希拉里下月将访问缅甸

时间：2011-11-18 05:46:42

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The US has agreed to send Hillary Clinton to visit Burma next month, reports say.

报道称，美国同意派遣希拉里·克林顿下个月出访缅甸。

US officials told reporters that President Barack Obama would formally announce the visit later.

Mrs Clinton will be the first secretary of state to visit in 50 years.

Burma was ruled by a brutal1 junta2（团体，派别） for decades, but the generals ceded3（放弃，割让） power last year and the new government has undertaken important reforms.

Crucially, President Thein Sein has held a number of meetings with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was previously4 held under house arrest.

The president has also reformed election laws, and Ms Suu Kyi's political movement, which boycotted5（联合抵制） elections last year, is now expected to officially register as a party and contest by-elections.

The US announcement comes a day after leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) agreed that Burma could chair the regional bloc6 in 2014.


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1 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
参考例句：
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
2 junta FaLzO     
n.团体；政务审议会
参考例句：
  • The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。
  • A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。
3 ceded a030deab5d3a168a121ec0137a4fa7c4     
v.让给，割让，放弃( cede的过去式 )
参考例句：
  • Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898. 古巴在1898年被西班牙割让给美国。
  • A third of the territory was ceded to France. 领土的三分之一割让给了法国。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
5 boycotted 6c96ed45faa5f8d73cbb35ff299d9ccc     
抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
  • The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程，要宫路下台。
6 bloc RxFzsg     
n.集团；联盟
参考例句：
  • A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
  • There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

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