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David Cameron defends China business deals
卡梅倫為中英商業(yè)協(xié)議辯護(hù)

David Cameron has defended the UK's business links with China as he said deals worth ￡40bn had been struck during President Xi Jinping's visit.
大衛(wèi)·卡梅倫表示，習(xí)近平訪英期間，中英達(dá)成了400億英鎊的協(xié)議，同時為中英經(jīng)貿(mào)合作辯護(hù)。

Mr Cameron hailed a deal giving China a 30% stake in a new nuclear plant.
卡梅倫對一項給予中國一座新核電站30%股份的協(xié)議表示贊賞。

The PM said the two countries could maintain a "strong relationship" while having "necessary and frank discussions" about issues like the steel industry and human rights.
卡梅倫表示，中英可以保持“牢固的兩國關(guān)系”，同時對鋼鐵工業(yè)和人權(quán)等問題進(jìn)行“必要和開誠布公的討論”。

Language tips:

提到“達(dá)成協(xié)議”，首先出現(xiàn)在你腦海里的短語是什么？小編猜是reach an agreement，也許還有come to an agreement？卡梅倫教給大家一個新的表達(dá)：strike a deal（達(dá)成交易/協(xié)議）。

Strike這個詞也是新聞報道中的高頻詞，比如French air traffic controllers went on strike yesterday to demand better working and retirement conditions，這里的strike是名詞，表示罷工，它也可以做動詞，The trade union decided to strike the whole country。如果哪里發(fā)生了地震，你一定可以看到報道中使用an earthquake strikes somewhere這樣的表達(dá)，strike在這里表示疾病或災(zāi)害等突然爆發(fā)，除了earthquake，strike還可以和drought、flood、plague、tornado、storm、snowstorm乃至今年上半年害得大家人心惶惶的的MERS（中東呼吸綜合征）搭配使用，可謂相當(dāng)萬能。