VOA常速英语2018--美国宣扬自己对尼日利亚提供巨大援助

 

Assisting Good Governance and Health in Nigeria

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, recently announced additional assistance to support achieving the goals outlined in the bilateral¹ Development Objectives Assistance Agreement between the U.S. and Nigerian governments signed in 2015.

美国国际开发署(USAID)最近宣布会进行额外的捐助，以助力实现双边《发展目标援助协议》中规划的目标，这是2015年美国与尼日利亚两国政府签订的协议。

25 million dollars will strengthen good governance by supporting state governments' efforts to bolster² Nigeria's Open Government Partnership³ commitments to improve transparency and fight corruption⁴.An additional 1.5 million dollars will support a healthier, more educated population in targeted states through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR, for a total of 26.5 million dollars in additional assistance.

The additional new funding brings the total U.S. government assistance provided under the five-year Development Objectives agreement to 1.1 billion dollars.

加上这笔新的额外援助金，美国政府在为期5年的《发展目标援助协议》下就提供了11亿美元的总资金了。

USAID is also working with federal and state health ministries⁵ to build stronger health systems with the aim of guaranteeing equitable⁶ access to quality healthcare services nationwide.

美国国际开发署还与各联邦和州立卫生部合作，目标是构建更强大的卫生系统，确保全国人民都可以平等的方式享受高质量的医疗服务。

USAID collaborated⁷ with Nigeria's ministries of Budget and National Planning, Health, Agriculture, Power, and Education, as well as state-level government counterparts to structure the bilateral assistance agreement, which runs through 2020.

美国国际开发署与尼日利亚预算部、国家规划部、卫生部、农业部、能源部、教育部联手，此外还与国家级政府机构合作，以构建双边援助协议，该协议一直持续到2020年。

“The United States believes that as the most populous⁸ country in Africa, with the largest economy on the continent, Nigeria holds tremendous influence over the future of Africa,” Acting⁹ Mission Director Erin Holleran said. “USAID is committed to partnering with the government and the people of Nigeria to address its development challenges.”

美国认为，作为非洲人口最多的国家以及经济体量最大的国家，尼日利亚对非洲的未来影响巨大，代理署长艾琳(Erin Holleran)如是说道。美国国际开发署致力于与尼日利亚政府及人民合作，以应对尼日利亚的诸多发展挑战。

1 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。

2 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

3 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

6 equitable   

adj.公平的；公正的

参考例句：

• This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
• Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。

7 collaborated   

合作( collaborate的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
• We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。

8 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

9 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。