171 日本不会在联合国大会上讨论京都协议

171 日本不会在联合国大会上讨论京都协议

Japan Will Not Press Kyoto Protocol¹ At Climate Conference
Steven Shayman
Tokyo
15 Jul 2001 16:08 UTC

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says the U.N. climate conference opening Monday in Germany, will not be able to 1)salvage the Kyoto Protocol on 2)combating 3)global warming. Mr. Koizumi also says his government plans to wait until October to decide whether to ratify² the Kyoto pact³, in order to give the United States more time to reconsider its opposition⁴ to the agreement.
Speaking during a political debate on Japanese television, Prime Minister Koizumi says Japan wants to use the time between now and the next round of U.N. climate talks in October, in Morocco, to seek ways in which the United States, Europe, and Japan can cooperate on the Kyoto Protocol.
The Koizumi government has taken on the task of 4)mediating between treaty opponent United States - the world's largest emitter of environmentally harmful 5)carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases - and European Union nations that back the framework. Tokyo has pledged to negotiate changes in the protocol, in order to try to convince the United States to sign on.
Japan failed Friday to persuade the United States to change its mind about abandoning the pact, at 6)bilateral high-level talks in Washington. Mr. Koizumi says Japan learned that the United States is against the Kyoto Protocol, but is extremely cooperative toward the goal of combating global warming. The Japanese leader gave no clue whether Japan would join the E.U. bid to 7)ratify the treaty without the United States, if Washington can not be persuaded to support the pact.
Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said in the same TV program that Japan should go ahead without the United States, while the leader of one of the 8)coalition partners of Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, New Conservative Party leader Chikage Ogi, said Japan may have to ratify the treaty without Washington in October. European countries have urged Japan to help ratify the treaty, even without U.S. support.
Countries accounting⁵ for at least 55 percent of the total 1990 carbon dioxide 9)emissions⁶ from developed nations must sign the framework. The European Union and its 10)allies together total more than 49 percent of emissions, but they cannot reach the required level without Japan's 8.5 percent.
In an 11)editorial, the left-of-center national Asahi newspaper 12)proclaimed that the eyes of the world are on Japan, and that if Tokyo decides to go along with the United States, the Kyoto Protocol would be meaningless.

(1) salvage[5sAlvIdV]n.抢救, 打捞vt.海上救助, 抢救
(2) combat[5kCmbAt]n.战斗, 格斗v.战斗, 搏斗, 抗击
(3) global warming n. 全球变暖
(4) mediate[5mi:dIeIt]v.仲裁, 调停, 作为引起...的媒介, 居中调停
(5) carbon dioxide n.[化]二氧化碳
(6) bilateral[baI5lAtErEl]adj.有两面的, 双边的
(7) ratify[5rAtIfaI]vt.批准, 认可
(8) coalition[kEJE5lIF(E)n]n.合并, 接合, 联合
(9) emission[I5mIF(E)n]n.(光、热等的)散发, 发射, 喷射
(10) allies[`AlaIz]n.联盟国, 同盟者
(11) editorial[edI5tC:rIEl]n.社论adj.编辑上的,社论的
(12) proclaim[prE5kleIm]vt.宣布, 声明, 显示, 显露

 

1 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

2 ratify   

v.批准，认可，追认

参考例句：

• The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
• The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。

3 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

6 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。