美国商业部长呼吁严厉打击盗版

 

US Commerce Chief Calls for Tougher

Fight Against Piracy¹

美国商业部长呼吁严厉打击盗版

 

U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans has ended a three-day visit to China after calling on leaders in Beijing to do more to protect intellectual property rights. The visit came as U.S. concerns mount over the billions of dollars lost because of cheap Chinese knock-offs of American brand-name products.

 

After a meeting with Vice² Premier³ Wu Yi and other officials Thursday to discuss intellectual property rights, U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans praised China for a commitment it made last year to better enforce its copyright laws.

 

However, Mr. Evans says results remain to be seen.

 

Don Evans: The process of getting the correct enforcement structure in place is important and hopefully will lead to the kinds of results that we think are acceptable. And, to begin with, the kind of results that are acceptable are to reverse the trend of the dramatically growing counterfeiting⁴ and piracy and stealing that is taking place.

 

A few hundred meters away from where Mr. Evans was speaking, street vendors⁶ peddle⁷ fake copies of yet-to-be released Hollywood movies at a dollar apiece, as police officers look on. U.S. companies say illegal copying and trafficking of not only movies, but also drugs, brand-name clothing, and car parts costs them billions of dollars each year.

 

Coinciding with the Commerce Secretary's visit, the Chinese government publicized a number of anti-piracy campaigns. The National Copyright Administration on Thursday said authorities had sentenced three men to prison in connection with a plan to manufacture fake Microsoft software. The agency has said it is determined⁸ to stamp out the piracy of compact discs and DVDs this year.

 

Aside from the intellectual property issue, many in the United States are concerned about China's rising trade surplus. The pro-labor Economic Policy Institute in Washington says the U.S. trade deficit⁹ with China cost one-point-five million American jobs over the past 15 years.

 

Fears of rising unemployment because of Chinese competition have risen with the expiration¹⁰ this month of world textile quotas¹¹ that will allow China to sell even more textiles to the United States. China sought to quell¹² concerns by imposing¹³ a new tax on textile exports, but Secretary Evans on Thursday said he does not think the tax will reduce the flow of goods.

 

Don Evans: I don't want to discount these steps, I just don't think the steps of putting a few cents tax on exports or a few of the other steps are going to have a meaningful kind of impact to the kind of ultimate structure of the textile industry in the world because the economic forces are basically too powerful.

U.S. textile manufacturers are lobbying the Bush administration to limit the growth of Chinese textile imports to less than eight percent. The Commerce Department is to rule on the matter next month.

 

Luis Ramirez, VOA news, Beijing.

 

注释：

intellectual property rights 知识产权

brand-name 商标，品牌

copyright law 版权法

trend [trend] n. 倾向，趋势

counterfeiting [5kauntEfitiN] n. 伪造

vendor⁵ [5vendC:] n. 卖主

peddle [5pedl] vt. 叫卖

coincide with 与……相符

stamp out 消灭

aside from 除……以外

trade surplus 贸易顺差

unemployment [5Qnim5plCimEnt] n. 失业，失业人数

textile [5tekstail] n. 纺织品

1 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 counterfeiting   

n.伪造v.仿制，造假( counterfeit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was sent to prison for counterfeiting five-dollar bills. 他因伪造5美元的钞票被捕入狱。 来自辞典例句
• National bureau released securities, certificates with security anti-counterfeiting paper technical standards. 国家质量技术监督局发布了证券、证件用安全性防伪纸张技术标准。 来自互联网

5 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

6 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 peddle   

vt.(沿街)叫卖，兜售；宣传，散播

参考例句：

• She loves to peddle gossip round the village.她喜欢在村里到处说闲话。
• Street vendors peddle their goods along the sidewalk.街头摊贩沿著人行道兜售他们的商品。

8 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

9 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

10 expiration   

n.终结，期满，呼气，呼出物

参考例句：

• Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
• This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满，即行终止。

11 quotas   

（正式限定的）定量( quota的名词复数 )； 定额； 指标； 摊派

参考例句：

• In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers. 约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
• Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配。

12 quell   

v.压制，平息，减轻

参考例句：

• Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
• The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。

13 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。