外國人最想和你聊的時事話題：世界沖突

     Conflict and lack of reconciliation in the world stem from the fact that we are locked into our own interests and opinions, into our own little private world.
     世界上的沖突和和解的缺乏源于我們?yōu)樗嚼?、私念以及狹隘的自我世界所困。
     The world should be developed in an environment characterized by cooperation rather than conflict .
     世界應(yīng)當在以合作而非沖突為特征的國際環(huán)境中發(fā)展。
     Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Lebanon have hit another snag.
     結(jié)束黎巴嫩戰(zhàn)爭的外交努力再次觸礁。
     The regional conflicts became a critical threat to the world peace.
     地區(qū)沖突嚴重威脅著世界和平。
     Religious conflicts may arouse unrests and wars regionally or even globally.
     宗教沖突往往是導(dǎo)致局部地區(qū)甚至全球范圍動蕩不安和戰(zhàn)爭不斷的原因。
     Civil wars or regional conflicts also cause disruption, driving people out of rural areas.
     內(nèi)戰(zhàn)或者地區(qū)沖突也會引發(fā)社會動蕩不安，從而迫使人們逃離農(nóng)村地區(qū)。
     The prevailing trend revolves around regional conflicts and internal strife in many countries.
     普遍的趨勢是存在地區(qū)沖突和許多國家內(nèi)部的斗爭。
     The end of the cold war has brought its own dangers, and we need to find a new balance of power in the world. It has also spawned many conflicts.
     冷戰(zhàn)的結(jié)束帶來了其自身的危險，同時也播下了沖突的種子，因此我們需要找到新的平衡世界的力量。
     Governments must be prepared to surrender some authority to global and regional institutions or we risk world disorder.
     各國政府必須同意給世界性和地區(qū)性組織讓出一些權(quán)利，否則世界就會出現(xiàn)混亂的危險。
     It is tragic that just when we need a strong international organization, the United Nations is starved of funds and often sidelined by its own member states.
     可悲的是，正當我們需要一個強大的國際組織之時，聯(lián)合國卻極度短缺資金，而且經(jīng)常被其成員國甩在一旁。
     It is terrifying that the power is increasingly disseminated to small,completely ruthless groups like terrorists, drug traffickers and local warlords. The great imponderable is that some nut could create a nuclear explosion, or that some essentially local conflict could escalate out of control.
     可怕的是，越來越多的殺人武器流散到像恐怖主義分子、毒品販子和地方軍閥這樣毫無人性的小團伙手中。最無法估量的事情是某個瘋子有可能制造出一場核爆炸，或者某一純地方性的沖突有可能升級到無法控制的地步。
     In today's world, there are still quite some factors of instability and uncertainty. Frequent regional frictions and conflicts, rampant terrorist activities, the widening North-South gap and rising nontraditional security threats all pose severe challenges to mankind. The international community is currently facing an uphill struggle to achieve lasting peace and common prosperity.
     世界上還存在著不少不穩(wěn)定和不確定因素，地區(qū)沖突和摩擦此起彼伏，恐怖主義活動猖獗，南北差距拉大，非傳統(tǒng)安全威脅上升，人類面臨著許多嚴峻的挑戰(zhàn)，國際社會實現(xiàn)持久和平、共同繁榮任重而道遠。
     UN peace-keeping operations can, to some extent, play a positive role in easing regional conflicts. However in recent years, they have now again landed themselves in a predicament wit their expansion in number and on scale, frequent imposition of mandatory means and increased involvement in the internal affairs of the receiving countries.
     聯(lián)合國維和行動在緩解地區(qū)沖突方面可以起到一定的積極作用。但是近年來，隨著維和行動數(shù)量增加，規(guī)模擴大，頻頻使用強制性手段，并越來越多地涉及一國內(nèi)部事務(wù)， 維和行動再度陷入進退兩難的境地。
     Conflicts are largely to blame for the large numbers of refugees. Refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan alone make up half the world's total refugees. This 11.4 million does not include the millions of Palestinians living as refugees in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
     存在大量的難民在很大程度上應(yīng)歸咎于戰(zhàn)爭沖突。僅僅是伊拉克和阿富汗的難民就占了全球總難民數(shù)的一半。1140萬這個數(shù)字還不包括數(shù)以百萬的在中東和世界其他地區(qū)的巴基斯坦難民。