VOA标准英语2012--Clinton to Push Tougher Syria Policy at UN
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Clinton to Push Tougher Syria Policy at UN
World powers are divided over how to stop the violence in Syria - with Russia, China, and Iran supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - and the Gulf 1 Arab states, Britain, France, and the United States backing his opponents.
At the Washington-based Cato Institute, analyst 2 Malou Innocent said the longer the fight continues, the deeper those divisions run.
“The Western allies, and those who are supporting [the rebels] - the Qataris and the Saudis - certainly have an interest in seeing Assad go. But those allies of Assad have even more of a reason, a more intensified 3 interest in seeing Assad stay,” said Innocent.
China and Russia have vetoed tougher U.N. action, saying that is interference in Syria's internal affairs.
"We support a period of political transition in Syria. But it should come from the Syrian people. It should not be imposed from outside," said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a political transition without the threat of consequences is useless.
"There's no point to passing a resolution with no teeth, because we've seen time and time again that Assad will ignore it and keep attacking his own people," said Clinton.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Obama administration acted alone on Syria and can not now blame others for finding sanctions unacceptable.
"These supporters of sanctions try to blame Russia and China for resisting some unity 4 of the international community. But you can not portray 5 this unity as the demand for everybody else to join something that somebody decided 6 single-handedly," said Lavrov.
Innocent said Russia and China do not want the sort of military intervention 7 that helped topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
“They don't want to see another NATO- or U.N.-imposed no-fly zone turn into a means of regime change,” said Innocent.
In the run-up to the U.N. General Assembly, Clinton made no progress with Russian President Vladimir Putin or with Chinese President Hu Jintao. So she said she is realistic about New York.
"We haven't seen eye to eye with Russia on Syria," said Clinton. "That may continue, and if it does continue, we will work with like-minded states to support the Syrian opposition 8 to hasten the day Assad falls and to help prepare Syria for a democratic future."
Those opponents so far have failed to unite on a plan for a post-Assad Syria, with divisions between fighters and politicians.
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
- Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- 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。