时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(三月)


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As the US seeks support at the UN Security Council for new sanctions against Iran, Tehran continues to defy the international community, saying its nuclear program has peaceful not military aims. The controversy 1 has triggered a debate on whether new sanctions will be effective or whether military action is needed.


Despite international pressure, Iran continues to ramp 2 up its nuclear program, enriching uranium at levels that are said to be closer to weapons grade. 


And that has Washington experts debating the course that world powers should take.


John Bolton was UN ambassador under President George W. Bush:


"If you consider that the options we have are the use of preemptive force or Iran with nuclear weapons, you can see why military force unfortunately has to be on the table," he said.


Although Bolton says a pre-emptive strike is the only choice, the international community has been focused on maintaining diplomatic pressure on Iran and on winning agreement on new sanctions.


British Foreign Minister David Miliband spoke 3 during a visit to China on Monday


"Britain and China haven't only agreed on the goal that Iran should respect the non-proliferation treaty and not become a nuclear weapon state. We've also agreed on the means to achieve that, which is a combination of engagement and pressure," said Miliband.


New sanctions against Tehran could target Iranian insurance firms and banks and impose travel bans on more individuals, but Russia and China are still reluctant.


Israel is at the opposite end.  It feels directly threatened by Iran and has been pushing hard for tough action. Officials there have said all options are on the table, implying that includes a military strike. 


But recently, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also endorsed 4 new sanctions.


"The stronger those sanctions are, the more likely it will be that the Iranian regime will have to choose between advancing its nuclear program and advancing the future of its own permanence," said Netanyahu.


George Perkovitch of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says even if sanctions don't work, Iran has to know that it will pay for its behavior.


"It may not change your behavior, but there is a cost for this action," he explained.  "And, in part, we want to communicate to other states, other actors who may be looking at what you are doing as a model."


The possibility of regime change in Iran has been raised by some experts. But Perkovitch says that with the Revolutionary Guard more powerful than ever, one question remains 5.


"....how the Revolutionary Guard actually would get replaced in Iran, put out of business, lose power, so that you have a genuine regime change in Iran," he added.


With the US heavily committed in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington's ability to exert military pressure on Iran is questionable 6, says Flynt Leverett at the New America Foundation.


"And even if at this point we want to project large amounts of conventional military power into the Persian Gulf 7 or anywhere else, we are going to have to do it on borrowed money," he said.


The Obama administration is favoring sanctions, experts say, because the other choices are worse.


But they say it's unclear whether Iran's nuclear ambitions - civilian 8 or military - can be contained in the long run.


 



n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
n.暴怒,斜坡,坡道;vi.作恐吓姿势,暴怒,加速;vt.加速
  • That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
  • The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
  • The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
adj.可疑的,有问题的
  • There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
  • Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • 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。
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。
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adrenic
aero engines
aerogenic bacteria
air force-navy
air-glass interface
al-qaradawi
antifestival
argentoproteium
astern approaching method
atua
austrian capitals
automatic message accounting system
basalt clay(basalt wacke)
basophobia
be taken off allocation
bear's weed
binder stud
black market transaction in foreign exchanges
business concept
charge forward
chronotherapeutics
clear light size
common-mode input impedance
commutating brush
corner the market
coupling rod
curtain effect
cyatotheca
decrement viscosity gauge
designation plate
diclofenac potassium
direct coal-fired MGD generator
disembitters
distance between rolls
eileen farrells
El Uarot
emergency-lighting set
fines removal
finger biscuit
flight-comparison
gasinduced osmosis
gear unit
golfese
good-government
governing institution
half-drunk
heat conduction calorimeter
hierarchy configuration
hierarchy of subnet
Hüfingen
immovable
implied answer
incarnata
incorded
it's a dog's life
lachnum brasiliense
landing navigation system
languid
lead dithionate
lead zirconate
magnetic flux density
malconformation
megalocorneas
membrane expansion theory
Miaolin
moderance
National Center for Atmospheric Research
nelkins
nonabsorbable ligature
nonquantum
norm space
normal thickness of blade
Novoil'inovka
old-men
on purpose
pacinian collagenoma
Pelymskiy Tuman, Ozero
perruque
photosynthesizers
polymetallic catalyst
push board
quantitative analysis in decision making
same manner
sand-mold
shifting of load
sitdowner
sixty-ninth
skar
smokeless burner
spiral milling cutter
stratigraphic hiatus
sub-grade capacity
suturae temporariara
take advantage of
Valdagno
vital virus
Wardian cases
waried
well I declare!
wet rot
Wondai
Zagora