VOA慢速英语:US-China Meeting Starts With Call for Fair Exchange Rate

1. In today's world, no global player can afford to treatgeopolitics as a zero-sum game, we are working to build arelationship that allows both of our countries to flourish withoutunhealthy competition or conflict."

treat as 把...待如;把...看作
例句：Don't treat me as an outsider. 
别把我当做外人。 

2. Secretary Clinton noted that nations must deal with issues ofeconomics and international politics in a way that is not ‘win orlose', or what she called zero-sum.

deal with 与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

3.  A lower value means Chinese exports are less costly than theircompetitors.

less than 少于...
例句：Angele had loved him with a love no less than his own. 
安琪儿对他的爱，跟他的也不相上下。 

4. Currency reform, said Mister Geithner, was important to China'sfinancial system and to increasing demand at home.

be important to 对...是重要的
例句：Foreign trade is important to most countries. 
对多数国家来说，对外贸易很重要。