VOA常速英语:Trump, Russian FM Hold Talks on Syria, Other Flashpoints

During a photo opportunity with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger,President Donald Trump spoke warmly of his meeting with the Kremlin’s top diplomat.
在与前国务卿亨利.基辛格一起接受媒体拍照时，总统唐纳德.特朗普热情地谈论了与克里姆林宫外交部长的会谈。

“We had a very, very good meeting with Mr. Lavrov, and it was, I thought it was very, very good.”
“我与拉夫罗夫先生进行了一次非常友好的会谈。我认为这次会谈非常、非常好。”

One day after firing the Head of the Agency investigating his 2016 presidential campaign’s ties with Moscow,Trump said the US-Russia dialogue produce hope for progress on the conflict in Syria.
特朗普解雇了负责调查2016年总统竞选与莫斯科之间关系的联邦调查局局长，一天之后，他说美俄对话能给叙利亚的冲突进展带来希望。

And I think that we’re going to do very well with respect to Syria.I think things are happening that are really, really, really positive.We’re going to stop the killing and the death."
“我认为有关叙利亚问题，我们将会做得非常好。我认为事情正在向着非常、非常积极的方向发展。我们将会阻止那里的杀戮和死亡。”

Trump gave no details, but later Lavrov offered a hopeful assessment of the talks.
特朗普没有给出任何详情，但随后，拉夫罗夫对于此次会谈给出了一个充满希望的评价。

We discussed Syria in great detail in the context of the ideas that have been put forth regarding the setting up of de-escalation areas.It will be a step to contribute to the settlement of humanitarian problems."
“我们在提出的关于设立缩小战争范围区域这一议题背景之下，详细讨论了叙利亚问题。这将是促成人道主义问题的解决而迈出的一步。”

Assured White House statement said the President underscored the need for Russia to do more to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.A positive tone cannot hide the difficult overall state of Moscow-Washington ties.
白宫的正式声明中写道，总统强调俄罗斯必需采取更多措施以解决叙利亚和乌克兰的冲突问题。一个积极的论调并不能掩盖莫斯科和华盛顿之间艰难关系的整体态势。

According to Russia expert Steven Pifer,
俄罗斯专家史蒂文.皮弗说道：

“On Syria, it appears that there’s still some fairly major differences with the White House,seeing that the President asked Mr. Lavrov to rein in the Assad, the head of Syria, and also to rein in Iran, in Iranian proxies.And my guess is that’s not going to be something that the Russians are going to be inclined to deliver on.So there seems to be desired to find a way to improve relations, but there are still seems to be some very big obstacles to that,including the situation in Ukraine.”
“看起来在叙利亚问题上，克里姆林宫和白宫之间还是有一些巨大的差异，因为美国总统要求拉夫罗夫先生去控制叙利亚总统阿萨德，还要求他控制伊朗，控制伊朗的代理人。我猜测，俄罗斯不会倾向于做出这种事情。因此看起来是希望找到改善双方关系的方法，但依然会遭遇一些非常巨大的障碍，乌克兰的局势就是其中之一。”

In his news conference, Lavrov ridiculed the idea that Russia had meddled in last year’s US presidential election,calling such reports fake information that is humiliating for the American people.
在记者招待会上，拉夫罗夫嘲弄俄罗斯干涉去年的美国大选这一说法，称此类报道是羞辱美国人民的假信息。

“I believe that politicians are damaging the political system of the US,trying to pretend that someone is controlling America from the outside.”
“我认为政客们正在毁坏美国的政治体系，设法佯装有人正在从外部控制着美国。”

Earlier Wednesday, as he met with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,Lavrov pretended not to have heard about the firing of FBI Director James Comey.Was he fired? You’re kidding. You’re kidding.
周三上午，在与美国国务卿雷克斯.蒂勒森会面时，拉夫罗夫佯装没听说过联邦调查局局长詹姆斯.科米被解雇一事。“他被解雇了？你在开玩笑。你在开玩笑。”

Peter Heinlein, VOA news, the White House.
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