VOA标准英语2008年-Japan Approves Anti-Terrorism Naval Mission in
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Hong Kong
11 January 2008
Japan's lower house of parliament has forced through a controversial anti-terrorism law reviving an Indian Ocean naval 1 mission supporting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. The bill's approval came after the more powerful lower house used a rare second vote to override 2 a rejection 3 in the upper house. Naomi Martig reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's ruling coalition 4 took the very rare step of using a two-thirds majority to override a rejection in the upper house of parliament. Such a step has only been used once before, more than 50 years ago. The approval is seen as a victory for Mr. Fukuda, who supports Japan's presence in Southeast Asia.
Japan has supplied fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan since 2001, under legislation allowing participation 5 in post-September 11 operations.
Lawmakers had extended the mission repeatedly in the past, but the mission expired last November because of a stalemate in parliament.
The country's opposition 6 Democratic Party of Japan, which won control of the upper house of parliament last July, refused to back the extension. Opposition lawmakers had argued that the mission lacks a mandate 7 from the United Nations, and that it goes against the country's pacifist constitution, which forbids it from engaging in warfare 8 overseas.
Jeff Kingston, a professor of politics at Temple University in Japan, says approval of the new mission is good news for the Japan-U.S. alliance.
"I don't think that the refueling was critical to the operation, but I think symbolically 9 this is important for the U.S. administration and I think that in that sense it is good," he said.
But, Kingston says there is still some concern in Japan about what the country's security posture 10 should be in the international community.
"And I think this is not a debate that is going to go away. It hasn't been solved today. And I think what they've done is shelved it for another year. But it's still going to be a divisive political issue for some time to come," said Kingston.
Japan has struggled in recent years to reinvent itself as a nation more involved in helping 11 to resolve international conflicts.
Tokyo's ships will be allowed to return to the Indian Ocean as soon as next month.
During its six-year mission, Japan provided about 480,000 kiloliters of fuel to coalition warships 12 in the Indian Ocean, including vessels 13 from the United States, Britain and Pakistan.
Japan's role in the war on terrorism also included a deployment 14 of 600 self-defense forces in southern Iraq, which ended last year.
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
- I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。
- He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
- The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。
- 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。
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- 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 President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
- Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
- By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. 将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。
- Symbolically, he coughed to clear his throat. 周经理象征地咳一声无谓的嗽，清清嗓子。
- The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
- He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。
- 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。
- The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
- The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。