美语听力练习素材:中美贸易谈判开始

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1.He offered to build a border wall with steel instead of concrete, an idea Democrats dismissed.

dismiss不予考虑
I dismissed the problem from my mind.
我从心中摒除了这个问题。

2.Both sides expressed interest in settling the tariff fight over Beijing's technology ambitions.

tariff关税

"There is something that does not seem economically sensible, and does not seem morally right to, to not be using clean technologies and charging a tariff on them," he said.
他说：“有些事情从经济上讲是不可理喻的，从道德上讲是不正确的，那就是不但不利用清洁技术，而且还向它们征收关税。”