The commander of United States military forces in the Pacific and most of the Indian Ocean sounded a conciliatory note toward China on Sunday. He called for closer cooperation between the United States and Chinese militaries and an agreement about how to coordinate responses to natural disasters like the tsunami last Dec. 26.

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周六，美国太平洋司令部司令（威廉·法伦）对中国发出了调和的声调。他呼吁中美军队之间建立更密切的合作关系，并呼吁就如何共同对付自然灾害（如：去年十二月二十六日的海啸）达成协议。
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1. 并不是俺漏掉了印度洋，根据新华网的资料，就是这么翻译的；
2. sound： vt. 发出...声音；
3. 最后一句的结构：call for 带了两个宾语，cooperation 和 agreement.