Nov 15th 2014: Bridge over troubled water

Question 1

超级大国的竞争

Answer 1

great-power rivalry

Question 2

APEC

Answer 2

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation

Question 3

充满了自信

Answer 3

in an attitude of confident strength

Question 4

他的身体朝向照相机

Answer 4

His body opens towards the cameras

Question 5

肩膀向着照相机呈防卫状

Answer 5

Shoulder defensively towards the photographers

Question 6

中美竞争比其它的一切都重要

Answer 6

Rivalry between China and America triumphs everything

Question 7

表面上看起来

Answer 7

1. Superficially 2. On the face of it

Question 8

更重要的握手

Answer 8

even more momentous handshake

Question 9

代表了因钓鱼岛争议而造成紧张关系的缓和

Answer 9

signal a lowering of tensions over disputed islands

Question 10

对比之前”麻木，甚至是充满不良气氛“的APEC峰会

Answer 10

Compared with the torpor and occasional ill-temper of previous APEC summits

Question 11

缅甸

Answer 11

Myanmar; or Burmar

Question 12

扩散太平洋地区的紧张情绪

Answer 12

diffuse the tensions in the Pacific

Question 13

缓解紧张情绪

Answer 13

defuse the tensions

Question 14

海军力量

Answer 14

naval might

Question 15

保障安全

Answer 15

guarantee security

Question 16

…使中美一致对苏

Answer 16

has aligned America and China against Soviet Russia

Question 17

Latin for “American Peace”. 大国之间的平衡

Answer 17

Pax Americana

Question 18

超过美国

Answer 18

overtake America

Question 19

直接交战

Answer 19

head-on war

Question 20

武装力量

Answer 20

armed forces

Question 21

但是中国日益强大的力量会更加地将美国挡在外面

Answer 21

But China’s growing strength will increasingly keep America at arm’s length

Question 22

形成威胁

Answer 22

pose a threat

Question 23

保卫亚洲

Answer 23

uphold the security of Asia

Question 24

就如我们的报告指出的

Answer 24

As our special report sets out

Question 25

亚洲的中产阶级增加到了7倍

Answer 25

The Asian middle class has increased sevenfold

Question 26

主要的同盟

Answer 26

chief ally

Question 27

他们不想成为任何一方的附属

Answer 27

They don’t want to be satellite of either

Question 28

和竞争和不安一起出现

Answer 28

seethe with rivalry and insecurity

Question 29

美国的故意设下的阴谋

Answer 29

American plots

Question 30

非政府组织

Answer 30

NGO (Nongovernment Organization)

Question 31

煽动示威游行

Answer 31

foment protests

Question 32

维吾尔族人

Answer 32

Uigurs

Question 33

战斗机

Answer 33

fighter-jet

Question 34

空中碰撞

Answer 34

mid-air collision

Question 35

会使两个超级大国陷入困境

Answer 35

plunge the two superpowers into crisis

Question 36

岩石，浅滩，礁石, 沙滩

Answer 36

rocks, shoals, reefs and sandbanks

Question 37

中国的专制

Answer 37

Chinese high-handedness

Question 38

反对中国的骚乱

Answer 38

anti-China riots

Question 39

维持现状

Answer 39

maintain the status quo

Question 40

它让中国生疑

Answer 40

feed China paranoia

Question 41

修辞（词的正确用法）

Answer 41

rhetoric

Question 42

大宗交易

Answer 42

grand trade deal

Question 43

给中国更多权力

Answer 43

give China more clout

Question 44

自已承担风险

Answer 44

at one’s peril / at one’s own risk

Question 45

损害竞争者

Answer 45

entrench rivalries

Question 46

创造两套相仿的机制

Answer 46

create two parallel systems

Question 47

交易机制可以是接下来一系列行动的模板

Answer 47

Trade could be exemplar

Question 48

不想去执行的日本

Answer 48

foot-dragging Japan

Question 49

在非常努力地。。。

Answer 49

by making vigorous efforts to

Question 50

大国角力

Answer 50

great power jockeying

Question 51

在任何地方

Answer 51

in every sphere

Question 52

努力地做某事

Answer 52

labor / strive to do something

Question 53

爱国狂热

Answer 53

nationalist fervor

Question 54

加强

Answer 54

reinforce / shore up

Question 55

世界希望的摇篮

Answer 55

cradle of so many of world’s hopes