2014年CRI 越南对中方作业非法干扰最终损害越自身利益

 

The Chinese government is again condemning¹ Vietnam's interference of a Chinese oil rig near the Xisha Islands.

Reports are suggesting the Vietnamese boat tried to enter the waters around the oil rig on Tuesday, but was cut off by Chinese boats patrolling the region.

The Vietnamese boat then capsized.

All aboard were pulled from the water alive, while no casualties reported.

Qin Gang with the Chinese foreign ministry² says actions like this only hurt Vietnam's interests.

Tensions between China and Vietnam have been on the rise after Vietnamese boats began harassing³ the Chinese oil rig near the Xisha Islands earlier this month.

The dispute over the Islands has led to fierce anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam.

The US President has announced his plan that involves leaving troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

Nearly 10-thousand American soldiers will remain in the country after the current mission officially ends in December.

That number is to be cut in half by the end of 2015, being drawn⁴ down to what is considered "a normal embassy presence" by the end of 2016.

The president acknowledges that his plan to leave troops in Afghanistan is tied to the signing of a bilateral⁵ security deal with the government in Kabul.

1 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 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。

3 harassing   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的现在分词 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• The court ordered him to stop harassing his ex-wife. 法庭命令他不得再骚扰前妻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was too close to be merely harassing fire. 打得这么近，不能完全是扰乱射击。 来自辞典例句

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 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。