Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a gray, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit, dim and vague in the distance, like some fantastic landscape in a dream.

在那被切割成无数绿色方格的田野和顶端连成低矮的曲线的树林那面，远远地升起了一座灰暗苍郁的小山，山顶上有形状奇特、参差不齐的缺口，远远望去晦暗朦胧，宛如梦幻中的景色一般。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

Only then we will know with certainty if a miracle did occur at Heiligendamm or if the summit was, indeed, yet another “political miracle play.”

只有到了那时我们才能确定在海利根达姆究竟是发生了奇迹，还是又一次上演了“政治奇迹表演”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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More recently, the annual G-8 summit has invited five other countries to attend as observers, creating a de facto G-13.

更近的例子是，每年一次的G-8峰会邀请其它5国以观察员的身份列席会议，从而在实际上达到了G-13的规模。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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He will scandalize the summit by seeking to intimidate the former Soviet clients in the room.

他将会在峰会期间力图恐吓前苏联的附庸国而使会议变成一桩丑闻。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

On April 2-4, NATO will hold its biggest summit ever in Bucharest, the capital of its new member, Romania.

4月2-4号，北约将在其新成员国罗马尼亚的首都布加勒斯特举行有史以来最大的一次峰会。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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A year ago at their Cebu (Philippines) summit, the leaders of ASEAN adopted the “ASEAN Convention Against Terrorism.”

一年前东盟在菲律宾宿雾举办的峰会上，各国领导人通过了<<东盟反恐公约>>。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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At the G-8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005, member countries pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010.

在2005年的格伦伊格尔斯八国集团峰会上，各成员国承诺到2010年将向非洲的援助增加一倍。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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We believe, as was recognized at the UN World Summit, that military force should only be a last resort when needed to prevent or halt large-scale loss of life.

我们认为，就像世界首脑峰会上所认同的那样，动用武力只是在需要防止或阻止大量人员伤亡时才使用的最后的解决办法。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Leaders’ time is a scarce resource. They cannot afford to attend multiple summits for each transnational issue.

领导人的时间是一种稀缺资源，他们不可能为了每项跨国事务参加多次峰会。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011