Barcelona

without imposing a single solution

get away with sth.

B英译汉/B

Maastricht Treaty

China will launch two new pilot carbon trading schemes this week in Beijing and Shanghai as it strives to cut soaring rates of greenhouse gas, reduce choking smog and determine the best system for a nationwide roll-out. China has pledged to cut the 2005 rate of CO 2 emissions per unit of GDP growth by 40 -45 percent by 2020. As UN-led climate talks stumbled in Warsaw last week, the country's chief negotiator Xie Zhenhua was keen to push the country's CO 2 cutting credentials, challenging developed nations to match the efforts being made by China to tackle global warming. The new platforms, which will force industrial firms to buy credits to cover any CO 2 they emit above allocated quotas, also underscore Beijing's commitment to " market mechanisms" to slow emissions growth, in line with an ambitious raft of reforms outlined earlier this month. Trading is likely to start slowly as the government treads cautiously and tries to learn lessons from Europe, where an excess of credits has left carbon prices in the doldrums.(170 words)

F. I. T.

泡沫经济

Translation Shift

上市公司

抢占科技制高点

According to the urban construction program, old buildings that are______repair should be blown up.

shares and futures

埃博拉病毒

The Economic Commission for Europe

One of the greatest challenges that face every American president is to ensure that events of the day do not become cascading crises that crowd out the pursuit of our nation"s long-term strategic priorities and interests. This has been particularly true over the past three years, when the US has confronted a daunting array of challenges: global financial crises; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; terrorist threats; direct challenges to global nuclear non-proliferation regimes; and the still unfolding, events across the Middle East and North Africa. Even as we have dealt with these dynamics, President Obama has pursued a rebalancing of our foreign policy priorities梐nd renewed our long-standing alliances, including with NATO梩o ensure that our focus and our resources match our nation"s most important strategic interests.

spill the beans

B英译汉/B

the 100, 000 Strong Initiative

bailout plan