Int'l Conference on African Development Starts in Japan

　　A three-day international conference on African development has kicked off in Japan.

 

　　It is expected Japan will encourage economic cooperation between Asia and Africa.

 

　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to aid Africa's growth through public and private means in the next five years.

 

　　"What Africa needs now is private sector¹ investment. 'PPP' or 'public-private partnership²', leverages³ that investment. If we recognize this as a new reality, then it will be necessary to revolutionize the way of providing assistance to Africa."

 

　　Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told delegates Africa is ripe for investment.

 

　　"And the most recent forecasters point that Africa's economic trajectory⁴ is indeed promising⁵, again highlighting the real possibility that Africa could be the next global growth pole."

 

　　Abe pledged that Japan will provide 6.5 billion US dollars, in infrastructure⁶ projects in the near future.

 

　　The "ABE Initiative" also sets a goal in the next five years in bringing more people to study or experience working as interns⁷ at Japanese companies.

 

　　Japan is hosting the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development or TICAD.

 

　　TICAD was originally launched in 1993 to fight poverty and achieve sustainable development in Africa. 

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 leverages   

促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外，这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
• A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系，一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。

4 trajectory   

n.弹道，轨道

参考例句：

• It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
• The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。

5 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

6 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

7 interns   

n.住院实习医生( intern的名词复数 )v.拘留，关押( intern的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Our interns also greet our guests when they arrive in our studios. 我们的实习生也会在嘉宾抵达演播室的时候向他们致以问候。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• The interns work alongside experienced civil engineers and receive training in the different work sectors. 实习生陪同有经验的国内工程师工作，接受不同工作部门的相关培训。 来自超越目标英语 第4册