专家呼吁东盟首脑会议关注地区问题

短语讲解：

1. The annual ASEAN summit brings together leaders from the ten Southeast Asian countries.

bring together使相识; 使坐在一起; 使会面
例句：The opposing forces on the island have been brought together for peace talks.
岛上的敌对势力已经坐下来进行和平磋商。

2. Qin Yaqing, vice director of the China Foreign Affairs University, says despite the expansion of the mechanism, the forum should still focus on regional affairs.

focus on集中于
例句：We're going to focus on the relationship between freedom and necessity.
我们将集中讨论自由和必要性之间的关系这一问题。

3. I think this year's summit should seriously think about how to truly respect the interests, concerns and development issues of the countries in this region.

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。

4. He is also set to join the East Asian Summit that both Obama and Medvedev will participate in.

participate in参加
例句：How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

5. So far, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers have agreed to establish a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the region.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：He agreed to our sending Jack to Hong Kong.
他赞成我们把杰克派往香港。

6. The ASEAN summit also comes at a time when the region is embroiled in territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

embroil in卷入，陷入
例句：I don't want to become embroiled in their quarrels.
我不想卷入他们的争吵中。

7. China has made it clear that it opposes bringing up the South China Sea issue at the summit.

bring up提及〔提出〕…
例句：He brought up a question for discussion.
他提出问题讨论。