亚洲－亚非外交部长会聚雅加达

 

Foreign Ministers from Asia, Africa Meet in Jakarta

 

Foreign ministers from African and Asian nations began a two-day meeting in Jakarta aimed at forging closer economic and political ties between the two continents.

 

The focus of the foreign ministers' meeting, and the summit of the leaders of 46 Asian and African nations that begins Friday, is on building new ties to boost prosperity and security.

 

In his opening remarks Wednesday, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda recalled the first gathering¹ of Asian and African nations -- 50 years ago in Indonesia.

 

At that conference, Asian and African nations, most of which had only recently been given independence from Western colonial powers, gathered to assert themselves on the world stage.

 

Mr. Hassan: We must give concrete form to our enhanced partnerships² by translating the broad vision of the first generations of Asian-African leaders into a pragmatic and realistic message. In doing so, we'll have to explore and arrive at operative ways and modalities for the launching and strengthening of our cooperation in the political, security, economic, and social-cultural fields.

 

Although much of this conference is expected to be devoted³ to economic and cultural ties between the two continents, there are fears that it will be overshadowed by Asian issues.

 

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will speak to the foreign ministers on Thursday, then again speaks at the opening of the two-day Asian-African Summit on Friday.

 

On Sunday, the attendees will travel about 150 kilometers south of Jakarta, for ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the first summit, which took place in the city of Bandung.

 

Nancy-Amelia Collins, VOA news, Jakarta.

 

注释：

Jakarta [dVE5kB:tE] n. 雅加达（印度尼西亚首都）

boost [bu:st] v. 推进

prosperity [prCs5periti] n. 繁荣

colonial [kE5lEunjEl] adj. 殖民的，殖民地的

stage [steidV] n. 舞台

operative [5CpErEtiv] adj. 有效验的

be devoted to 致力于……

Bandung [5bB:nduN] n. 万隆

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。