时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2010年VOA慢速英语(九)月


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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.


American Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates says history will judge whether the war in Iraq was justified 2. He spoke 3 during a visit to a military base in western Iraq. Secretary Gates visited the base after President Obama officially declared an end to American combat operations in Iraq. The president made the announcement at the White House earlier this week.


America’s involvement in the armed conflict lasted more than seven years. During the most intense fighting, about 165,000 American soldiers served in Iraq. About 4,400 of the soldiers died in the war. An estimated 100,000 Iraqis were killed. The effort has cost billions of dollars.


The war began in March of 2003. The United States led an international coalition 4 against the government of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. At the time, the American president was George W. Bush. His administration received reports that seemed to show that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Later, the information proved mistaken. No such weapons were found.


At first, the American-led forces were successful. By May of 2003, President Bush declared that major fighting operations had ended. Coalition troops had occupied Baghdad, and Saddam Hussein had fled.



President Obama speaks about the end of American combat operations in Iraq on national television Tuesday


But as time passed, resistance forces grew stronger. Violence spread among Iraq's many Shi’ite and Sunni groups. And, supporters of al-Qaida joined the fighting. Coalition forces often became the targets of bombs and missiles.


In 2007, President Bush ordered a surge in America’s troop strength in Iraq. Thousands of additional troops were deployed 5 around Baghdad and the western province of al-Anbar. They changed the balance of the war. Coalition troops defeated many resistance fighters and militants 6.


Over the past few months, many American troops have left Iraq.



United States Army soldiers stand near an Iraqi police station in Hawija during a joint 7 operation with Iraqi security forces Wednesday


This week, the American military campaign in Iraq changed names – and goals. The campaign had been called Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, it is known as Operation New Dawn.


The United States now has fewer than 50,000 soldiers left in Iraq. Their job is to assist and advise Iraqis. However, some soldiers will continue to help Iraqi forces search for resistance fighters.


For example, members of an American special operations group went with Iraqi forces Wednesday to the village of Hawija. One thousand Iraqi soldiers were to arrest suspected terrorists. The Americans raided houses and seized many suspects.


Some Iraqi military officers have expressed worry that the United States is ending battle operations too soon. Politically, Iraq still faces problems. Elections held six months ago failed to produce a clear winner. For this reason, the country has yet to form a new government.


And that’s IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Jerilyn Watson. I’m Steve Ember.



n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
a.正当的,有理的
  • She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
  • The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
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.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。
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
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。
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。
学英语单词
administracin
agtgravation
apac
arbor with cross-key
asbest cord
attometer
azara
banqueted
bexide
binding energy per particle
bitemporal hemianopsia
blending process
calyon
carcholin
carmegliptin
carter's spread
Chestertonians
chord inclination
clickily
Constantine Bay
culvert end lift
cut-away cassette
cytogeneticists
desiccants
diglycin
dollkind
donor doping
dragance
drill pipe flexweight
early response
edge effect of laminate
enforce the law strictly
field working
fixed dressing
flamingo-flower
flank forward
Fonofos
go into detail(s)
guaranteed-efficiency
hand operated direction valve
high level control
ileocolic veins
intercontinent
internal orifice of aqueduct of vestibule
Jew's-trumps
levirate
light intemsity variation
low temperature specific heat
lsb
Luqa Internat.Airport
magnesyn compass
maianthemum formosanum
malformation of heart
mat-backed film
monoid curve
montezs
multi-valued decision
network status
off - shore wind
official life
oil holder
olby
Ontariolite
optional half instruction
output voltage swing
parkwest
percentage of diminishing value plan
permeation flux
pipeworkers
protestantizations
pupa coarctata
radio radiations
Ranunculus muricatus
rashly launching new projects
reaggregated
right of rescission
saint-jure
sardonic smile
sash bracket
schaaf
semi-automatic telephone switch board
silurus glaniss
starter button
sticking places
sugar lumps
synaptoneurosomes
taper rolling
tetradentate
thermal equivalent
to much purpose
top-off
total thickness
track control arm
transcriptomic
turks head roll
Universal Telecommunication Radio Access Network
user's needs
vocal coach
warbags
what's with
yarrans