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Diplomatic Reporting I外交报道 (1)
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Words and Expressions:
stalemate僵局
deadlock僵局
to delegate代表
negotiation谈判
agreement协议
to reach an agreement达成协议
to implement an agreement执行/履行决议
discussions 讨论
talks会议
peace talks和平谈判
peace process和平进程
a round of talks多轮会谈
They are not bargaining.他们不让步。
negotiator谈判者
downbeat悲观的
sanction制裁
to achieve objectives达到目标
air raid空袭
peace plan和平计划
There was no meeting of minds.意见不能达成一致。
frank talks坦率的会谈，但也表示会谈不是很彬彬有礼
tense talks指进展不顺的会谈
warm talks指进展得好的会谈
BBC TV‘Nine O’Clock News’20/10/99
Talks aimed at implementing Northern Ireland’s‘Good Friday Agreement’have been adjourned with little sign of an end to the stalemate.
BBC TV‘Nine O’Clock News’20/10/99
David Eades: For three days a leafy backdrop in Regents Park has provided the latest venue for attempts to save the peace process. But while Sinn Fein and Ulster Unionist Leaders are at least talking, it appears they are not budging and as all the parties’negotiators drifted away the few words spoken were downbeat.
BBC TV‘Nine O’Clock News’4/8/1999
Jeremy Bowen: It’s a major military commitment but it’s producing stalemate. After all the air raids and the sanctions, American and British policy towards Iraq just isn’t working. It’s not achieving its own objectives. President Saddam Hussein seems to be very secure and he’s still not letting UN weapons inspectors back into this country.
BBC 9/2/93
Madeleine Albright: Mr Vance and Lord Owen explained their plan. They talked about the various aspects of it. I think many members of the council were interested in all the details¾as was I¾and I think it was very useful. As you know, the United States government has been very supportive of the Vance-Owen process, so it was a very good session.
Studio discussion Part I
Fred: Well, Bridget Kendall¾welcome to‘English in the Media’. Now, you’ve covered lots of major international diplomatic stories as a correspondent for the BBC. You were based in Moscow and Washington, two big diplomatic capitals of the world. When it comes to the language of diplomacy, is it really quite formal, quite specialised?
Bridget: Yes, it is specialised. And professional diplomats would be able to tick off different words on their fingers and give you quite a precise definition of the occasions on which they are used. We use that too because when talks happen and then we’re briefed afterwards, we say,“Well, how were they?”And they’ll come up with certain adjectives. For example, they’ll say“they were frank”,“they were warm”, or they’ll say“they were tense”.
Studio discussion Part II
Bridget:If, for example, you hear that‘there was a frank exchange of views’, you can be quite sure that if, for example, this was the Russian Prime Minister and Madeleine Albright, she said to him,“Well, we’re going to expand NATO.”He said,“Well, we don’t like it in Russia and we’re sticking to our position and we’re going to resist it hard”. And you know that they both expressed what they both thought¾there was no meeting of minds. The meeting could hardly be called a diplomatic triumph, so you do have to read between the lines.
Fred: Bridget Kendall, thank you very much indeed for joining us.
Editor:
杨岷
From:
Enorth.com.cn 2004-03-03 15:25
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