State?of?the?Union?address?of?US?President?Barack?Obama：

《國(guó)情咨文》演講，相當(dāng)于中國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)院總理的《政府工作報(bào)告》（the?Report?on?the?Work?of?the?Government）
回顧過去，展望未來(lái)（what?was?done?and?achieved?in?the?past?year?and?what?will?be?done?in?the?coming?year）

State?of?the?Union?address國(guó)情咨文

進(jìn)一步加劇了政治分歧；反映了經(jīng)濟(jì)上的差距：

Deepen?political?divide;?reflect?economic?divide;
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貧富差距：wealth?divide;

數(shù)字鴻溝：digital?divide;

城鄉(xiāng)差距：urban-rural?divide;

divide分歧 差距

美中關(guān)系：

US-China?relations;?US-China?relationship;

Sino-Japanese?relations;?China-Japan?relationship,
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經(jīng)貿(mào)關(guān)系：trade?and?economic?relations;business?ties;

經(jīng)貿(mào)合作：economic?cooperation?and?trade;

relations為復(fù)數(shù)

relationship一定為單數(shù)或者不可數(shù)

Sino+形容詞

不存在trade cooperation，因?yàn)閠rade本身就有合作的意思（注意trade的位置）

與中國(guó)簽署氣候變化協(xié)議：

Sign?a?climate?deal?with?Beijing;
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與美國(guó)簽署技術(shù)合作協(xié)議：sign?a?technology?cooperation?agreement/pact/deal?with?Washington;

此處以首度代指國(guó)家

新減排目標(biāo)讓國(guó)會(huì)兩黨漸行漸遠(yuǎn)：

New?climate?targets?further?divide?the?Congress;
美中在亞洲的關(guān)系也漸行漸遠(yuǎn)：
Polarize?US-China?relations?in?Asia;
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人們對(duì)此看法不一：people?remain?divided?over?sth.;

Divided 作a. 有分歧的

"重返亞洲"戰(zhàn)略：

Pivot?to?Asia?policy;
認(rèn)為這一戰(zhàn)略其實(shí)是換湯不換藥的遏制政策：
See?it?as?a?containment?policy?by?another?name;
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制止......的蔓延：contain/check/curb/stem/rein?in?the?spread?of;

重返不用return

See sth. As

Containment policy遏制政策

Engagement policy 接觸政策

Contain 遏制 制止 包含

跨太平洋伙伴關(guān)系協(xié)定(TPP)：

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement;
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中國(guó)針對(duì)TPP提出了RCEP（區(qū)域全面經(jīng)濟(jì)伙伴關(guān)系）：Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership；

針對(duì)美國(guó)主導(dǎo)的World Bank和IMF與日本主導(dǎo)的ADB（亞洲開發(fā)銀行），中國(guó)提出了亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行（AllB:Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank）

制定計(jì)劃：

Develop a plan，
美國(guó)努力避免遭受雙重打擊：
America seeks to avoid a double-whammy;
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對(duì)......造成沉重打擊：deal a heavy blow to sb.

Formulate/develop/hammer out/work out制定

Seek to do sth

Deal 造成

避免出現(xiàn)......的局面：

Avoid the scenario where...

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爭(zhēng)取實(shí)現(xiàn)雙贏的局面：achieve a win-win scenario;
最壞的狀況會(huì)是......：the worst scenario would be..

scenario對(duì)將來(lái)的局面進(jìn)行的假設(shè)、預(yù)期

這實(shí)際上會(huì)有損奧巴馬的政績(jī)：

This would effectively undermine his legacy;
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實(shí)際上：ineffect; effectively; practically;
奧運(yùn)遺產(chǎn)：Olympic legacy;
上屆政府留下了一個(gè)爛攤子：leave us with a rotten legacy;
前仆后繼，發(fā)揚(yáng)某人的精神：build on the legacy of sb.;

Effectively/practically

legacy政績(jī)

水立方

Volunteerism

legacy可以指理論上的，也可以指精神上的，比如志愿者精神等

積極推動(dòng)這兩大協(xié)定的簽署，即便最終的協(xié)定內(nèi)容大幅縮水也在所不惜：

Push aggressively both deals-at the expense of substantial dilution in the final agreements;
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以......為代價(jià)：do sth. at the expense/cost/sacrifice of

Push 推動(dòng)

積極地 aggressively

Substantial dilution大幅縮水

加大依靠創(chuàng)新提升競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的力度：

Accelerate innovation-led competitiveness;

在網(wǎng)絡(luò)威脅等問題上對(duì)中國(guó)也是含沙射影：
make implicit allusions to China, particularly in context of cyber threats;
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以質(zhì)量取勝：build quality-led competitiveness;

Implicit-explicit

Allusions

Particularly

在網(wǎng)絡(luò)活動(dòng)上雙方依然存在較大分歧：

Deep bilateral differences remain over cyber activities;
美國(guó)認(rèn)為自身是商業(yè)機(jī)蜜竊取行為的受害者：

Washington sees itself as a victim of “commercial theft“
不斷遭到網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊：
be under incessant cyber intrusions;
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成為......受害者：fall victim to/ fall prey to...

商業(yè)機(jī)密的竊取行為 commercial theft

遭到… be under +criticism

重申要完成有關(guān)中美減排新目標(biāo)：

Reiterate their commitments to fulfilling the new China-US emission targets;
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重申/表示要繼續(xù)......:reaffirm/renew one’s commitment to do/ doing sth

Be committed to sth /doing sth這個(gè)to是介詞

commitment則不受限了

履行減排承諾：

Stick to its climate pledge;
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履行承諾:deliver/deliver on/make good on/honor/live up to one’s commitment/pledge/promise;

美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)增速加快，達(dá)到5％，創(chuàng)11年來(lái)新高：

US growth intensified to 5 percent, the strongest in 11 years;
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三十年不遇的洪水/百年不遇的旱情：

The worst flood in 30 years; the worst drought in a century;

Intensify 加快

盡管人們一再提及所謂''緊縮"和“再平衡"政策：

Despite all the rhetoric about "austerity”?and rebalancing
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Belt-tightening; tighten one's belt;

China's biggest economic challenge is the need to rebalance the economy?in order to achieve sustainable long-term growth, says Haruhiko Kuroda, president of Asian Development Bank(ADB).轉(zhuǎn)方式，調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)

緊縮austerity

再平衡 rebalancing

勒緊褲腰帶

有時(shí)候不能簡(jiǎn)單的翻譯成再平衡

中國(guó)需要轉(zhuǎn)方式，調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)，來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)的再平衡

Re- 表調(diào)整的概念

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Though suffering a slower GDP growth, China's painful steps to achieve economic rebalance could offer long-term gains, Ewen Cameron Watt, chief strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, said Thursday.

China's lower value-added, export-driven model will be dropped and the emerging giant will rebalance the economy and stimulate demand.轉(zhuǎn)方式調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)

調(diào)整經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)并刺激內(nèi)需，來(lái)重新獲得經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的勢(shì)頭

到2020年，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)增速將逐步放緩至2.3％：

US growth will steadily decelerate to 2.3 percent by 2020；

美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)靠外資拉動(dòng)：
the US growth is fueled by foreign investment.
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靠出口拉動(dòng)增長(zhǎng)：export-driven growth;be driven by

經(jīng)濟(jì)增速

速度放緩decelerate to +百分點(diǎn)

Slow down

Be fueled by 靠…拉動(dòng)

Drive 項(xiàng)目 活動(dòng) 計(jì)劃=campaign

現(xiàn)代化建設(shè) modernization drive=program=initiative

The leading economic driver經(jīng)濟(jì)的主要推動(dòng)力

美國(guó)政界分歧更大，政策信號(hào)不一，甚至?xí)霈F(xiàn)完全對(duì)立的政策：

A more divided Washington, mixed policy messages and potentially confrontational policies from the US
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人們對(duì)此反響不一：this has met mixed responses;
結(jié)果可謂喜憂參半：the result is mixed;

A more divided分歧更大

Mixed messages信號(hào)不一

confrontational

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