Diplomats here this week say the atmosphere is relaxed , non - confrontational and more positive than the three previous rounds of negotiations held since 2003 . they ended in increased acrimony and no progress 在北京的外交界人士本星期说，同2003年以来举行的前三轮会谈相比，这次会谈的气氛比较轻松，对抗性比较小，也更加积极。在前三轮会谈中，由于气氛越来越紧张，最终都没有取得进展。
In the course of his diplomatic career he had more than once noticed that words suddenly uttered in that way were accepted as highly diverting , and on every occasion he uttered in that way the first words that chanced to come to his tongue 他也像其他人一样闹不清楚他说这句话的涵义。在他任职外交界时期，他不止一次注意到，以这种方式突然说出的话显得很机智，他一有机会便把首先涌上舌尖的话说出来。
He joined the u . s . foreign service in 1980 after graduating with a b . a . degree in english from the college of william and mary in williamsburg , virginia . he speaks mandarin chinese , korean and indonesian . mr . keith has received superior and meritorious honor awards from the department of state 一九八零年他毕业于弗吉尼亚州威廉斯堡的威廉与玛丽学院，获得英文学士学位，之后，他加入美国外交界服务，他懂普通话、韩语及印尼语。
