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英语课
By Sonja Pace
London
23 October 2007

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan says his government cannot wait forever for neighboring Iraq to deal with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who are using northern Iraq as a safe haven 1 from which to launch attacks against Turkey. The prime minister issued the warning after meeting with his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, in London and follows a rebel ambush 2 on Sunday in which at least 12 Turkish soldiers were killed and eight are missing and presumed kidnapped. VOA's Sonja Pace has details from the British capital.


Speaking at a joint 3 news conference after their talks, Prime Minister Erdogan said he has held numerous talks with Iraqi leaders in the past and so far to no avail. He warned that if Iraq does not deal with the PKK rebels inside its territory, Turkey will.


Turkey cannot wait forever, the prime minister said. He said Turkey has no territorial 4 designs on its neighbor and fully 5 supports the Iraqi people. But, he warned his government has the right and the mandate 6 from parliament to launch cross border attacks against PKK bases in northern Iraq.


Mr. Erdogan did not specify 7 when such attacks might take place.


Turkey has about 10,000 troops along its border with Iraq and the build-up continues. The threat of a large-scale incursion increased dramatically after Sunday's rebel ambush near the Iraq border.


British Prime Minister Gordon Brown strongly condemned 9 the attack and promised support for Turkey.


"We condemn 8 absolutely and unequivocally the terrorist violence of the PKK," he said.


Mr. Brown said Britain appreciates the restraint Turkey has thus far shown. The United States has also called for restraint, expressing fears that an incursion into northern Iraq could create chaos 10 in this one relatively 11 stable area of Iraq.


The Turkish and Iraqi foreign ministers met in Baghdad to discuss the issue as well, and Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, resolved to deal the PKK issue.


The PKK took up arms against the government in the mid 12 1980's with the aim of establishing a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the conflict since then.


Turkey says it will pursue diplomatic efforts. But speaking in London, Prime Minister Erdogan said his government is looking at the military option and he said he hopes Turkey's friends will understand if it exercises that right. The prime minister's final warning: "We will take any action necessary."




n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
  • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
  • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击
  • Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
  • Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
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。
adj.领土的,领地的
  • The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
  • They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
n.托管地;命令,指示
  • The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
  • The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
vt.指定,详细说明
  • We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
  • Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。
vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑
  • Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。
  • We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
学英语单词
-icide
a mess of pottage
AA against actuals
antfhistamine
ATPG system
automatic built-in check
baader-meinhof
bagot
bang the drum
Bφrglum
cable tensioner
colorimetrical
coronvit
crustliker
cytoskeleton theory
Deacety
dehairing table
delegitimizing
ding-donging
dorj
Dulayb, Khawr
eugenol cinnamate
experimentings
fluorouridine triphosphate
Friderichsen-Waterhouse syndrome
gayly
Guarantee Fees
hand-molded
hard-asphalt mix
hard-sells
hemomanometer with stethoscope
hexadecimal number system
Hunt, Mt.
hydrogen-oxygen vent auto-disconnect coupler
ice caloing
inassimilation
informal test
iridescent virus disease
Jabīsah, Jab.
jeunogastric
jokai
Kamchukchee
Kazanian Stage
life styles
linear algebraic expression
luggee
maculae flava
Malus halliana
maximal prime divisor
mechanical forging presses
mobile programming system
monkey face
Montrouge
mooed
MPEGplus
musculi caninus
naphthieno
nephratony
newlon
normal hydrogen scale
Orthopteroidea
osteogenic fibre
out-and-in bond
outward passage
perturbative function
platoid
polley
precious gift
pressure cylinder
principle of minimum differentiation
pseudo-adiabatic diagram
ring spigot
rudder house
Rutherford's model
santo antonio
sea biscuit
sectional mandrel
shalamcheh
sleeperpod
slushing
sodium cevitamate
strictas
Sukoharjo
sweetbriar
swimmest
tensor shear strain
test train
the Lord's Prayer
theory of perturbations
thyreus decorus
torque balance system
torrijos-carter
troglodyte mode
unclew
unix-
unstuffiness
valtierra
water fennel
Xenia Onatopp
yield per pass
zero correlation
zeuera