<p class="ql-block">5🈷️3日，星期六。清晨读全球新闻，偶遇一文章的标题非常eye-catching，很吸引眼球。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Talks or no talks: who blinks first in US-China trade war？</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">谈还是不谈：中美贸易战谁先退缩？</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">blink 原意是“眨眼”，在此比喻为“退缩”。</p> <p class="ql-block">On Friday morning, a spokesperson for China's ministry of commerce announced that Beijing was assessing the possibility of tariff negotiations with the United States.</p><p class="ql-block">It was news the rest of the world had been waiting to hear as astonishingly high tariffs - up to 245% on some Chinese exports to the US - throttle trade between the world's two biggest economies, raising the spectre of a recession.</p><p class="ql-block">"US officials have repeatedly expressed their willingness to negotiate with China on tariffs," the spokesperson told reporters.</p><p class="ql-block">"China's position is consistent. If we fight, we will fight to the end; if we talk, the door is open... If the US wants to talk, it should show its sincerity and be prepared to correct its wrong practices and cancel unilateral tariffs."</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">周五上午，中国商务部发言人宣布，北京正在评估与美国进行关税谈判的可能性。</p><p class="ql-block">这是世界其他国家翘首以盼的消息，因为令人震惊的高额关税——部分中国输美产品高达245%——正在扼杀世界两大经济体之间的贸易，并引发经济衰退的担忧。</p><p class="ql-block">这位发言人告诉记者：“美国官员已多次表达愿意与中国就关税问题进行谈判。中方的立场是一贯的。打就打到底；谈就谈，大门敞开……如果美方愿意谈，就应该拿出诚意，准备好纠正错误做法，取消单边关税。”</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><ul><li>throttle 扼杀</li><li>raise the spectrum 引发担忧</li><li>cancel unilateral tariffs 取消单边关税</li></ul><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">关于BBC的英语翻译，国内一著名学者提出了异议，分享了他的看法。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我比较赞同。</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Let’s wait and see.</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">我们翘首以待吧。</p>