2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Expresses US Support for Lebanon
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（二月）
By Edward Yeranian
Beirut
23 February 2006
Secretary of State Rice Condoleezza Rice made an unexpected stop in Beirut, Thursday, to meet with the country's top leaders, amid continuing turbulence 1 and uncertainty 2, following last year's Syrian pullout.
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Lebanese police and army troops closed key Beirut thoroughfares, amid ramped 3 up security, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met briefly 4 with a number of top Lebanese political and religious figures.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, is welcomed by Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Saniora
Lebanese leaders appeared both excited and pleased by secretary Rice's surprise visit, as anti-Syrian forces attempt to consolidate 5 the country's independence, following last year's revolution.
Ms. Rice told journalists that the main objective of her visit was express to solidarity 6 with the Lebanese government and its people as they try to recover their sovereignty after last year's pull-out of Syrian troops.
"It is also a time to reiterate 7 and to affirm the firm support of the United States of America for the Lebanese people as they work to have a fully 8 sovereign and democratic Lebanon that can be a prosperous Lebanon for all of Lebanon's people without regard to background, ethnicity or religion," Rice said.
Secretary Rice also underscored America's hope that Lebanon's neighbors, especially Syria, would not interfere 9 in its internal politics:
"We continue to look forward to the day when Lebanon is truly free, also of interference and intimidation 10 from its neighbor and also a Lebanon that is prosperous and at peace among its communities and at peace with its neighbors," Ms. Rice said.
The secretary of state made a key visit to Lebanon's influential 11 Maronite Christian 13 Patriarch Mar 12 Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, north of Beirut, before returning to the capital to meet Prime Minister Fouad Sinoura and opposition 14 leaders Sa'ad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt.
Secretary Rice refused to take a position in the current battle to oust 15 Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, but did say that she thought the Lebanese people wanted to "look to the future, and not the past."
She also warned Syria that it must "cooperate fully" with the United Nations committee probing last year's bombing which killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The killing 16 of Hariri, last year was followed by a wave of explosions and assassinations 17. Opponents of Syria accuse the country of responsibility in the ongoing 18 campaign to destabilize the country.
Syria withdrew its troops from Lebanon after occupying the country for nearly three decades. But, it is still accused by many of interfering 19 in Lebanese politics.
Ms. Rice has already visited Egypt and Saudi Arabia as part of her tour of the Middle East.
- The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
- The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- With the arrival of George Lucas, the pace has ramped up. 随着乔治·卢卡斯的到来，速度大大加快。
- They also sold corporate bonds as the global financial crisis ramped up. 在全球金融危机加剧之际，他们还抛售了公司债券。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- 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。
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
- Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
- I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
- When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- 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 committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Most anarchist assassinations were bungled because of haste or spontaneity, in his view. 在他看来，无政府主义者搞的许多刺杀都没成功就是因为匆忙和自发行动。 来自辞典例句
- Assassinations by Israelis of alleged terrorists habitually kill nearby women and children. 在以色列，自称恐怖分子的炸弹自杀者杀害靠近自己的以色列妇女和儿童。 来自互联网