歷史性會晤!從蔡英文麥卡錫會晤學習政治新聞必知單字

總統蔡英文於美國時間 5 日上午和美國眾議院議長麥卡錫展開會談,這是蔡英文 8 個月內第 2 次會見美國眾議院議長,更是台灣總統首度在美國本土與美國政壇排名第 3 的眾議院議長會談,具歷史意義。看 CNN 學英文,讓我們一起用英文了解蔡英文會晤麥卡錫的意義及帶來的影響吧!

 

Defying Beijing’s repeated threats, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy presented a carefully choreographed united front in California on Wednesday against an increasingly powerful and aggressive China.

週三,台灣總統蔡英文和美國眾議院議長凱文·麥卡錫無視北京的一再威脅,在加州展現精心策畫的統一戰線,以對抗日益強大和好鬥的中國。

For Taiwan, the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting is a timely show of US support, as China ramps up diplomatic and military pressure on the self-ruling island it claims as part of its territory.

對台灣而言,這次罕見的兩黨高層會議及時表明了美國的支持,因為中國聲稱台灣是其領土的一部分,並加強對此自治島嶼的外交和軍事壓力。

 

 

But the encounter also carries great risks: the last time Tsai met with a US House Speaker – during Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last August, Beijing retaliated by holding days of large-scale military drills and firing missiles over the island, pushing tensions to their highest in decades.

但這次會面也有很大的風險:蔡英文最後一次會見美國眾議院議長——在去年 8 月南西·裴洛西訪問台北期間,北京以舉行數日的大規模軍事演習和向台灣發射導彈作為報復,將緊張局勢推至幾十年來的最高水平。

This time around, Beijing’s initial reaction appears more restrained. Its Foreign Ministry has condemned the meeting and pledged to take “strong and resolute measures,” though so far that has not translated into any specific military response.

這一次北京的初步反應顯得更加克制。中國外交部譴責了此次會面,並承諾將採取「強硬且果斷的措施」,不過到目前為止,這還沒有轉化為任何具體的軍事回應。

 

 

To avoid provoking Beijing and triggering another military crisis, American and Taiwan officials have portrayed Tsai’s visit as nothing out of the ordinary, citing an abundance of precedents for a Taiwan leader to transit through the US.

為了避免激怒北京並引發另一場軍事危機,美國和台灣官員將蔡英文的訪問描述為平凡無奇的事情,並列舉出台灣領導人過境美國的大量先例。

 

單字片語

英文 中文
defy 無視、公然反抗
bipartisan 獲得兩個政黨支持的
ramp up 加強、增強
diplomatic 外交的
military 軍事的
military drill 軍事演習
condemn 譴責
resolute 果斷的

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