pR:tE] n.支持者, 赡养者, 拥护者
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