UnitFive;InnearlyadecadesincetheU.S.rejectedthelandmarkclimatechangeagreementknownastheKyotoProtocol,theU.S.haseaccustomedtobeingattackedatU.N.environmentalgatherings.(Para.1)
IthasbeenalmosttenyearssincetheU.S.refusedtoaccepttheKyotoProtocol,averyimportanceagreementonclimatechange.Eversincethen,theU.S.haseusedtobeingcriticizedatU.N.environmentalmeetings.;自美国拒绝签署划时代的气候变化协议——《京都议定书》
近10年来，美国在联合国环境问题的历次会议上一直广受抨
击。;Butthepoundingittookinthetorturedall-nightnegotiationsduringtheUNclimatechangeconferenceinBaliwasunprecedented.(Para.1)
NeverbeforehadtheU.S.receivedsuchcriticismasitdidduringthedifficulttalksduringtheBaliconference.
;;WiththeexceptionofaconfusedstatementfromJapan—notoneofthealliesthathadgenerallystoodwiththeU.S.inthepasttwoweeks—Australia,Russia,Canada—roseinitsdefense.(Para.1)
Noneofitsalliesofthelasttwoweeks—Australia,Russia,Canada—supportedtheU.S.exceptJapan,whichgaveanambiguousstatement.
;“Wewillgoforwardandjoinconsensus.”Boosturnedtocheers,andthedealwasessentiallysealed.Here’sabreakdownofwhatitmeans,whowonandwholost.(Para.2)
“Wewillagreewithyou.”Everyonewaspleasedthatagreementwasnowafact.Herearethedetailsshowingwhatitmeansandthewinnersandlosers.
;Thenegotiationstocomehaveaspecificenddate—2009—andforthefirsttime,dismantleswhattheUnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChangeexecutivesecretaryYvodeBoercalled“theBerlinWallofclimatechange”,theideathatonlytherichnationsneedtotakeresponsibilityforfightingglobalwarming.(Para.3);Thenewnegotiationswillhavetobeconcludedin2009,andforthefirsttimeitrejectstheideathatonlydevelopedcountriesareresponsibleforthebattleagainstglobalwarming,whichYvodeBoerreferredtoastheBerlinWallofclimatechange.; 该句的结构比较复杂。“toco