A senior U.S. official says American and Russian negotiators meeting in Geneva are closing in on a deal for a key nuclear disarmament treaty, and the United States Senate would likely ratify it.

美国的一名高级官员说，在日内瓦举行会议的美国和俄罗斯谈判人员已接近于就重要的削减核军备条约达成一项协议，而且美国参议院很可能会批准这项条约。

Emphasising just how much the bill meant to him, Obama interrupted a public meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, to announce that the Senate had just voted a few minutes earlier.

在佛罗里达迈尔斯堡的市政厅，会议被打断了一次：奥巴马宣布美国参议院就在几分钟前刚刚通过了法案，表示出这对于他有多么重要。

With American policy held up in the Senate and the EU taking a back seat, the most significant advance from this meeting may be an incidental one.

因为在参议院和欧盟中美国的政策都处于次要地位，本次会议中取得的最主要的进展可能是偶然的。