VOA常速英语2015--俄罗斯寻找中东新买家

俄罗斯寻找中东新买家

Russia's International Aviation and Space Show,an impressive display of military and civilian¹ aviation hardware.

在往年的俄罗斯国际航空航天展上，军用和民用航空技术双双绽放异彩。

But this year, it was the military sector² of the industry that stole the spotlight³, as the air show was used to showcase the country's military might.

不过今年，军用行业抢尽风头，飞行表演展示了俄罗斯强大的军力。

"We are to enhance Russia’s unique advantages in the aviation field and consolidate⁴ our leading role in manufacturing military aviation equipment. Therefore, we should carry out modernization⁵ and upgrading in aviation and space rocket manufacturing, bring in state-of-the-art facilities and ameliorate every link in order to improve our products’ quality and characters,"

我们要加强俄罗斯在航空领域的独特优势，巩固我们在军事航空装备制造业中的领先地位。因此，我们要实现航空和太空火箭制造业现代化和升级，通过纳入先进设施和改善每个环节，来改善我们产品的质量和特性。”

Although western companies were present, Russia's defense⁶ industry is squeezed by sanctions over Ukraine and the loss of Ukrainian suppliers.

尽管有西方公司参展，可是莫斯科因为乌克兰问题受到制裁，同时失去了乌克兰供应商。

“Something like 300 enterprises in Russia received components⁷ from Ukraine. When all of this disappeared, you can imagine the level of losses,”

大约300家俄罗斯企业曾经靠乌克兰提供零件，现在这些全部消失了，可以想象损失的程度。

While a controversial deal to sell advanced missile defense systems to Iran was delayed, Moscow courted other Middle East customers and allies.

虽然向伊朗出售先进导弹防御系统的争议性交易被推迟，可是莫斯科寻找其它中东顾客和盟友。

“Now that its friendly regime of Bashar [al]-Assad is literally⁸ under fire in Syria; and, of course, Russia managed to restore ties and even military cooperation with Egypt. But, still probably it needs more allies, and especially now that the oil prices are diving,”

毫不夸张的说，如今，俄罗斯盟友叙利亚阿萨德政权仍处在战火当中；俄罗斯和埃及恢复了关系，甚至军事合作，可是俄罗斯可能还是需要更多盟友，尤其是现在石油价格大跌的时候。”

While Russia's aviation companies are having their ups and downs, deals expected later this year could help to steady the industry.

俄罗斯航空公司命运起伏，今年下半年的一些交易预计会对产业起到稳定作用。

 

But much will depend on Russia's military spending and the economy.

不过，这在很大程度上取决于俄罗斯军事开支和经济发展。

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 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。

3 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

4 consolidate   

v.使加固，使加强；(把...)联为一体，合并

参考例句：

• The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
• The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。

5 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

8 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。