2006年VOA标准英语-Weinberger Buried at Arlington National Ce
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By Al Pessin
Washington
04 April 2006
Former U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who died last week at the age of 88, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery 2, just outside Washington. His funeral at a nearby chapel 3 was attended by numerous dignitaries, including Vice 4 President Dick Cheney and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 5.
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Former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is buried in Washington, DC
Solemn music played as a military honor guard brought Mr. Weinberger's casket into the chapel. Prayers were said and three eulogies 6 were delivered.
Among those who spoke 7 was the current U.S. defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, who called Mr. Weinberger a friend and said he was the kind of man who always made clear where he stood on any issue. Secretary Rumsfeld credited Mr. Weinberger with helping 8 the West win the Cold War when he was defense secretary under President Reagan in the 1980s.
Then Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger answers questions during an interview in Washington in this Sept. 16, 1986 file photo
"When President Reagan nominated Cap to that post, the Soviets 10 mistakenly assumed that because he was charming, which he was, he would be malleable 11. They learned differently. Soviet 9 ambassador [Anatoly] Dobrinin would eventually tell Moscow, with some dismay, that Weinberger supported all of Reagan's statements on foreign policy, without reservation, except that he tended to make them sound even tougher," he said.
Secretary Rumsfeld said Mr. Weinberger was a valued adviser 12 even in recent years.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a retired 13 Army general, also spoke at the funeral. He offered numerous personal stories about Mr. Weinberger, whom he served more than 20 years ago as a military aide. And he said that while Mr. Weinberger played a key role in standing 14 up to the Soviet Union, and in rebuilding the U.S. military after the Vietnam War, he also did something less tangible 15 but, for Secretary Powell, equally important.
"Yes, he got additional funding. Yes, he helped us buy the weapons system that made our army the best in the world. Yes, he got the funding that made the all-volunteer force a success. Yes, he created the armed forces that is still performing so brilliantly 25 years later. But what he really did for those of us in uniform was to tell us that once again we were respected, we should be proud," he said.
Secretary Powell also made the funeral's one brief apparent reference to the Iran-Contra scandal that ended Mr. Weinberger's career. He was not directly involved in the illegal scheme, but he was indicted 16 for withholding 17 material from prosecutors 18 and congressional investigators 19, and then pardoned by the first President Bush before his case went to trial. Secretary Powell said Caspar Weinberger loved America "to the depths of his heart and soul. He loved it in his triumphs and in the one moment of his despair."
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
- His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
- The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
- She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常,还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- Her latest film has brought eulogies from the critics. 她最近的这部电影获得影评界的好评。 来自互联网
- 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。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
- The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。
- Silver is the most malleable of all metals.银是延展性最好的金属。
- Scientists are finding that the adult human brain is far more malleable than they once thought.科学家发现成人大脑的可塑性远超过他们之前认识到的。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
- There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
- The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》