VOA标准英语2012--Democrats Defend Obama's Foreign Policy
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Democrats 1 Defend Obama's Foreign Policy
The Republicans claim Democrats are ignoring the slaughter 2 in Syria and not doing enough. Democrats countercharge that Republicans don't want to end the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and are apt to start wars in Syria and Iran.
President Obama signed a new START treaty with Russia in 2010. His challenger, Mitt 3 Romney, said that could be Obama's worst policy mistake. The Republican nominee 4 says it puts America's security at stake and accedes 5 to Russian demands. Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, who served in a Democratic administration, takes issue with that.
"[Romney] Saying that Russia is our number one political problem is living in the past," Albright said. "It's an issue - Russia is a complicated country, but to all of a sudden to give it that number one status is, I think, a complete lack of understanding of what the international situation is, what the problems are in the 21st century world."
Brian Darling of the Heritage Foundation disagrees.
"Mitt Romney's foreign policy is not outdated 6 at all. It harkens back to Ronald Reagan's foreign policy: peace through strength. It harkens back to a George W. Bush foreign policy that believed in a strong hand and believed in attacking foes 7 and preempting 8 threats to the world," Darling said.
Albright says the difference in the two parties is that Democrats choose to use diplomacy 9, rather than force.
"It is essential to listen to other countries, to work on issues together. That is a sign of America's strength," the former secretary of state noted 10.
Condoleezza Rice held the same position - secretary of state - during the Bush administration. At the Republican convention last week, she said President Obama hasn't made his foreign policy clear.
"My fellow Americans, we do not have a choice. We cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind," she said.
Obama is expected to reveal more of a second term foreign policy when he gives his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention Thursday. Of course we will hear much more from both candidates in the next two months, leading up to the November election.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- Successive without the first ordinal heir, by the 2nd order heir accedes. 没有第一顺序继续人继续的，由第二顺序继续人继续。 来自互联网
- Deng Xiaoping accedes and developed Mao Zedong this one thought. 邓小平则继承和发展了毛泽东这一思想。 来自互联网
- That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
- Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
- They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
- She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。
- For improving performance, a novel algorithm, Deadlock-Free Reservation Protocol with Preempting resource (DFRP2) , is proposed. 为了增进效能，我们提出了一种利用先占式资源达到高效能及死结避免的保留协定，简称DFRP2。 来自互联网
- And of course companies leak as deliberate policy, preempting formal announcements as a matter of course. 当然，企业也会故意事先放出风声，让正式声明变得水到渠成。 来自互联网
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。