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口譯學習材料-中國反駁希拉里非洲講話

發布時間：2012-09-18

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在非洲訪問期間，美國國務卿希拉里·克林頓警告當地領導人不要與“那些想攫取非洲財富的國家合作”，無端影射中國。這一言論徹底激怒中國，中國官媒日前發表英文評論稱希拉里的講話“充滿惡意、粗魯、信口雌黃”。

Chinese state media have lashed out at Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, after she warned African leaders about co-operation with countries who want to exploit the continent’s resources.

state media 官方媒體

lash out 猛烈抨擊

secretary of state 國務卿

exploit resources 開發/掠奪/攫取資源

On a tour of sub-Saharan Africa to promote political stability, Mrs Clinton said this week that the US would stand up for democracy and universal human rights, “even when it might be easier or more profitable to look the other way, to keep the resources flowing”.

sub-Saharan 撒哈拉沙漠以南的

stand up for 支持，擁護

“Not every partner makes that choice, but we do and we will,” she said, without naming China, in a speech delivered in Senegal.

deliver a speech 發表演講

Senegal [,senə'ɡɔ:l] 塞內加爾

The “implication that China has been extracting Africa’s wealth for itself is utterly wide of the truth”, a commentary from Beijing’s official Xinhua news agency said on Friday of Mrs Clinton’s comment that the US was committed to a model that “adds value rather than extracts it”.

implication 暗示

extract one’s wealth 榨取財富

be wide of the truth 與事實相差甚遠

be committed to 致力于，以......為己任

Mrs Clinton’s words offered “cheap shots” and were part of “a plot to sow discord between China and Africa” for the US’s “selfish gain”, said Xinhua. It added that her trip was part of a hidden agenda, “aimed at least partly at discrediting China’s engagement with the continent and curbing China’s influence there”.

cheap shot 惡意中傷，卑鄙手段，偷襲

sow discord between ... and ... 在...之間制造不和，挑撥...

a hidden agenda 別有企圖，幕后動機

discredit 損害......的信譽，破壞對......的信任

curb 抑制，控制

Mrs Clinton’s 11-day trip to Africa comes as China continues to gain influence in markets across the continent – home to vast resource wealth and some of the world’s fastest-growing countries.

continue to gain influence in ... 不斷擴大在......方面的影響力

While President Barack Obama unveiled a new Africa strategy in June, focusing on democracy, economic growth, security and development, China has promised Africa $20bn in loans in the next three years.

unveil 使公諸于眾，揭露

promise xx in loans 承諾xx 的貸款

China, which put Sino-African trade at $166bn last year, overtook the US as Africa’s largest partner three years ago.

overtake 趕上，超過

“There is a general sense that China appears to be eclipsing America in Africa,” said Comfort Ero, Africa programme director at the International Crisis Group.

There is a general sense that ... 普遍感覺

eclipse v. 使黯然失色，遮蔽，給......投上一層陰影

International Crisis Group 國際危機小組

“This is her Mrs Clinton’s second big pitch to try to sell the differences between the US and China in a positive way, suggesting the US has Africa’s interests at heart and is genuinely concerned with progress around democracy, and that China is only interested in grabbing resources,” said Ms Ero, referring to a visit by Mrs Clinton to Africa last year.

sell 出售，推銷，使接受，宣傳

have one’s interests at heart 把......放心上

be concerned with ... 關心

grab resources 攫取資源

Mrs Clinton, whose trip takes in Senegal, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Ghana, was accompanied by a large US business delegation, and stressed Africa’s economic potential. “We believe that if you want to make a good investment in the midst of what is still a very difficult global economy, go to Africa,” she said during the same speech.

be accompanied by 由......陪同；伴隨有......

She voiced fears that the continent was “backsliding” on democracy.

voice v. 表達，吐露

backslide 倒退，退步

Meanwhile, she has faced criticism over her close relationship with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, whose army makes up the bulk of a heavily US-funded African Union force that fights Islamist militants in Somalia, but who has refused to step down.

the bulk of 大多數

militant 武裝分子

step down 下臺

The US focus on governance is “inconsistent and shifts with its interests”, said Daniel Kalinaki, managing editor of Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper. After 2010 bombings in Uganda, carried out by al-Qaeda-linked, Somalia-based militants, “all the talk of democracy was suddenly replaced by talk about regional security and Somalia”.

governance n. 統治，管理

inconsistent 不一致的，前后矛盾的

shift with ... 隨著......來轉變

bombing 轟炸

Al-Qaeda 基地（恐怖）組織

Mrs Clinton met Mr Museveni and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Friday, stressing the need for strong institutions and adherence to the constitution. She is due to meet President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya on Saturday before travelling to Malawi and then South Africa.

adhere to 堅持

Additional reporting by Kathrin Hille in Beidaihe, China

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