时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2003(上)-国际时讯


英语课

Broadcast: Apr 05, 2003


 


The White House says the U.S.-led coalition 1 will play the lead role in immediate 2 post-war Iraq. Bush administration officials insist, however, there is a place for the U.N. in the process.


When President Bush meets early next week with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the reconstruction 3 of Iraq will be high on their agenda. While Britain is America's principal ally on Iraq, there are differences between them on the proper role for the U.N.


Tony Blair wants the U.N. to help administer a post-war Iraq. The Bush administration says it sees a role that goes beyond 1)humanitarian 4 aid, but stresses the exact function of the U.N. is a matter still open to discussion.


White House National Security Advisor 5 Condoleezza Rice defends the administration's approach saying as officials were planning for war, they were also planning to keep the peace. She says the U.S.-led coalition intends to have the leading role, having given "life and blood" to the war effort. She says the precise role of the United Nations should be determined 6 by the coalition, the Iraqis, and the U.N. itself.


During a briefing for reporters, Ms. Rice stressed that Iraq is unique. She said it has an educated public and a 2)sophisticated 3)bureaucracy that can play an active role in rebuilding the country. She said a broad-based Iraqi 4)Interim 7 Authority could pave the way for an elected government.


Throughout the briefing, she emphasized that Iraqis will be running their own country in short order, saying the goal is to restore sovereignty as soon as possible. She said a plan to put a new American-led Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in place in the immediate post-war period is designed to quickly pave the way for a local administration.


Ms. Rice said repeatedly that from the start, Iraqis will be involved in the decision-making process. She said there are many 5)expatriates and exiles with skills who want to return, at least temporarily, to help build a democratic Iraq. She went on to say no one should underestimate the ability of those inside Iraq to identify leaders in their midst who could help run a liberated 8 country.


As she spoke 9, President Bush was meeting at the White House with a group of Iraqi exiles. Many experienced atrocities 10 in their homeland, or lost members of their immediate families. White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president felt it was important to share their stories.


"The meeting with the free Iraqis and the Iraqi-Americans today is a reminder 11 to people about how much people care about freedom and liberty and how the voices of those who are fortunate enough to have left Iraq can speak freely without being tortured or killed," he said.


Those who participated in the meeting said they were not asked if they would like to take part in an interim authority. But several said they would be willing to return to Iraq if they thought it would help their homeland.


Paula Wolfson VOA news, White House.


 


1)    humanitarian aid人道主义救助


2)    sophisticated [sE5fistikeitid]adj.诡辩的, 久经世故的


3)    bureaucracy [bjuE5rCkrEsi]n.官僚,官僚机构


4)    Interim Authority过渡政府


5)    expatriates [eks5pAtrieit] n.亡命国外者



n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
n.重建,再现,复原
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
a.无拘束的,放纵的
  • The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进,解放了那座城市。
  • The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应,释放出氧气。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
n.邪恶,暴行( atrocity的名词复数 );滔天大罪
  • They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
学英语单词
Actual useful life
Ainsliaea apteroides
amplifier system
Andelfingen
antiholistic
audible test
augomatic built-in subroutine
bamboo brake
be at home in some place
bird of Jove
blowdown cooler
business roundtable
Clostridium oedematiens
Coffin Bay
collapsible flash board
coronary veins of stomach
cranked wrench
cucurbital
culvert opening
cylinder bottom steam pipe
discharge of cleaning water
double drum scraper
duplicandos
edge computing
electro-cast refractory
extracellular freezing
extrusion lubricant
factory fitting
five-pole separator
flotel
fuck myself
full-bore
gairdner
Garbayuela
goats hair
hardcards
have an ear to the ground
high positive correlation
high-chromium content ceramet
Hollinacea
hommocky
hpcs
Hypertrichophridy
influence minesweeping gear
instrumental riot
java wax
Joy transloader
kilobaud
lizard
LPLC
maclaverty
madron
marginal utility degree
maximum unambiguous range
mean logarithmic decrement
metacolloidal minerals
metallized
mission critical software
Molitg-les-Bains
naie
on-line data reduction
oracle bone
palisade-like
palladium copper alloy
paroxysmal hemoglobinuria
parupeneus multifasciatus
pontificatings
poor appetite
quernstones
rabider
rating agencies
reamend
reno-
rhododendron matternichii s.et z.
rhododendron simsii planch
Roman numerals
rosaleens
rumdum
secondary enamel cuticle
semi-triangular basis
serial format
shadbird
ski bum
SmartDownload
sportsfishermen
suction sorter
suelo
sulfur acid anodizing
systemic contamination
Toxicodendron diversilobum
transverse magnetic e-mode
trivalent rare earth
tyagi
uinta mts.
unag
unmotivateable
unregenerated
Wal-Mart effect
water soluble alkali content
wire scanner
with circumstance
YAG Laser Crystals