Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are preparing to meet with Russian officials in Moscow to discuss a U.S. missile-defense plan for Europe. The Americans will meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and president-elect Dmitry Medvedev during the next two days in an effort to ease tensions.

美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)卿賴(lài)斯和美國(guó)國(guó)防部長(zhǎng)蓋茨準(zhǔn)備在莫斯科會(huì)晤俄羅斯官員，討論美國(guó)的歐洲導(dǎo)彈防御計(jì)劃。賴(lài)斯和蓋茨將在今后兩天會(huì)見(jiàn)俄羅斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人普京和新當(dāng)選的俄羅斯總統(tǒng)梅德韋捷夫，為緩和雙方的緊張關(guān)系做出努力。

Forty minutes. That is how long President Vladimir Putin kept Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates waiting during their previous visit to Moscow last October. Their agenda then, as now, was a discussion of America's missile-defense system plans. But this time, Rice says that things will be different.

賴(lài)斯和蓋茨上一次訪問(wèn)莫斯科是在去年十月。當(dāng)時(shí)，俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京讓他們等候了四十分鐘。那次和這次一樣，賴(lài)斯和蓋茨的會(huì)談議程是討論美國(guó)的導(dǎo)彈防御系統(tǒng)計(jì)劃。但是賴(lài)斯說(shuō)，這次的訪問(wèn)將與以往不同。

At a press conference Friday during a Latin American trip, she said the State Department has had good private discussions with the Russians. She added that there is enough interest to head out again and see if progress can be made.

賴(lài)斯星期五在訪問(wèn)拉丁美洲的過(guò)程中召開(kāi)的一個(gè)新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說(shuō)，美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)院與俄羅斯方面進(jìn)行了有益的私下會(huì)談。她還說(shuō)，目前雙方有足夠的興趣再次舉行會(huì)談，看看雙方是否能夠取得一些進(jìn)展。

The March 17 and 18 meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov will address the U.S. plan to build missile-defense facilities in Europe. Plans call for up to 10 interceptors in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic.

美國(guó)方面將于3月17日和18日與俄羅斯外長(zhǎng)拉夫羅夫、俄羅斯國(guó)防部長(zhǎng)謝爾久科夫舉行會(huì)晤，討論美國(guó)在歐洲建立導(dǎo)彈防御設(shè)備的計(jì)劃。該計(jì)劃要在波蘭建立10個(gè)導(dǎo)彈攔截裝置，在捷克共和國(guó)建立一個(gè)雷達(dá)系統(tǒng)。

Last month, Mr. Putin said the U.S. plan will eliminate Russia's strategic deterrent, and force a new global arms race between the two nations - one that he says could put a tremendous strain on the country's economy.

普京總統(tǒng)上個(gè)月說(shuō)，美國(guó)的導(dǎo)彈防御計(jì)劃將消除俄羅斯的核威攝，迫使美俄兩國(guó)開(kāi)始新一輪的全球軍備競(jìng)賽。普京說(shuō)，這會(huì)極大地影響俄羅斯的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。

America has responded by saying that the missile-defense system is not intended to defend against a Russian arsenal, but against a potential attack from Iran or a rogue threat.

美國(guó)方面對(duì)此回應(yīng)說(shuō)，美國(guó)建立導(dǎo)彈防御系統(tǒng)不是為了防御俄羅斯的軍備，而是為了防御來(lái)自伊朗或無(wú)賴(lài)國(guó)家的可能襲擊。

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