时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


英语课
Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal 1 leaders meeting in Islamabad Tuesday have agreed to seek talks with Taliban insurgents 2 in a bid to limit violence along their shared border. The announcement came after a two-day meeting described as a mini-jirga in the Pakistani capital. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad.

The two-day "mini-jirga" in Islamabad ended with pledges to create new committees in both countries that will try to establish contact with Taliban groups.
 






Head of Afghan delegation 3, Abdullah Abdullah (l) and Pakistani delegation head Owais Ahmed Ghani (r) hold a joint 4 press conference in Islamabad, 28 Oct 2008



Afghanistan's former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah said those committees will work independently from any other peace talks being pursued by the two governments.

"We agreed that contacts should be established with the opposition 5," he said. "Apart from whatever else is happening in that regard, joint contacts will be established through jirga-gai by using other influential 6 figures through the opposition groups in both countries."

Representatives of the Islamabad jirga said the term "opposition groups" refers to all those involved in the armed conflict in both countries.

Officials said the names of the representatives seeking talks with militants 7 will be kept secret because of security concerns.

The governments in Islamabad and Kabul have repeatedly proposed holding peace talks with Taliban factions 8 if the militants agree to recognize the governments' legitimacy 9. Militants have rejected those conditions.

When asked how the latest proposal for talks is different from previous ones, Northwest Frontier Province Governor and leader of the Pakistan delegation, Owais Ahmed Ghani, said both countries believe the only way to resolve the conflict is through negotiation 10.

"That is what dialogue is all about," he said. "We will sit, we will talk to them, we will listen to them, they will listen to us. And we will come to some sort of a solution to this situation. Without dialogue we cannot arrive at any sort of conclusion."

This week's meeting in Islamabad follows last August's so-called "grand jirga" where more than 600 Pakistan and Afghan tribal leaders pledged to confront militancy 11, improve border security and try to "expedite" dialogue with Taliban groups.

Since then, the Taliban insurgency 12 has strengthened in Afghanistan and taken over larger parts of Pakistan's tribal region.

Afghan delegation leader Abdullah said the current situation in both countries creates an even greater imperative 13 for talks.

"This war and insecurity has lingered on for so long and through the jirga gai we have just opened it wider for peace and dialogue with the groups," he said.

Representatives seeking contact with the Taliban are expected to report on their progress at the next jirga meeting scheduled in two or three months.



adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.代表团;派遣
  • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
  • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
n.合法,正当
  • The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
  • Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。
n.谈判,协商
  • They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判,他们的食糖生意成交了。
  • The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
n.warlike behavior or tendency
  • Full of militancy and revolutionary ardour, the people of all nationalities in the country are working hard for the realization of the four modernizations. 全国各族人民意气风发, 斗志昂扬,为实现四个现代化而奋战。
  • The seniority system is another factor that leads to union militancy. 排资论辈制度也是导致工会好斗争的另一因素。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的
  • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
  • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
学英语单词
'Pretty Boy' Floyd
63
across the grain
anno aetatis suae
arms trade
athroat
babwen
ball rod
be electrocuted
black hand
bon
bordered symmetric matrix
boxin'
bulk facility
check work
cholinesterase nevus
clinical surgery
Clostridium aerofoetidum
codebook
condemned fish
condition coefficient
deep in a book
disgraciously
drosophila (sophophora) malekotliana
eranthiss
EWEA
exhaust-port
exit guide blade
eyerolling
file hardware flag
flame-spraying
fluorinated hydrocarbon
free gold market
front month
Fumarioideae
gamma spectrometer in borehold
Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti
goal-oriented inference
goldey
Hess, Moses
huddle up
iced latte
industrial raw materials
infinite slab source
inopportunenesses
Justice-Clerk
Kvitnes
limbersrope
link access protocol for isdn d-channel
low toxicity water in oil emulsion drilling fluid
m econ
Mautern an der Donau
mediastinale anterius cavum
metastatic parotitis
method of recording
modular azimuth positioning system
monochrome servicing
motion to compel
nacre
nero antico
neshaw
noncontiguous field
nonlinear radiative deactivation
NOT COMPLETE
not know what has hit you
nuclear-powered rocket
occoecatio
oce edits per visit code
osteosclerosis fragilis
Oxford scholar
pass parameter
photogrammetric camera
plane tary gear drive mechanism with small teeth difference
portuguese heaths
post-communion
property array
prototropism
pseudoflagella
punched cards
put one's best leg forward
rail cant
revivement
Ruhstahl-Hausen vacuum degassing process
shiest
short term leasement
sialid
simple mail transfer protocol
sinus of valsalva (or aortic sinus)
stann creek district
Tecomaji, I.
the organization
theoretical flour yield
total correction of sun's altitude
total reservoir storage
Transbaikalia
ultrafasts
urrutias
vapie
video contrast
volcanic plume
winter-grade gasoline
zackleys