时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(五)月


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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to the public about US/Afghanistan relations at the State Department in Washington, 11 May 2010


Senior U.S. and Afghan officials have reaffirmed ties of partnership 1 in a Washington dialogue aimed at repairing a strained relationship. Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday.


President Mr. Karzai received a warm welcome at the State Department.


U.S.-Afghan relations have been strained recently over U.S. criticism of alleged 2 high-level corruption 3 in the Afghan government and fraud charges that marred 4 Mr. Karzai's re-election last year.


Meanwhile, Afghan officials have complained about civilian 5 casualties from U.S.-led military operations against the Taliban. And they have expressed concern that the pullout of U.S. troops beginning in July of next year might mean the abandonment of the Kabul government.


 But Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan will endure, and she praised the wartime sacrifices of Afghanistan's people and government. 


"I believe strongly that the story of what has happened in Afghanistan in the last several years is such a positive one," said Clinton.  "The people of Afghanistan have endured conditions that over decades seemed almost insurmountable. And we know that there must be a concerted commitment that we are willing to undertake - patience, persistence 6, partnership."


For his part, President Karzai stressed his country's gratitude 7 for U.S. military and financial support.  That was underlined by his visit to Washington's Walter Reed Army Hospital to see wounded American soldiers.  He said the experience left him at a loss for words.


"[Seeing the wounded soldiers] was a moment of immense thinking for me as a person," Karzai explained.  "And I did not know at the moment how to describe my feelings in the appropriate words - of gratitude, of recognition, and of appreciation 8.  And indeed of what it takes to succeed against an enemy that is not only the enemy of soldiers, but of our children, our teachers and society as a whole."


Mr. Karzai said the U.S.-Afghan relationship is at times "difficult and quarrelsome," but also steady and strong.


Clinton said the two sides are working on plans to finalize 9 a "strategic partnership declaration" later this year that will put U.S. relations with Afghanistan on the same footing with other key allies.

 



n.合作关系,伙伴关系
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
adj. 被损毁, 污损的
  • The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨,把比赛给搅了。
  • Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
n.坚持,持续,存留
  • The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
  • He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。
adj.感激,感谢
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
v.落实,定下来
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
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Alpha-fatoprotein
anatomical morphology
anisogynous
as happy as the day is long
atropous
becillemia
bio-phylline
bolt rope
calcium meconate
ceiling plastering
cephality
Clairette, Pte.
concave upward
contract of international sale of goods
diamidino-phenyl-indole
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EDTN
electronic field book
employee-owned enterprise
empower sb to do sth
enamel stock
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fasteners
fenbutrazate
fibrillogenesis
functional period
fur-trapper
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geometric element
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giving the boot
glimpses of the truth
Hamletism
hand-hot
haulage horizon
holnes
hsas
iliac arteries
injection band spreading
jet-a
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Kerbau, Tg.
last-birthday
love boat
manually operated trackball
manufacturing - isic
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microwave moisture meter
mosis
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myxoma lipomatodes
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ordinary phosphorus
oropogon formosanus
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plexippus incognitus
polyethylene dielectric
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prison riot
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rotor punching
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Saintsbury
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solidification region
Sphagneticola trilobata
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sterilized pharmaceutics
strake below sheer strake
stress coefficient of optical effect
supersells
surety obligation
swampcypress
swiss-ball
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target offset
teledynamometer
the smoke
Thompson Point
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unupright
wrapper
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