Russia Will Only Pay Part of the Interest on Its Debts

Russia: Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov says Russia will only pay part of the interest (1)on its debt owed to major lending nations. Mr. Cosionov says Russia will pay interest only on loans from 1989 and 1990. He also said there is not enough money in the government’s budget(2) for full debt repayment(3). Major lending nations want Russia to use money from oil exports(4) to help pay debt from the period of Soviet rule. The Russian government says it wants to delay payment on its debt. Any changes must wait until representatives(5) from the International Monetary Fund go to Russia in about a month.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. interest[]n.利息
2. budget[] n.预算
3. repayment[]n.偿还
4. export[]v.出口
5. representative []n.代表

听音高级短语

owe to 欠…钱

听音超级句型

…will only pay part of the interest on …debts owed to…
…将会偿还拖欠…贷款的一部分利息。

俄罗斯将会偿还部分贷款利息

俄罗斯消息：俄罗斯总理卡西亚诺夫表示，俄罗斯将只会偿还部分从1989到1990年贷款的利息给主要债权国。他还说政府预算不足，不能偿还全部债务。主要债权国表示希望俄罗斯动用原油出口创汇资金来帮助还清从前苏联遗留下来的债务。俄罗斯政府则表示希望延期清偿该债务。所有变动将会等到大约一个月后国际货币基金组织代表团来到俄罗斯进行磋商后才能确定。