英国新首相鲍涵上任，卡尼政府抛出橄榄枝，贸易与防务合作能否破冰？

加拿大总理马克·卡尼及其他加拿大官员向英国新任首相安迪·鲍涵表示祝贺，同时暗示两国存在可以加强关系的领域。

Prime Minister Mark Carney and other Canadian officials offered congratulations to new U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham — while suggesting there are areas in which the two countries can strengthen relations.

• offered congratulations固定搭配，"表示祝贺"，比 said congratulations 更正式，常见于外交或官方场合
• suggesting此处不是"建议"，而是"暗示、透露"，语气较为委婉，表明官方尚未明确表态
• strengthen意为"加强、巩固"，用于描述关系、合作或制度时是政治外交报道中的高频词

鲍涵于周一正式宣誓就职，成为四年内英国第五位首相，也是十年内的第七位。

Burnham was officially sworn in on Monday, becoming the fifth British prime minister in four years and the seventh in a decade.

• sworn in固定短语，"宣誓就职"，用于描述政府官员或法官正式上任的程序，是政治新闻中的核心表达

卡尼在一份书面声明中向鲍涵表示祝贺。

Carney offered congratulations to Burnham in a written statement.

• written statement"书面声明"，区别于口头声明（verbal/oral statement）

"我期待与鲍涵首相携手合作，共同在大西洋两岸构建更强的安全保障、更稳定的局面与更繁荣的未来。"该声明如是说。

"I look forward to working with Prime Minister Burnham to build greater security, stability and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic," the statement said.

• build此处为动词，意为"构建、推动"
• security, stability and prosperity"安全、稳定与繁荣"
• on both sides of the Atlantic"在大西洋两岸"，固定表达，泛指英国与北美（尤其是美国或加拿大）之间的关系

卡尼将贸易以及"建立更强大的国防工业和供应链"列为加拿大与英国可以合作的具体议题。

Carney listed trade and "building stronger defence industries and supply chains" as some of the specific files Canada and the U.K. can collaborate on.

• defence industries"国防工业"，指武器、军事装备及相关技术的生产部门
• supply chains"供应链"，指产品从原材料到最终交付所经历的全部环节
• files在加拿大政治语境中，files 不是"文件"，而是指"具体政策议题或负责领域”
• collaborate on固定搭配，"在某议题上合作"，on 后接合作的具体领域

鲍涵接替了基尔·斯塔默，后者决定英国不参与防务、安全与韧性银行（DSRB）。

Burnham takes over for Kier Starmer, who decided that the U.K. would not be part of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).

• takes over固定短语，"接任、接手"，常用于职位交接，take over for someone 意为"接替某人的职位"
• Resilience"韧性、抗压能力"，在国防与政策语境中指一个国家或体系在面对冲击、攻击或危机时的恢复能力

DSRB 是一个多边机构，专注于为北约成员国及盟国的防务、安全与韧性项目提供融资支持。加拿大已被选定为该新机构总部的所在地。

The DSRB is a multilateral institution focused on financing defence, security and resilience projects for NATO members and allied nations. Canada has been chosen as the site of the headquarters of the new institution.

• multilateral"多边的"，指涉及三个或以上国家或方面的合作机制，与 bilateral（双边）相对
• financing此处为动词，意为"为……提供融资、出资支持
• headquarters"总部"，指一个组织的核心行政所在地，缩写为 HQ，是国际机构报道中的高频词

加拿大驻英大使、前国防部长比尔·布莱尔告诉 CBC 新闻，他期待与鲍涵政府合作，并表示预计卡尼将在与新任英国首相的会谈中提出 DSRB 议题。

Bill Blair, Canada's U.K. ambassador and a former defence minister, told CBC News he's looking forward to working with Burnham's government and that he expects Carney will raise the DSRB with the new British prime minister.

• ambassador"大使"，一国派驻他国的最高级别外交代表
• defence minister"国防部长"，加拿大政府体制中负责国防事务的内阁成员，对应美国的 Secretary of Defense
• expects此处意为"预计、估计会发生"，而非强烈期待，语气较为中性
• raise外交语境中的 raise 意为"提出（议题）"，如 raise an issue / raise a concern，是政治报道常用动词

"我们完全准备好与他们密切合作——我们认为英国参与 DSRB 将使所有成员受益，"他说。

"We're quite prepared to work with them very closely — we think the United Kingdom's participation in the DSRB will benefit all of its members," he said.

• prepared此处意为"有意愿且已准备就绪"，be prepared to do sth. 是固定搭配，表示"愿意且准备好做某事"
• participation"参与、加入"，在国际机构语境中特指正式成员身份的参与，名词形式，动词为 participate in

布莱尔在英国法恩堡举办的两年一届的法恩堡航展上发表了上述讲话，多位加拿大部长也出席了此次活动。

Blair was speaking at the biennial Farnborough Air Show in the U.K., where a number of Canadian ministers are also in attendance.

• biennial"两年一届的"，注意与 biannual（每年两次）的区别，biennial 指每隔两年举办一次
• in attendance固定短语，"出席、在场"，比 attending 更正式，常出现于新闻报道描述官员出席活动的场合

工业部长梅拉尼·乔利也在活动期间的新闻发布会上表示，她认为加拿大和英国可以建立更紧密的防务关系。但她同时也提出，两国在贸易方面也可以做更多。

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, too, said during a news conference at the event that she thinks Canada and the U.K. could have closer defence ties. But she also suggested that the two countries could do more on trade.

• news conference"新闻发布会"，与 press conference 同义
• defence ties"防务联系、国防关系"，ties 在此指两国之间在军事或国防领域的合作纽带
• suggested此处意为"暗示、提出"，语气比 said 更委婉

今年春天，加拿大国会通过立法，批准英国加入《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》（CPTPP）——这是一项环太平洋贸易协议，英国政府在脱欧后急于寻找新贸易伙伴，因此力争加入。

Canada's Parliament passed legislation this spring that ratified the U.K. joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) — a Pacific Rim trade deal the British government sought to join in its hunt for new trading partners in Brexit's aftermath.

• passed legislation"通过立法"，固定表达，指议会正式表决批准一项法律或法案
• ratified"批准、正式认可"，特指一国立法机构对条约或协议的正式确认，是国际法和外交报道中的专业术语
• sought to"试图、力求"，seek to do sth. 的过去式，语气比 tried to 更正式，常用于政策或外交叙述
• Brexit's aftermath"脱欧后的局面/影响"，aftermath 指重大事件之后遗留的困难或后果，Brexit 指英国脱离欧盟

脱欧后，两国曾达成一项临时贸易协议，但就更永久性协议展开的谈判自2024年初便陷入停滞，英国乳制品和加拿大牛肉问题仍是双方僵持的焦点。

A temporary trade deal was put in place following Brexit, but talks for a more permanent agreement have been shelved since early 2024, with sticking points remaining over U.K. dairy products and Canadian beef.

• shelved"被搁置"，put on the shelf 的过去分词，比喻将某议题暂时放下、不再推进，常用于谈判或政策语境
• sticking points固定短语，"症结、僵持点"，指谈判中双方无法达成共识的具体争议问题

"我们认为加拿大与英国拥有深厚的历史渊源，但我们同样认为，双方的贸易还可以进一步拓展，"乔利说。"英国是加拿大第三大贸易伙伴。我们之间有自由贸易协定，但我们可以做得更多。"

"We think that Canada and the U.K. have historic ties, but we also think that we can grow even more our trade together," Joly said. "The U.K. is the third biggest trading partner of Canada. We have a free trade agreement together, but we can do more."

• historic ties"历史渊源、历史纽带"，ties 指两国之间长期形成的政治、文化或经济联系
• trading partner"贸易伙伴"，指与本国有显著贸易往来的国家，常以排名形式出现在经贸报道中
• free trade agreement"自由贸易协定"，缩写为 FTA，指两国或多国之间降低关税与贸易壁垒的正式协议

尽管鲍涵被认为是工党最出色的沟通者之一，他仍面临与前任相同的诸多难题，包括经济增长乏力、由乌克兰与中东战争推动的生活成本压力，以及严重超负荷的公共服务体系。

While Burnham has been regarded as one of the Labour Party's best communicators, he faces many of the same problems as his predecessor, including a sluggish economy, a cost-of-living squeezefuelled by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and overstretched public services.

• regarded as固定搭配，"被认为是、被视为"，表示外界的普遍评价，比 seen as 语气稍正式
• communicators此处指"善于与公众沟通、传递政治信息的人"，不仅仅是"沟通者"，暗含政治表达能力强的意思
• predecessor"前任"，指在同一职位上的上一任人选，与 successor（继任者）相对
• sluggish"迟缓的、停滞不前的"，形容经济增长缓慢、缺乏活力，是财经报道中的常用词
• cost-of-living squeeze"生活成本压力"，squeeze 在此为名词，意为"挤压、紧缩"，生动描绘了通胀对民众生活的压迫感
• fuelled by"由……推动/加剧"，fuel 在此为动词，比喻为某种趋势或问题"添柴加火"，使其愈演愈烈
• overstretched"严重超负荷的"，指公共服务资源被过度占用，无法满足需求

他周一表示，政府将提出若干措施，以应对高企的生活成本，并说明其资金来源计划，同时承诺让英国民众"现在能喘口气"。

Promising Britons "some breathing space now," he said on Monday that the government would set out some measures to tackle the high cost of living and how it plans to fund them.

• breathing space"喘息空间"，固定短语，比喻在压力之下得到短暂的缓解或余地，此处指生活成本方面的短期减压
• set out固定短语，"阐明、提出、制定"，set out measures / plans 是政策报道中的高频表达，意为正式提出或公布
• tackle"应对、解决"，比 deal with 语气更积极主动，常用于描述政府或机构面对具体问题时采取行动
• fund此处为动词，"为……提供资金、筹资"，指政府如何为其政策措施安排财政来源

斯塔默率领工党赢得了2024年中期大选，该党席位较五年前失利时翻了一番有余，尽管其在总票数中的得票率仅上升了约两个百分点。

Starmer led the Labour Party to a mid-2024 election rout as the party more than doubled its seats from a loss five years earlier, even as its share of the total vote only went up by about two percentage points. 

斯塔默执政两年间，因一系列失误和判断错误而形象受损，在党内和公众中的威望不断下滑。

Starmer's two years in office were marred bymissteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.

• marred by固定搭配，"因……而受损、被……蒙上阴影"，mar 为动词，意为"损害、破坏"，常用于描述负面事件影响某人或某物的形象
• missteps"失误、走错一步"，比 mistakes 更强调在关键时刻的判断或行动失当
• judgment errors"判断错误"，指在重大决策上的失误，区别于一般的操作性错误
• eroded"侵蚀、逐渐削弱"，比喻信任、威望或支持度像被水慢慢冲刷一样逐渐流失
• standing此处为名词，"声望、地位"，指一个人在某群体中受尊重或受信任的程度，his standing with the public 即"他在公众中的威信"