2007年VOA标准英语-Australia, Philippines Sign Landmark Security P
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
Sydney
31 May 2007
Australia and the Philippines have signed a security pact 1 that will allow them to hold joint 2 counterterrorism exercises. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo 3 says the accord will help modernize 4 her country's armed forces and be invaluable 5 in the fight against extremism. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has a press conference with Prime Minister John Howard in Canberra, Australia, 31 May 2007
Under the agreement, elite 6 Australian forces will train Philippine troops to help them step up their fight against insurgents 7.
Australia has promised to supply the Philippines with 28 high-speed gunboats. The accord also calls for large-scale joint military exercises.
President Arroyo said at a news conference in Canberra Thursday that Australia's cooperation will be invaluable in the battle against Islamic militants 8 and communist rebels in the southern Philippines.
Mrs. Arroyo says her government is making good progress against what she described as "vicious killers 9" who, in her words, force their "evil ideology 10 on the innocent."
She joined Australian Prime Minister John Howard in praising the security pact, which includes a legal framework for the temporary presence of Australian troops in the Philippines.
"This is an agreement that will help us to modernize and professionalize our armed forces," she said.
"I know the president is not complacent 11, and none of us can afford to be, and the greater cooperation, particularly training exercises involving counter-terrorism that will come out of the Status of Forces agreement is to be widely welcomed," Prime Minister John Howard said.
The Philippines has a similar accord with the United States, its former colonial master, which provides the island republic with millions of dollars in military aid.
Manila's agreement with Australia also includes a commitment to help tackle poverty and improve infrastructure 12.
Australia has been trying to strengthen security ties with its Southeast Asian neighbors to crack down on radical 13 Islamic groups.
One such group, Jemaah Islamiyah, has been blamed for a series of bombings in Indonesia in recent years that have killed more than 90 Australians.
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- 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。
- She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。
- They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。
- It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
- There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。
- A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
- This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- 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。
- He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
- They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
- 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。
- We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
- She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。