CRI听力:U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's China Trip to Ease Concerns and Boost Ties

短语讲解：

1. US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Beijing for talks with China's top leaders, as concerns about the US economy and the country's ability to manage its debt and deficits hang over policy makers and investors at home and abroad.

arrive in抵达, 到达
例句：The steamer arrived in harbor last night.
汽船是昨晚进港的。
concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。
hang over威胁, 即将降临〔发生〕
The danger of war hung over Europe.
战争的危机威胁欧洲。

2. Sino-US relation evolved dramatically since Biden first visited China in 1979, at the beginning of Sino-US normalized-relations.

at the beginning of在…之初
例句：At the beginning of the term, I found it difficult to study English.
在这学期初, 我觉得学英语很困难。

3. Yuan Peng with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, thinks Biden will mainly focus on the issue of the economy and US debt during his China visit.

focus on集中于, 致力于
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

4. From their point of view, it was not really a crisis.

point of view观点
例句：I incline to take the opposite point of view.
我倾向于反对观点。

5. He will also tell China, the downgrade of the credit rating by Standard and Poor's does not mean the US debt is no longer secure.

no longer不再, 已不
例句：The city's water supply is no longer adequate for its need.
这个城市的供水已不敷需求。

6. Zuo Xiaolei, Chief Economist of Galaxy Securities, says if the US wants to recover its credit rating and return to the status of being "number one", the country needs to make some changes.

return to重新恢复
例句：He has returned to his old habits。
他已故态复萌。

7. We need US politicians to change the way they regard China, not to consider China as an imaginary enemy anymore.

consider as把…看作, 认为
例句：I considered him as a politician.
我认为他是个政客。

8. We need to cooperate with each other for mutual economic security, because the US position in the world will not be replaced in the short term, but if the US does not consider reform and allows the situation to worsen, their national credit rating will be further downgraded, which could be a turning point of US power.

cooperate with与(某人)协作, 合作
例句：The children cooperated with their teachers in keeping the classroom neat.
孩子们和老师一起保持教室整洁。
turning point转折点

9. Biden's visit to China comes on the heels of a series of significant events in the two countries' relations.

on the heels of接踵而来, 紧接着…之后发生
例句：The recession trod on the heels of the oil crisis.
经济萧条紧随着石油危机而来。

10. During Chinese President Hu Jintao's January visit to the United States, the two sides agreed to forge a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.

base on使建立在…基础上
例句：We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。