今天我們要學的詞是deadlock. Deadlock is spelled d-e-a-d-l-o-c-k, deadlock. Deadlock的意思是“僵局，停頓”。

Iran and six other world powers blamed each other for the deadlock at talks on Tehran's nuclear program. 伊朗核項目談判陷入僵局，伊拉克和另外六個大國為此相互指責。Party leaders in the US Congress will try to break the deadlock over a transportation construction bill. 美國國會的政黨領袖們將盡力打破兩黨在一個交通建筑法案上的僵局。Political parties in Egypt have agreed on how to select the 100-member panel that will write the country's new constitution, ending weeks of deadlock. 埃及各政黨就100名新憲法起草者的產生方式達成協議，結束了在這個問題上幾個星期以來的僵局。好，今天我們學習的詞是deadlock, deadlock, deadlock...