委内瑞拉愿意恢复与美国的外交关系

 Caracas (AFP) - Crisis-hit Venezuela is willing to restore diplomatic relations with the United States after a six-year freeze the socialist² government said Monday.

加拉加斯—危机中的委内瑞拉想要恢复同美国之间冰冻6年外交关系，这个社会主义政府星期一说。

The foreign ministry³'s announcement came two weeks after top US diplomat¹ Thomas Shannon met with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a bid to help tackle the country's economic and political crisis.

外交部发表声明的两周前，美国国务卿Thomas Shannon会见了委内瑞拉总统Nicolas Maduro，试图帮助处理这个国家的经济和政治危机。

In a message congratulating the United States on its Independence Day commemoration the ministry expressed its "willingness to establish respectful bilateral⁴ diplomatic relations."

在祝贺美国独立日的时候，这位部长表达“建立相互尊重的双边外交关系的希望”。

The two countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010 due to tensions between Washington and the government of Hugo Chavez Maduro's mentor⁵ and late predecessor⁶.

自从2010年华盛顿和乌戈·查韦斯（马杜罗的导师和已故前任领导人）政府之间的的关系紧张开始，这两个国家之间还没有互派外交使节，。

1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

5 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

6 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。