每天说半小时英语口语096

A:A lot of people are talking about WTO now.What does it stand for?
现在很多人都在讨论世贸组织。它代表的是什么？

B:Are you kidding?You don't know what it means?
你是在开玩笑吗？你不知道它的意思吗？

A:Of course I know.But I'm not sure what the three letters stand for?
我当然知道。但是我不确定这三个字母代表的是什么？

B:They stand for World Trade Organization.
它们是世贸组织的缩写。

A:Could you tell me what its goal is?
你能告诉我它的目标是什么吗？

B:Its major goal is to promote world trade and economic development.
它的主要目标是促进世界贸易和经济的发展。

A:Do you know when it was established?
你知道它什么时候成立的吗？

B:It was established in 1995.Although it's a rather young international organization,it has a long history.Its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was founded in 1948.
它成立于1995年。尽管它是一个相当年轻的世界组织，但是它有很长的历史。它的前身是成立于1948年的关税及贸易总协定。

A:Is it true that China was one of the 23 founding members of GATT?
中国是关税及贸易总协定的23个创始会员国之一，对吗?

B:Yes,it's true.But China pulled out of it in 1950.
是的，没错。但是中国1950年退出了。

A:What a pity!
好遗憾！

世贸组织

The World Trade Organization was established in Geneva in 1995.There are over 130 members and they do over 90% of world trade.
世界贸易组织1955年在日内瓦成立。有130多个成员国，它们占世界贸易的90%以上。

WTO is a multilateral trading system that lowers trade barriers between people and countries.The members use WTO agreements to do international commerce.The agreement guarantee a fair trading system for goods, services,intellectual property and dispute settlement.Its objective is to help trade flow smoothly ,freely, fairly and predictably between the members and help producers of goods and services to conduct trade business.This is believed to benefit the people of member countries.
世贸组织是一个多边贸易体制，它减少国家和人民之间的贸易壁垒。成员国按照WTO的协议进行国际贸易。协议保证为商品、服务、知识产权和争端解决提供一个公平的贸易体系。它的目标是帮助会员国之间的贸易顺利、自由、公平、可预测地进行，帮助商品和服务的生产商进行贸易业务。它被认为是有利于成员国的国民的。