2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Hezbollah, Syria, Iran Must be Confronted
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Scott Stearns
White House
22 July 2006
President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet with senior Saudi diplomats 1 Sunday to discuss continuing violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants 2 across the Lebanese border. Secretary Rice then leaves for the region for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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President Bush
President Bush says he is sending Rice to the Middle East to meet with regional leaders about the best way to resolve the conflict. "Secretary Rice will make it clear that resolving the crisis demands confronting the terrorist group that launched the attacks, and the nations that support it," said Mr. Bush.
That means Syria and Iran, which, the president says, have helped arm Hezbollah.
"Their actions threaten the entire Middle East, and stand in the way of resolving the current crisis and bringing lasting 3 peace to this troubled region," he added.
President Bush continues to oppose a ceasefire that leaves Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where it could mount further attacks against Israel. Israel's offensive started when Hezbollah kidnapped two soldiers and killed eight in a July 12 raid into Israel. Mr. Bush says such a fragile ceasefire would ultimately result in more violence.
"In the long-term, this peace will come only by defeating the terrorist ideology 4 of hatred 5 and fear," he explained. "The world's best hope for lasting security and stability across the Middle East is the establishment of free and just societies. America and our allies will act decisively, because we know our security is at stake in this struggle, and we know the cause of freedom will prevail."
Israeli army vehicles advance towards the Israeli-Lebanese border
From the start of the fighting, President Bush has expressed concern about its impact on the democratically elected government in Lebanon.
In his weekly radio address, he said it is a difficult and trying time for the Lebanese people.
"Hezbollah's practice of hiding rockets in civilian 6 neighborhoods, and its efforts to undermine the democratically elected government have shown it to be no friend of Lebanon. By its actions, Hezbollah has jeopardized 7 Lebanon's tremendous advances and betrayed the Lebanese people," said Mr. Bush.
During her trip to the Middle East, Rice will also stop in Rome for talks with officials from a group formed to back Lebanon's government. That group includes the United States, France, Britain, Lebanon, the European Union, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Italy, the United Nations and the World Bank.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, answers a question from the media as Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, listens
Before she leaves, she will join President Bush at the White House Sunday for talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and the head of Saudi Arabia's national security council, Prince Bandar bin 8 Sultan.
Meanwhile, the Democratic radio address Saturday focused on domestic issues. Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette criticized the president's veto of a bill that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic 9 stem cell research.
She says the action was driven by what she called cold, calculated, cynical 10 political gain.
President Bush says the veto, his first, was motivated by his commitment to the sanctity of life, as the legislation would have allowed federal funding for a procedure that destroys human embryos 11 in the process of extracting stem cells, which scientists say could lead to cures for disease, such as diabetes 12 and cancer. Supporters say such research is key to medical advances, and that only donated embryos that would otherwise be thrown away would be used.
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The soldier jeopardized his life to save his comrade. 这个士兵冒生命的危险救他的同志。
- The occasional failed project or neglected opportunity does not jeopardized overall progress. 偶然失败的项目或失误的机会并没有影响总的进展。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。
- The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。
- The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
- He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
- Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
- Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句