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By Scott Stearns
White House
24 May 2007

President Bush says U.S. troops in Iraq face a critical time during the next few months as they try to implement 1 his new strategy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the last of the additional 30,000 troops Mr. Bush is sending to Iraq should be in place by the middle of June.






U.S. President Bush holds a press conference in Rose Gardent at the White House in Washington, 24 May 07


President George Bush holds a press conference in the Rose Garden at White House, 24 May 07



President Bush says Americans should expect more casualties as the full complement 2 of forces in this troop surge enter combat.


"As these reinforcements carry out their missions, the enemies of a free Iraq, including al-Qaida and illegal militias 3, will continue to bomb and murder in an attempt to stop us," he said. "We are going to expect heavy fighting in the [next] weeks and months. We can expect more American and Iraqi casualties."


The president is trying to rally public support for a war that most Americans now believe is a mistake. An Associated Press poll this month showed nearly two thirds of Americans disapprove 4 of his handling of the war.


Mr. Bush told reporters in the Rose Garden that he understands that frustration 5, but is confident that defeating terrorists in Iraq is central to America's national security.


"It is a tough fight and it has obviously had an effect on the American people," he said. "Americans want to know when you are going to win."


The president says victory will come when Iraq is stable enough to be an ally in the war on terror, govern itself, and defend itself.


Earlier this month, Mr. Bush said the troop surge was beginning to show signs of progress by reducing sectarian violence in the capital.


Asked about reports that Baghdad morgue data show an increase in such killings 6, the president said there has been an uptick in violence. He called it a snapshot, a moment that will be included in a September assessment 7 of the troops surge by General David Petraeus.


Democrats 8 in Congress say they want to see significant progress in that report or they will again consider cutting funds for the war.


Democrats have dropped their demands for a timetable for a troop withdrawal 9 in a revised war funding bill that is expected to pass both the House and Senate.


The $120 billion measure funds military operations through September and includes billions of dollars for domestic projects as well as an increase in the minimum wage.


It includes a set of political and security benchmarks the Iraqi government must achieve or risk losing vital reconstruction 10 aid. But those are not the binding 11 timetables originally sought by Democrats in legislation the president vetoed earlier this month.




n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足
  • The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
  • They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
n.民兵组织,民兵( militia的名词复数 )
  • The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
  • The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
v.不赞成,不同意,不批准
  • I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
  • She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员,但她的父母不赞成。
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
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。
有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的
  • The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
  • Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
学英语单词
a blanket of sth
acetogeneses
after twelve
alignment diagnostic
ambulance corps
angiologies
antiradical
antiulcerogenic
Apractognosia
aster ericoidess
blenderizes
Bourdon pressure gage
breast bone saw
catalog management
Chasseral
chip curl
Cineform
communities
Coragoxin
count down
crown-of-thorns
de jong and bouman photographs
decussroium
deliberate maiming
deterministic finite tree automaton
divvied
dune belt
effective Hall Parameter
elastic theory
electric machine for tropical use
electric-shocks
electricity system
electro-chemical reactor
exhilarate
Faliero
Ffs
floating pontoon wharf
foot rests
foreshore
Gempei War
generalized polynomials
gigamp
handywomen
hemophilus ducrevi
hernial covering
heterophone
induced radioactive nuclide
janking
land tax collected in kind
Las Peňas
late fee
lee-boot effect
Lefini
looping structure
low-growth
macrocryst
Madrid interband offered rate
managerial goals
marbletopped
mcanarney
McKnight L.
mentsch
Met.E
microphytophagous mites
nanolaminates
Nazirite
net shaker
nitroanilide
nonlinear parametrization
Ollerton
outfinessed
p-(p-toluoyl)benzoic acid
para-site
periblast
play a waiting game
pogostemon cablins
pollution,contamination
precaudal plate
presentation model
pro fanity
red bayberries
redundancy check
retzina
Rhamnus croceus
roller bin gate
secancy
send someone off
side frequency
slipped his wind
soal
steel plate galvanized
sto gate dielectric
Stop loss limit
traffic surveillance and control system
trifoveolate
tursiopss
TV-ad
unturns
Utta
Valle del Cauca
vernalised
vrindi