Summit, weapons threat and rare diamond 歐非峰會，俄武威脅，罕見鉆石高價成交
本集內容
- EU and Africa heads discuss migrant crisis 歐非峰會商討移民潮對策
- Russia's weapons threat 俄羅斯發出武力威脅
- Rare diamond sells for more than $28m 罕見鉆石拍售價超 2800 萬美元
文字稿
More than 60 leaders from Europe and Africa are in Malta for a two-day summit on how to stem the flow of migrants into the European Union. The European Commission is offering €1.8bn to start a trust fund for development in Africa.
來自歐洲和非洲的60多名領導人在馬耳他舉行為期兩天的峰會，商討如何解決流入歐洲的移民潮問題。歐盟委員會提出將出資18億歐元資金來創建一個非洲發展信托基金。
President Putin has declared that Russia is working on weapon systems that can penetrate any anti-missile shields: relations with the West, it seems, still deteriorating. Moscow has repeatedly expressed concern over the expansion of an American ballistic missile defence system into Eastern Europe. At a meeting of Russian defence chiefs, he said his country would take all necessary retaliatory steps.
俄羅斯總統普京宣布俄國正在研究可以穿透任何反導彈防御的武器系統，顯示俄羅斯與西方國家的關系似乎仍在惡化。莫斯科對美國向東歐擴張其彈道導彈防御系統一再表示擔憂。普京在俄羅斯國防官員的一次會議上說，俄國將采取所有必要的報復性措施。
A rare pink diamond – the largest of its kind ever to appear at auction – has sold for $28.5m. The cushion-shaped diamond weighing 16 carats and graded vivid fancy pink was the star lot at a Christie's jewellery sale in Geneva. The price narrowly beat its pre-sale estimate that was $23m to $28m. The diamond, owned by an American family, has been bought by an unidentified Hong Kong buyer who is said to have named it 'The Sweet Josephine'.?
一顆罕見的粉紅鉆石，賣出了2850萬美元。這是有史以來出現在拍賣會上的同類鉆石中的最大一顆，呈墊形，重16克拉，被定級為鮮彩粉色。這枚鉆石是日內瓦的克里斯蒂（佳士得）珠寶拍賣會上的熱寵。2850萬美元的實際售價稍稍超出了預估的2300萬美元。鉆石的主人是一家美國人。買家則是一名不透露身份的香港人。據說，買家已把這顆鉆石命名為“甜美的約瑟芬”。
詞匯
stem the flow ? ? ? ?阻止（移民）潮
deteriorating ? ? ? ??趨于惡化
retaliatory steps ? ?報復性（步驟）措施
star lot ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?（此處）熱寵品
練習?
Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.
stem the flow / deteriorating / retaliatory steps / star lot
1. We decided not to walk up the mountain when we saw the weather was _______ .
2. There was so much rain that we had to use blankets and towels to try to _______ of water coming under the door.
3. I decided to bid for the ________ but someone else offered a much higher price.
4.?I told my lawyer to take ________ against the newspaper that published false stories about me.
答案
1. We decided not to walk up the mountain when we saw the weather was deteriorating.
2. There was so much rain that we had to use blankets and towels to try to stem the flow of water coming under the door.
3. I decided to bid for the star lot but someone else offered a much higher price.
4.?I told my lawyer to take?retaliatory steps?against the newspaper that published false stories about me.
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