自考“外刊經貿知識選讀”串講(6)

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第五章
    一、術語:
    trade representative 貿易談判代表
    government procurement 政府采購
    NAFTA ( North America Free Trade Agreements )北美自由貿易協(xié)定
    trade sanctions 貿易制裁
    trade hawks 貿易中主張強硬路線的鷹派人物
    二、詞語釋義:
    1.tough: uncompromising (不妥協(xié)的,強硬的)
    2.discrimination: unfair treatment
    3.sanctions: penalty
    4.escalate: develop; intensify
    5.frictions: conflicts
    6.procurement: purchase
    7.be bullied into doing: be forced to do
    8.is awake t is conscious of
    9.amenable to responsive to
    10.a ragged start: a poor start
    11.intolerable: unbearable
    12.retaliate: revenge; reprisal
    13.impose: exert; influence
    14s.drawn-out: prolonged and boring
    15.shock: impact
    16. prompting: provoking
    17. tactical: skillful
    18. underpinning: foundation
    19. peeved: annoyed
    20. embrace: acceptance
    三、句子翻譯:
    1.WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is drawing the first lines of a tougher U.S. policy on trade, signaling to Europe and Japan that it will demand fairer treatment for American exports and is prepared to see relationships with U.S. trading partners get worse before they get better.
    華盛頓消息:克林頓政府正采取更加強硬的美國貿易政策,向歐洲和日本發(fā)出信號要求對美國的出口品提供一個更為公正的待遇,并已做好準備迎接將在與貿易伙伴關系改善之前出現(xiàn)的關系惡化。