VOA慢速英语:A Compromise on Climate Change

1.In the end, only five of them reached an agreement: the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa.

in the end最后,终于

例句：Have faith! It'll be all right in the end.
      要有信心!结果不会有事的。

      In the end their army was beaten.
      最后他们的军队被打败了。

2.Greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, are created in part by burning oil and coal for transportation and electricity.

in part部分地,有些,在某种程度上

例句：Tom was only in small part responsible.
      汤姆只有一小部分责任。

3.He said it permitted them to avoid the legally binding targets and international supervision proposed by developed countries.

permit，allow区别

allow与permit的用法区别的用法区别 1)两者均可表示“允许”，其区别是permit 通常指上级、规则或法令等表示的准许，其语气较重；而 allow 通常指消极地不加反对，有时含有听任或默许之意，语气较轻。如：Nothing is permitted; everything is allowed. 一切都没明文规定可以做，但一切做了也无妨。The nurse allowed him to remain there，though it was not permitted. 护士让他留在那儿，而按规定那是不许可的。

2)从用法上看，两者后接动词作宾语时，均要用动名词形式，而不能用不定式。如：We don’t allow [permit] swimming in the pool. 我们不许在池子里游泳。但是若其后接有名词或代词，那么其后须接不定式。如：We don’t allow [permit] children to swim in the pool. 我们不许孩子们在池子里游泳。注意这类结构的被动式之后可用不定式(此时的不定式不是宾语，而是主语补语)。如：正：We do not allow [permit] people to smoke here.正：People are not allowed [permitted] to smoke here.误：People are not allowed [permitted] smoking here.

4.She said China has taken its own measures to fight climate change and supports pressing ahead with international cooperation.

press ahead with推进，加紧

例句：We must press ahead with our efforts to reach an agreement.
      我们要加紧努力，设法达成协议。