VOA常速英语:Durban Climate Conference Drags On With Few Signs of Progress

短语讲解：

1. The United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa has gone into overtime, as delegates met Saturday to try to reach agreement on several deals to fight climate change.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。

2. Among the key issues being discussed is whether to adopt a second commitment period of at least five years to the Kyoto Protocol - a pact, enacted in 2007 that legally binds governments to cut emissions.

bind to把…捆绑在…上; 安排…; 迫使(某人)遵守〔服从〕(规章, 命令等)
例句：The contract binds me to complete the work within two months.
这合同使我必须在两个月内完成这项工作。

3. The current proposal being considered would extend the Kyoto Protocol for another term, if, in exchange, the United States, China and other big countries that are not a part of it, agree to negotiate a future replacement deal to cut emissions after 2020.

in exchange作为交换
例句：What will you give me in exchange?
你给我什么作为交换呢？

4. Another big issue is setting up the Green Climate Fund, which is supposed to provide financing for environmental projects in developing countries.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
be supposed to应该,被期望
例句：Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing.
业余爱好应该是令人放松的。

5. Countries have had a hard time agreeing on what sources of funding will be used for the fund, and on other technical aspects.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：They agreed on leaving there the next day.
他们一致同意第二天离开那里。

6. "Things are not looking very positive on the Green Climate Fund we see that the operationalization that we were expecting to definitely have happen in Durban, it's not really happening," said Singh.

look on把眼光投向〔以某种观点来看待或对待〕(某物或某人)
例句：The committee did not look on the suggestion with favor.
委员会没有赞成这项建议。

7. Singh said the United States, which has been asking that private firms have more access to the fund, is largely responsible for the delay.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。

8. Time is running out for a major deal to combat climate change, and many environmental ministers involved in the talks have already started heading home.

run out用完, 耗尽
例句：Our food soon ran out.
我们的粮食很快就吃完了。
involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：She was involved in working out a puzzle.
她在聚精会神地解一道难题。