夏说英语新闻晨读 第29期:世界贸易组织怎么玩耍

 本期内容：

The 14-year-old Doha round of negotiations¹ stalled, probably fatally, at a World Trade Organisation² meeting in Nairobi. The WTO will focus instead on smaller-scale deals. Ministers reached agreement on banning export subsidies³ for agricultural goods and on better access to rich markets for poor cotton-producing countries. But they failed to curb⁴ subsidies that lead to over-fishing. 

词义解析:

Stall：停顿

Fatal：致命的

Ban: 禁止

Subsidy：补助

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

3 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。