白宫邀习近平访美 中美关系“喜羊羊”

 　　President Xi Jinping of China is set to make a state visit to the United States later this year, his first since becoming the top leader of Asia’s biggest economy.

　　中国国家主席习近平将在今年晚些时候出访美国，这是他成为亚洲最大经济体首脑后对美国的首次国事访问。

　　No date has been set yet for the visit, Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, told reporters over the weekend, according to the official China Daily newspaper.

　　据官方媒体中国日报报道，中国驻美大使崔天凯在周末告诉记者，习近平访美的日期尚未确定。

　　Mr. Cui’s announcement came after Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser¹, extended an invitation on Friday to Mr. Xi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to come to Washington for a state visit. Ms. Rice also invited President Park Geun-hye of South Korea and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia.

　　周五，美国总统奥巴马的国家安全事务助理苏珊·R·莱斯邀请习近平和日本首相安倍晋三前往华盛顿进行国事访问。她还邀请了韩国总统朴槿惠和印度尼西亚佐科·维多多。此后，崔天凯大使也发表了声明。

　　Summit meetings between the leaders of the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, are always major events, and there will be pressure on both sides to deliver something from this one. A meeting between Mr. Xi and Mr. Obama in Beijing in November yielded a major agreement on controlling greenhouse gases.

　　作为世界最大的两个经济体，中美两国的领导人峰会一直以来都是重大事件。与会双方都有压力要在会上达成某些成果。09年11月，习近平和奥巴马在北京举行会谈，双方在控制温室气体方面达成了一项重要协议。

　　There are many contentious² issues between the two nations, including concerns about cybersecurity and tensions between China and Japan and the Philippines, which are American allies, over territorial³ claims in the East and South China Seas.

　　中美两国之间一直存在许多争执，其中包括网络安全、中国和美国盟友日本、菲律宾因东海南海领海引发的紧张关系。

　　Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the White House was still in the process of determining mutually convenient times for the visits by Mr. Xi and Mr. Abe, which officials “very much look forward to hosting.”

　　美国国家安全委员会发言人帕特里克·文特雷尔表示，白宫正在寻找一个对各方都合适的时间来安排习近平和安倍晋三的访问，他说美国政府“非常期待会面”。

　　The announcement of their visits and separate ones by the presidents of South Korea and Indonesia later this year “underscore our enduring and ongoing⁴ commitment to our Asia-Pacific rebalance strategy,” Mr. Ventrell said. “We will use these visits to expand our economic, diplomatic and defense⁵ cooperation with all these countries.”

　　文特雷尔指出，习近平和安倍访美，以及韩国印尼总统在今年晚些时候的访问“突出了我们对亚太地区新平衡战略的持久承诺。”“我们将通过访问活动拓展与这些国家之间在经济、外交合国防上的合作。”

1 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。

2 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

3 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。