#Briefing on the World# May.18 - May.25 2012

发布时间：2012-09-11

作者：徐晨

来源于：昂立外语网站

FRANCE & GERMANY -- Hours after his rain-soaked inauguration as president of France, François Hollande flew to Berlin for a summit with Angela Merkel, the chancellor(德国总理) of Germany. The pair met amid gathering clouds over the prospects for the euro zone as the political crisis in Greece rumbles on. Mr Hollande wants Germany’s remedy of austerity for troubled countries to be balanced by growth-promoting measures.

CHINA -- It emerged that four South Korean activists have been arrested in north-east China near the border with North Korea. The activists say they were interviewing North Korean refugees. China says they were spying.

AMERICA -- Mitt Romney gave a big speech at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian college, in which he trod a careful line linking his Mormon faith to conservative religiosity. Mr Romney steered away from launching an all-out assault on gay marriage in his speech, just three days after Barack Obama finally came out in support.

GREECE -- After nine days of post-election wrangling political leaders in Greece gave up their attempt to form. a government. A new election will be held on June 17th. Polls suggest that parties opposed to the bail-out program will again do well, raising questions over whether Greece can stay in the euro.

1. soaked: a. very wet or wearing very wet clothes

rain-soaked: with rain all over eg. blood-soaked/oil-soaked

2. summit: n. 峰会

3. rumble on: If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled. 持续

4. steer: v. to guide someone's behavior. or the way a situation develops

steer sb towards/away from/through… sth

steer away from doing sth: 避开…

5. bail-out program: 援助项目

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