英语新闻听写 加拿大与美国重启新版北美自贸协议的谈判

Reuters reports that Canada and United States are set to work out their contentious¹ issues in bilateral² talks on Wednesday,

路透社报道，加拿大和美国将在周三举行的双边会谈中解决有争议的问题，

as the two nations try to save the North American Free Trade Agreement and they signs Ottawa was open to taking a more conciliatory approach.

在两国试图挽救北美自由贸易协定的同时，两国还表示，渥太华愿意采取一种更温和的方式进行谈判。

After more than a year of talks, Mexico and the United States announced a bilateral deal on Monday,

经过一年多的谈判，墨西哥和美国在周一宣布达成了一项双边协议，

setting the stage for Canada to rejoin negotiations³ to modernize⁴ 24-year-old NAFTA which accounts for over $1 trillion in annual trade between the two nations.

为加拿大重新加入更新的24年北美自由贸易协定做好准备，该贸易协定使两国之间的年度贸易额超过1万亿美元。

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 modernize   

vt.使现代化，使适应现代的需要

参考例句：

• It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
• There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。