实用英语口译背诵教程Unit5China.doc

Unite 5 China’s Foreign Policy 联合国安理会常任理事国（non-）permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations 坚持原则to adhere/stick to principles 讲话算数to mean what one says; to keep one’s promises 搞政治游戏to play political games 搞语言游戏to engage in the play of word 反对霸权主义、维护世界和平opposing hegemonism and safeguarding world peace 对第三世界有特殊的意义to be of special significance to the Third World 搞霸权主义to practice/pursue hegemonism 挑拨to sow discord 利用第三世界的冲突to cash in on/take advantage of/ capitalize on the conflicts in the Third World 有这样或那样的问题to be troubled by/plagued with various problems of its own 切身利益immediate interests 对此变化的价值要给予充分的考虑。The importance of this change should be fully appreciated /recognized. 继续横行下去to continue to run rampant 随意主宰世界人民的命运to willfully decide the destiny of the people all over the world 在国际政治中的分量the influence in international politics 头头可不能当，头头一当就坏了。China should not act as the head, because it would only breed adversity/do us harm. 搞霸权主义的名誉很坏，当第三世界的头头名誉也不好。Those whole practice hegemonism are discredited, and serving as the head of the Third World would bring us a bad name, too. 这不是客气话，这是一种真实的政治考虑。We are not being modest, It is out of our genuine political consideration that we say so. 好战bellicose 达到小康水平to achieve comparative prosperity 一打仗，这个计划就吹了，只好拖延。Should a war break out, our plan would suffer a setback and there would be nothing we could do but postpone it. 我们真实的政策our established policies 这也不是一厢情愿的事情。This is not a matter that depends soly on our own wishful thinking. 外交部the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Foreign Ministry 全国人民代表大会常务委员会外事委员会the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s congress 中国人民对外友好协会the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries 中国人民外交学会the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs 中国外交政策的基石a cornerstone of China’s foreign policy 坚持独立自主的和平外交政策to adhere/stick to the independent foreign policy of peace 和平共处五项原则the Five Principle’s of Peacefu