2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Stands Firm in Opposing Iraq Timetable
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
By Michael Bowman
Washington
23 April 2007
President Bush makes a statement on the war in Iraq in White House, 23 Apr 2007. With him is Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the multinational force in Iraq
President Bush has restated his opposition 2 to any timetable for a withdrawal 3 of U.S. forces from Iraq, continuing a showdown with opposition Democrats 4 over funding of the war. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, where Mr. Bush met with the top U.S. commander in Iraq Monday.
With rhetoric 5 growing more heated with every passing day, President Bush traded verbal barbs 6 with Senate Majority Leader Harry 7 Reid, who remains 8 determined 9 to send Mr. Bush a war funding bill with target dates for pulling most troops out of Iraq.
Reid released excerpts 10 from a speech in which he accused the president of being in a state of denial over Iraq, and said the Democratic-led Congress will show him the way towards a new strategy for the country.
After meeting with the commander of the Iraq war, General David Petraeus, Mr. Bush fired back at the senator.
"I believe strongly that politicians in Washington should not be telling generals how to do their job," said Mr. Bush.
The President repeated his contention 11 that setting a withdrawal date for U.S. military forces in Iraq would be disastrous 12 for both nations.
"An artificial timetable of withdrawal would say to an enemy, 'just wait them out.' It would say to the Iraqis, 'do not do hard things necessary to achieve our objectives,' and it would be discouraging to our troops," he added.
Mr. Bush acknowledged that Iraq continues to be plagued by what he termed "horrific violence." But he insisted that the ongoing 13 build-up of U.S. forces in Iraq is showing some signs of progress in alleviating 14 sectarian strife 15 and giving the Iraqi government, as he put it, "breathing space" to consolidate 16 democratic rule.
That assertion is fiercely contested by many Democrats, who say the surge is merely deepening a strategy that has already failed. Democrats like Senator Reid say what Iraq desperately 17 needs is a political solution among its warring factions 18, but that the impetus 19 for compromise is lessened 20 if Iraqis believe U.S. forces will remain indefinitely.
President Bush has promised to veto any war funding bill that contains a withdrawal timetable. The Pentagon says it urgently needs an infusion 21 of new funds to continue operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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》
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
- She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music. 一些文艺复光时期的弥撒的选节被不适当地加入到了格鲁克平淡无味的唐璜音乐中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He is editing together excerpts of some of his films. 他正在将自己制作的一些电影的片断进行剪辑合成。 来自辞典例句
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
- The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
- Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- If it's alleviating pain,who knows what else it's doing? 如果它减轻了疼痛，天知道还影响什么？
- Measuring poverty is not the same as alleviating it, of course. 当然，衡量贫困和减轻贫困是截然不同的。
- We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
- Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
- The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
- The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。
- He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
- He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
- 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
- This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
- Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。
- Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来，多少削弱了演讲的力量。
- The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行，住在城内的中产家庭减少了。