世界大国和伊朗核会谈宣告失败一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 世界大国与伊朗核会谈宣告失败一托福阅读机经背景   Talks in Istanbul, Turkey between the international community and Iran over its controversial nuclear program, have ended in failure amid mutual recriminations. The collapse in the talks, is expected to lead to further international pressure on Iran over its nuclear aspirations.  The European Union policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed frustration over the failure of the two days of talks, but said Iran was to blame.  欧盟外交政策负责人凯瑟琳·阿什顿对两天会谈的失败表示失望，但是她说，这应该责备伊朗。  We had hoped to embark on a discussion of practical ways forward, and have made every effort to make that happen. I am disappointed to say that this has not been possible, she said.  她说：“我们本来希望就切实可行的途径展开讨论，从而取得进展，而且我们也尽了一切努力使这一点能够实现。我很失望地说，这是不可能的。”  Ashton led a delegation of countries that is known as the P5+1, United States, Britain, Russia , France China, and Germany in negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear energy program. It is suspected of using the program to build an atomic bomb, a charge Tehran denies.  阿什顿率领由美国、英国、俄罗斯、法国、中国和德国组成的代表团同伊朗就其有争议的核能源项目展开谈判，这几个国家也被称为“五加一”组织。伊朗涉嫌利用核项目制造原子弹，但是德黑兰政府否认这一指控。  The Istanbul meeting follows talks in Geneva. Ashton said the Geneva talks had agreed that the Istanbul meeting would focus on detailed proposals. The two days of talks centered on what is described as confidence building measures which included a deal that Iran would exchange some of its low enriched uranium in exchange for nuclear fuel for Tehrans Research Reactor. Similar agreements had been attempted both in 2009 and 2010 .  这次伊斯坦布尔的谈判是继日内瓦会谈而举行的。阿什顿说，双方在日内瓦会谈中同意伊斯坦布尔会谈着重讨论具体的提案。这两天会谈的中心是所谓建立信任措施，其中包括使伊朗用一些低浓缩铀换取德黑兰研究反应堆所需核燃料的协议。在2009年和2010年也曾试图达成这一协议。  But Ashton said Iran had insisted on unacceptable preconditions such as a lifting of United Nations sanctions.  但是，阿什顿说，伊朗一直坚持让他们无法接受的前提，比如解除联合国制裁。  We had hoped to have a detailed and constructive d