A BBC correspondent at the summit says that ten new members of the EU will have joined before any talks start, possibly complicating the negotiations. And he says the decision will make it more difficult to reach a deal on reunifying Cyprus, which has been divided between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities since 1974.
NEWS 4 经济
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has announced an initiative to spread democracy, education and free markets across the Middle East. Mr. Powell pledged twenty-nine million dollars towards the project, saying it was a way of broadening Washington’s approach to the region.
Colin Powell described this initiative as a way of broadening America’s approach to the Middle East. He said, “The spread of democracy and free markets around the world largely left the Middle East behind.” The Secretary of State painted a picture of economic stagnation and unresponsive political systems. He criticized the 7)marginalization of women and the lack of educational opportunities for millions of girls and boys in the region. America’s answer is what it calls “The US-Middle East Partnership Initiative”. Twenty-nine million dollars will be spent on education, projects to expand political participation, and to encourage small businesses.
NEWS 5 军事
The Ivory Coast army is making a second attempt at a recruiting drive after an attempt earlier this week was 8)swamped by people eager to sign up. On Tuesday, thousands of young people demonstrated outside the army headquarters in Abidjan, demanding the right to fight rebel groups.
On the playing fields in the center of the Jandahn school there is an amazing sight. Thousands of people are lined up to get their names on one side of the complex. On the other, thousands more men, naked, ready for a medical, queuing patiently to see if they will be one of the 3,000 accepted for the army. Since before dawn, people have been heading towards this 9)barracks in their thousands to join up. The army were overwhelmed when they began their recruitment program on Tuesday and had to delay it till today. Outside the doors of the barracks - outside the main gate - a huge, excited and angry crowd waiting to get in, are 10)hurling abuse at foreign journalists who approach.
NEWS 6 科技
An Arian-5 rocket, carrying two satellites, has crashed into the Atlantic just three minutes after taking off from French Guiana. A spokesman for the Arian’s consortium, Claude Sanchez, said the rocket had blasted off as planned but gone off course shortly after reaching an altitude of about 100 kilometers. Mr. Sanchez said that in such cases, the craft destroyed themselves automatically.
新闻报道
1 政治
朝鲜称，它将启封核设施，这些设施是在1994年与美国达成协议时被冻结的。朝鲜官方新闻机构发表一项声明说，此次行动是对上月美国决定延缓油船后因能源生产需求而作出的。韩国政府为此召开了一次紧急安全会议。
朝鲜一家国家新闻机构发表的声明中称，朝鲜将立即解除对核计划的冻结，因为以美国为首的国家作出延缓开往朝鲜的油船的决议。一位不知名的外交部官员说，朝鲜官方别无选择，只得重新启动计划，以获得能源，因为朝鲜与美国达成的核协议的一个关键因素没有得到贯彻。根据1994年的协议，朝鲜每年可收到五十万桶重油，同时，一国际财团则允诺为朝鲜建立两个更安全的轻水反应堆。作为交换，平壤方面同意封存它已有的核设施。
美国对朝鲜重新启动核设施的宣告表示遗憾。一位白宫发言人说，这个决定是对朝鲜所作的废止核计划的承诺的公然对抗。日本和韩国也都表示强烈担忧。在一项声明中，汉城方面表示担忧说，核解冻计划将使朝鲜半岛的局势更加紧张。而朝鲜新闻机构则说，此项举措是在美国、日本和韩国上月决定延缓油船后为获得能源而不得不实行的。
2 政治
委内瑞拉反对党领袖称，一次反对乌戈·查韦斯总统的总罢工现在已经上升到一个完全抵抗的阶段。最大的劳动联盟领导人称，总罢工已经持续了十一天，并将继续持续下去，直到查韦斯总统辞职。查韦斯总统被指控经济管理不善，并有独裁行为。但查韦斯本人表示，这些言论是妄图倾覆他的阴谋。
3 政治
在哥本哈根开会的欧盟领导人决定，如果土耳其的政治条件符合欧盟的标准，欧盟将在两年后与土耳其展开加入欧盟的会谈。
欧盟领导人决定，土耳其最早必须等到2004年十二月才会被邀请参加加入欧盟的会谈，这一决定使得土耳其明年(2003年)开始谈判的希望落空。这一决定是于欧盟哥本哈根峰会的一次晚餐会上做出的，由丹麦首相安诺斯·福格·拉斯穆森宣布。
拉斯穆森∶我们今晚做出了以下决定：如果2004年十二月，欧洲理事会在收到委员会的报告和推荐书后，认为土耳其达到哥本哈根政治标准，欧盟将就土耳其加入的问题与其展开谈判。
高峰会上一名英国广播公司的记者说，欧盟的十名新成员将不展开任何会谈而直接加入欧盟，这也许使谈判变得更复杂。他还说，这个决定将使为统一塞浦路斯而达成一项协议的进程变得更加困难，塞浦路斯是在1974年分裂为希腊塞浦路斯人和土耳其塞浦路斯人两大阵营的。
4 经济
美国国务卿柯林·鲍威尔宣布将在中东地区一带传播民主、教育和自由市场观念。鲍威尔保证这项计划将获得两千九百万美元的资金，并说通过这种方式来将美国理念扩展到这些地区。
柯林·鲍威尔认为此举可将美国理念扩展到这些地区。他说，全球的民主化和自由市场化已将中东地区远远抛在了后面。鲍威尔描述了经济停滞和反应迟钝的政治机构，批评了这些地区对妇女的排斥以及成百万的少男少女缺乏受教育机会的状况。美国的回答是它所谓的“美国--中东合作意向”。 两千九百万美元的资金将被用在发展教育、扩大政治参与以及鼓励小型企业的计划上。
5 军事
象牙海岸军队在本周早些时候发起一次征兵行动后，又发起了第二次征募行动，前来报名的人人潮汹涌，多不可数。星期二，成千上万的年轻人来到阿比让军队总部，要求与叛军作战。
在贾单学校的体育场中心的一幅景象令人感到惊讶。在房屋的一边，成千上万的人排队报名。而另一边，更多的成千上万的男子赤裸着身体，准备接受体格检查，耐心地排队等候看自己能否成为军队即将招募的三千士兵中的一员。从拂晓开始，成千上万的人就陆续来到这座兵营，要求参军。军队在星期二开始征兵时被人潮淹没，并不得不延期至今。在军营的大门外--一大群兴奋而愤怒的人等着进去，而对前来的外国记者恶言相向。
6 科技
一艘载有两颗人造卫星的阿里乌斯五号火箭在法属圭亚那起飞后仅三分钟就坠入大西洋。阿里乌斯组织的一个发言人克劳德·桑切斯说，火箭按计划点火升空，但在到达海拔约一百公里的高空后不久就偏离了轨道。桑切斯说，在这种情况下，火箭会自动引爆。
注释:
1) reactivate v. 使恢复活动
2) consortium n. 协会；（为金融活动提供大量资金的）财团
3) mothball v. 封存
4) stoppage n. （活动的）中止；停止
5) criteria n. criterion的复数形式，（进行批评、判断、检验或评论的）标准，准则
6) dash v. 冲撞，猛击
7) marginalization n. 使脱离社会发展进程，使处于社会边缘；忽视，排斥
8) swamp v. 淹没；覆没
9) barrack n. 兵营
10) hurl v. 猛投
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-Disc02-02》★★
Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune
Retold by James Baldwin
A long time go, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was 1)wrinkled, and that was why his friends called him Mr. Vinegar. His wife was also little and old, and they lived in a little old 2)cottage at the back of a little old field.
"John," said Mrs. Vinegar, "you must go to town and buy a cow. I will milk her and 3)churn butter and we shall never want for anything."
"That is a good plan," said Mr. Vinegar, so he started off to town while his wife waited by the roadside.
Mr. Vinegar walked up and down the street of the town looking for a cow. After a time, a farmer came that way, leading one that was very pretty and fat.
"Oh, if I only had that cow," said Mr. Vinegar, "I would be the happiest man in the world!"
"She's a very good cow," said the farmer.
"Well," said Mr. Vinegar, "I'll give you these 50 gold pieces for her."
The farmer smiled and held out his hand for the money, "You may have her," he said, "I always like to 4)oblige, my friends!"
Mr. Vinegar took hold of the cow's halter and led her up and down the street. "I am the luckiest man in the world," he said, "for only see how all the people are looking at me and my cow!"
But at one end of the street, he met a man playing 5)bagpipes. He stopped and listened -- Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dee.
"Oh, that is the sweetest music I ever heard," he said, "and just see how all the children crowd around the man and give him pennies! If I only had those bagpipes, I would be the happiest man in the world!!"
"I'll sell them to you," said the 6)piper.
"Will you? Well then, since I have no money, I will give you this cow for them."
"You may have them," answered the piper, "I always like to oblige a friend."
Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away.
"Now we will have some music," said Mr. Vinegar, but try as hard as he might, he could not play a tune. He could get nothing out of the bagpipes but "7)squeak, squeak". The children instead of giving him pennies laughed at him.
The day was chilly and in trying to play the pipes, his fingers grew very cold. He wished he had kept the cow.
He just started for home when he met a man who had warm gloves on his hands. "Oh, if I only had those pretty gloves," he said, "I would be the happiest man in the world."
"How much will you give for them?" asked the man.
"Oh, I have no money, but I will give you these bagpipes," answered Mr. Vinegar.
"Well," said the man, "you may have them for I always like to oblige a friend."
Mr. Vinegar gave him the bagpipes and drew the gloves on over his half frozen fingers. "How lucky I am," he said as he 8)trudged homeward. His hands were soon quite warm, but the road was rough and the walking hard. He was very tired when he came to the foot of the steep hill. "How shall I ever get to the top?" he said. Just then he met a man who was walking the other way. He had a stick in his hand which he used as a cane to help him along.
"My friend," said Mr. Vinegar, "if only I had that stick of yours to help me up this hill, I would be the happiest man in the world!"
"How much will you give me for it?" asked the man.
"Well, I have no money, but I will give you this pair of warm gloves," said Mr. Vinegar.
"Well," said the man, "you may have it for I always like to oblige a friend."
Mr. Vinegar's hands were now quite warm, so he gave the gloves to the man and took the 9)stout stick to help him along. "How lucky I am!'' he said as he 10)toiled upward.
At the top of the hill he stopped to rest. But as he was thinking of all his good luck that day, he heard someone calling his name. He looked up and saw only a green parrot sitting in a tree.
"Mr. Vinegar, Mr. Vinegar," it cried.
"What now?" said Mr. Vinegar.
"You're a 11)dunce, you're a dunce!'' answered the bird, "you went to seek your fortune and you found it, then you gave it for a cow, and the cow for some bagpipes, and the bagpipes for some gloves, and the gloves for a stick which you might of cut by the roadside. He He He, you're a dunce! You're a dunce!''
This made Mr. Vinegar very angry. He threw the stick at the bird with all his might. But the bird only answered, "You're a dunce! You're a dunce!" And the stick 12)lodged in the tree where he could not get it again.
Mr. Vinegar went on slowly for he had many things to think about. His wife was standing by the roadside and as soon as she saw him, she cried out, "Where's the cow? Where's the cow?"
"Well, I just don't know where the cow is," said Mr. Vinegar. And then he told her the whole story.
醋溜先生花钱
很久以前，有一个穷人，他的原名叫什么已经不记得了。他个头很矮，脸上皱皱巴巴的，所以朋友们管他叫醋溜先生。他的太太也是又矮又老，他们住在一块小荒田后边的小屋里。
“约翰，”醋溜太太说道，“你到城里去买一头奶牛吧。我用挤出的牛奶做黄油，以后我们就衣食不愁了。”
“好主意，”醋溜先生说，于是他出发进城，他的太太在路边等候他。
醋溜先生在城里走啊走，四处找牛。过了一会儿，一个农夫拉着一头非常漂亮而肥壮的奶牛走了过来。
“哦，如果那头牛是我的，我就是世界上最幸福的人了！”
“这可是头很好的牛，”农夫说。
“啊，”醋溜先生说，“我出五十块金币的价买它。”
农夫微笑着伸手接钱，“你把它带走吧，”他说，“我就喜欢成人之美，朋友！”
醋溜先生抓住牛绳，拉着它在街上走啊走。“我是全世界最幸运的人了，”他说，“瞧瞧大家看着我和牛的眼神！”
可是在街的另一头，他见到一个吹风笛的人。他停下脚步聆听，笛声曼妙。
“哦，这是我听过的最动听的音乐了，”他说，“瞧瞧有这么多孩子围着那人，塞钱给他！如果我有风笛的话，就是世界上最幸福的人了！！”
“我可以卖给你呀，”风笛手说道。
“是吗？可是我没有钱了，我拿这头牛和你换吧。”
“拿去吧，”风笛手答道，“我最喜欢成人之美了。”
于是醋溜先生拿过了风笛，风笛手牵走了奶牛。
“现在我们可有音乐听了，”醋溜先生说，但是他花了老大的劲，还是吹不出什么调来。风笛只发出吱吱的怪声。孩子们非但没给他钱，还对他百般嘲笑。
天冷极了，为了吹风笛，醋溜先生的手指都冻僵了。他真希望自己没把牛给换走。
他开始往家走的时候，遇到一个人，那人戴着暖暖的手套。“哦，如果那副漂亮手套是我的，”他说，“那我就是世界上最幸福的人了。”
“你出多少钱买？”那人问道。
“噢，我没钱了，可我用风笛和你换吧，”醋溜先生答道。
“这样的话，”那人说，“你就拿去吧，我就喜欢成人之美。”
醋溜先生把风笛给了那人，拿过手套戴在冻僵的手指头上。“我多幸运啊，”他边往家走边说道。他的手很快就暖起来了，可是道路坑坑洼洼的，走得很艰难。走到一个陡坡下的时候，他累极了。“我怎么才能爬上去呢？”他说。这时候，他看到一个人从另一边走了过来。那人手里握着一根棍，用做爬坡的杖子。
“朋友，”醋溜先生说道，“如果我能有你那根杖子来爬坡，我就是这世界上最幸福的人了！”
“你出多少钱来买？”那人问道。
“啊，我没钱了，可我愿把这副暖和的手套给你，”醋溜先生说。
“这样的话，”那人说道，“你就拿去好了，因为我最喜欢成人之美。”
醋溜先生的手早暖和过来了，于是他拿手套跟那人换了根上坡用的粗杖。“我多幸运啊！”他一边费劲地上坡一边说道。
到了山顶，他停下来休憩。可正当他想着一整天的好运时，他听到有谁在叫着自己的名字。他抬起头，只看到树枝上坐着只绿鹦鹉。
“醋溜先生，醋溜先生，”鹦鹉喊道。
“怎么了？”醋溜先生问。
“你是傻瓜，你是傻瓜！”鸟儿答道，“你出门找钱，找到了，却拿钱买牛，用牛换了风笛，用风笛换了手套，又用手套去换根能在路边弄到的棍子。呵呵呵，你是傻瓜！你是傻瓜！”
这话让醋溜先生生气极了。他用尽力气拿棍子朝鸟儿掷去。可鸟儿只回了句：“你是傻瓜！你是傻瓜！”而棍子又卡在树枝上，他够不着。
醋溜先生慢慢地向前走着，他脑子里乱腾腾的。他的太太正站在路边呢，一见到他，她就喊起来：“奶牛呢？奶牛呢？”
“唔，我可不知道奶牛到哪去了，”醋溜先生说道。接着他把事情完完整整地告诉了她。
[注释]
1) wrinkled a. 皱纹的
2) cottage n. 村舍
3) churn v. 搅拌
4) oblige v. 责成
5) bagpipe n. 风笛
6) piper n. 风笛手
7) squeak n. 吱吱的叫声
8) trudge v. 跋涉
9) stout a. 粗的
10) toil v. 跋涉，费力地做
11) dunce n. 傻瓜
12) lodge v. 存放，容纳
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-Disc02-03》★★
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (2)
Written by Richard Bach
The gulls were 1)flocked into the Council gathering when he landed, and apparently had been so flocked for some time. They were, in fact, waiting.
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull! Stand to Center!" The Elder's words sounded in a voice of highest ceremony. Stand to Center meant only great shame or great honor. Stand to Center for Honor was the way the gulls' 2)foremost leaders were marked.
Of course, he thought, the Breakfast Flock this morning; they saw the 3)breakthrough! But I want no honors. I have no wish to be a leader. I want only to share what I've found, to show those horizons out ahead for us all.
He stepped forward.
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull," said the Elder, "Stand to Center for Shame in the sight of your fellow gulls!"
It felt like being hit with a board. His knees went weak, his feathers 4)sagged, there was roaring in his ears. Centered for Shame? Impossible! The breakthrough! They can't understand! They're wrong, they're wrong!
"...for his reckless irresponsibility," the 5)solemn voice intoned, "violating the dignity and tradition of the Gull Family..."
To be centered for shame meant that he would be 6)cast out of gull society, banished to a solitary life on the Far Cliffs.
"... one day Jonathan Livingston Seagull, you shall learn that irresponsibility does not pay. Life is the unknown and the 7)unknowable, except that we are put into this world to eat, to stay alive as long as we possibly can."
A seagull never speaks back to the Council Flock, but it was Jonathan's voice raised. "Irresponsibility? My brothers!" he cried, "who is more responsible than a gull who finds and follows a meaning, a higher purpose for life? For a thousand years we have 8)scrabbled after fish heads, but now we have a reason to live -- to learn, to discover, to be free! Give me one chance, let me show you what I've found..."
The Flock might as well have been stone.
"The 9)brotherhood is broken," the gulls 10)intoned together, and with one accord they solemnly closed their ears and turned their backs upon him.
Jonathan Seagull spent the rest of his days alone, but he flew way out beyond the Far Cliffs. His one sorrow was not 11)solitude, it was that other gulls refused to believe the glory of flight that awaited them; they refused to open their eyes and see.
He learned more each day. He learned that a 12)streamlined high-speed dive could bring him to find the rare and tasty fish that schooled ten feet below the surface of the ocean: he no longer needed fishing boats and 13)stale bread for survival. He learned to sleep in the air, setting a 14)course at night across the 15)offshore wind, covering a hundred miles from sunset to sunrise. With the same inner control, he flew through heavy sea-fogs and climbed above them into dazzling clear skies... in the very times when every other gull stood on the ground, knowing nothing but mist and rain. He learned to ride the high winds far inland, to dine there on delicate insects.
