默克尔即将出访雅典 城内安保升级

时间：2012-10-09 07:01:58

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There is tight security in Athens ahead a visit by German Chancellor1 Angela Merkel, her first since the eurozone crisis erupted nearly three years ago.

德国总理安吉拉·默克尔即将出访雅典，雅典城内目前戒备森严。这是欧元区债务危机近三年以来她首次访问雅典。
Mrs Merkel has been demonised by some Greek protesters
Mrs Merkel has been demonised by some Greek protesters
 
Some 7,000 police officers are on duty, public gatherings2 are banned in certain areas of the city and protesters have been warned to "protect the peace".
 
The visit comes as Greece bids to pass new cuts of 13bn euros to qualify for more bailout cash.
 
Analysts4 say Mrs Merkel is regarded by many Greeks as the author of austerity.
 
While Germany has contributed the most money in the bailing5 out of Greece, the BBC Europe editor Gavin Hewitt says its chancellor is held responsible for demanding that Greece make swingeing（激烈的） cuts in exchange for the financing it has received.
 
Speaking on Monday, Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the Eurogroup finance ministers of the eurozone, raised the pressure on Greece, calling on the government to demonstrate it could implement6（实施，执行） planned reforms "by 18 October at the latest" to qualify for the next bailout instalment of 31.5bn euros.
 
He was speaking as the eurozone's new permanent fund to bail3 out struggling economies and banks was formally launched at the finance ministers' meeting. 
 
There has been growing unrest in Greece at the planned new cutbacks.
 
Police have banned protests on Tuesday in much of central Athens, and within a 100-metre radius7 of the route Mrs Merkel's motorcade will travel - although two planned protests elsewhere in the city will go ahead.
 
On Monday, public order minister Nikos Dendias appealed to protesters to "protect the peace, and above all our country's prospects8 and our international image", Reuters news agency reported.
 
Mrs Merkel, a target for popular dissent9, will be in Athens for about six hours, and will have talks with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
 
The meeting is a gamble, our correspondent says.
 
If there is chaos10 on the streets, it will only underline for the German public that Greece is a lost cause.
 
But Mrs Merkel's visit - her first to Greece in five years - is sending a symbolic11 message that she wants Greece to stay in the eurozone, our correspondent adds.
 
Meanwhile, the International Monetary12 Fund said on Monday that the global economic recovery was weakening, with government policies having failed to restore confidence.
 
It added that the risk of further deterioration13（恶化，退化） in the economic outlook was "considerable" and had increased.

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1 chancellor aUAyA     
n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长
参考例句：
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
2 gatherings 400b026348cc2270e0046708acff2352     
聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集
参考例句：
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
3 bail Aupz4     
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
4 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
5 bailing dc539a5b66e96b3b3b529f4e45f0d3cc     
（凿井时用吊桶）排水
参考例句：
  • Both fountains were going furiously and both pumps bailing with might and main. 两个人的口水只管喷泉似地朝外涌，两个抽水机全力以赴往外抽水。
  • The mechanical sand-bailing technology makes sand-washing operation more efficient. 介绍了机械捞砂的结构装置及工作原理，提出了现场操作注意事项。
6 implement WcdzG     
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
参考例句：
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
7 radius LTKxp     
n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限
参考例句：
  • He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
  • We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。
8 prospects fkVzpY     
n.希望，前途(恒为复数)
参考例句：
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
9 dissent ytaxU     
n./v.不同意，持异议
参考例句：
  • It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
  • He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
10 chaos 7bZyz     
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
11 symbolic ErgwS     
adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的
参考例句：
  • It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
  • The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
12 monetary pEkxb     
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
参考例句：
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
13 deterioration yvvxj     
n.退化；恶化；变坏
参考例句：
  • Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age. 随着年龄的增长，心智和体力自然衰退。
  • The car's bodywork was already showing signs of deterioration. 这辆车的车身已经显示出了劣化迹象。

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