21世纪英语Book3 Unit4 复合式听写（音频在第四单元exercise课时里）
Russia is the largest economic power that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. But that may change. Last Friday, the European Union said it would support Russia's (1) ____to become a W.T.O. member.
Representatives of the European Union met with Russian (2) ____in Moscow. They signed a trade agreement that took six years to (3) ____.
Russia called the trade agreement (4) ____. It agreed to slowly increase fuel prices within the country. It also agreed to permit (5) ____in its communications industry and to remove some barriers to trade.
In (6) _______ for European support to join the W.T.O>, Russian President Putin said that Russia would speed up the (7)____to approve the Kyoto Protocol, an international (8) ____l agreement to reduce the production of harmful industrial gases. These "greenhouse gases" trap heat in the atmosphere and are blamed for changing the world's climate. Russia had signed the Kyoto Protocol, but has not yet (9) ____it. The agreement takes effect when it has been approved by nations that produce at least 55 percent of the world's greenhouse gases.
But currently, nations producing only 44 percent have approved the Protocol. Russia produces about 17 percent of the world's green-house gases. The United States, the world's biggest producer, (10) ____from the Kyoto Protocol after President Bush took office in 2001. So, Russia's approval is required to put the Kyoto Protocol into effect. To join the W.T.O., a country must reach trade agreements with major trading countries that are also W.T.O. members. Russia must still reach agreements with China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
Russia is the largest economic power that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. But that may change. Last Friday, the European Union said it would support Russia's (1) ____to become a W.T.O. member.
Representatives of the European Union met with Russian (2) ____in Moscow. They signed a trade agreement that took six years to (3) ____.
Russia called the trade agreement (4) ____. It agreed to slowly increase fuel prices within the country. It also agreed to permit (5) ____in its communications industry and to remove some barriers to trade.
In (6) _______ for European support to join the W.T.O>, Russian President Putin said that Russia would speed up the (7)____to approve the Kyoto Protocol, an international (8) ____l agreement to reduce the production of harmful industrial gases. These "greenhouse gases" trap heat in the atmosphere and are blamed for changing the world's climate. Russia had signed the Kyoto Protocol, but has not yet (9) ____it. The agreement takes effect when it has been approved by nations that produce at least 55 percent of the world's greenhouse gases.
But currently, nations producing only 44 percent have approved the Protocol. Russia produces about 17 percent of the world's green-house gases. The United States, the world's biggest producer, (10) ____from the Kyoto Protocol after President Bush took office in 2001. So, Russia's approval is required to put the Kyoto Protocol into effect. To join the W.T.O., a country must reach trade agreements with major trading countries that are also W.T.O. members. Russia must still reach agreements with China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
举一反三
- Kyoto agreement is accepted by most of the world’s major polluters of countries.
- India is the world’s largest _________ and _____________ of diamonds while Russia is the largest ___________.
- The United States is the world’s No.1 emitter of greenhouse gases.
- According to trade statistics, China's trade surplus mainly comes from its trade with ___________. A: The United States B: The European Union C: China's Taiwan D: China's Hong Kong
- Located in Southeast Eurasia, on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, China is the world’s largest country in population and the third largest in area, next only to Russia and Canada. About a fifth of the world’s people live in China.