If the EU wants to be a serious global actor, that points to a world figure.

如果欧盟想在全球范围内成为一位真正的参与者，那它就需要一位世界级的人物作为其代言人。

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"If we look towards the next generation, it's almost unavoidable to think anything else than that China will be a very important global actor," said Mr Bjorklund.

比约克隆德表示：“如果展望未来二三十年，有一点我们是回避不了的，那就是中国将在全球发挥非常重要的作用。”

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Hugh Jackman, the actor most famous as the testosterone-fuelled Wolverine in X-Men, is to show his softer side in a global advertising campaign for Lipton Ice Tea.

因在《X战警》中扮演充满阳刚之气的金刚狼而举世闻名的休·杰克曼即将在其为立顿冰红茶拍摄的全球宣传广告中展示他温柔的一面。

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The relative importance of the U.S. as a global actor will decrease, as its economy and that of its western allies will decline.

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"We believe the EU should be more of a global entity and Turkey will contribute its position as a real global actor, not a European project, but more of a global project, " he said.

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His visitors may be well-known, but are not always of global significance: the past fortnight brought Bill Cosby, an American actor, Gloria Estefan, a Cuban-American singer, Britain's Princess Diana, and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

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