Outskirts: 市郊，郊外

7月6日，八国集团首脑齐集英国，在苏格兰享有“鹰谷”之誉的格伦伊格尔斯庄园就非洲发展和全球气候变暖问题这两大议题展开讨价还价。本次峰会除美、加、英、法、德、意、日、俄八国首脑参加外，还邀请了中国、印度、巴西、墨西哥和南非五个发展中国家的首脑。在会场外，穿黑衣蒙面的抗议者以暴力方式展示反对八国峰会的立场。外电报道如下：World leaders on Wednesday weighed a huge aid package for Africa and new plans for tackling global warming as Iraq war allies President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair found themselves advocating rival positions.

Blair, buoyed by the decision to award London the 2012 Olympics, pledged to keep pushing for more aid to combat poverty in Africa and global warming, the two issues he has made the focus of this year's meeting but both goals that are more ambitious than those embraced by Bush.

Police battled thousands of protesters on the outskirts of town as the leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia gathered for their annual economic summit.

Outskirts表示“市郊，郊外”，例如：We live on the outskirts of the city.（我们住在这个城市的郊区。）

据悉，对于援助非洲问题，经过布莱尔的大力游说，布什上周终于同意援助加倍，到2010年为止，向非洲提供超过860亿美元经济援助。