VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Pledges to Give Troops Support Neede
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
U.S. President Barack Obama is promising 1 new Navy and Marine 2 Corps 3 officers that he will only send young Americans into battle "when it is absolutely necessary." The president spoke 4 Friday to the graduating class of the U.S. Naval 5 Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Pres. Barack Obama speaks at the US Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md., 22 May 2009
President Obama made a promise to the newly graduated Navy and Marine officers.
"It is a promise that as long as I am your Commander in Chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done," he said.
The president said that includes bringing the Iraq war to a responsible end and pursuing a new, comprehensive strategy to disrupt, dismantle 6 and defeat al-Qaida and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mr. Obama and other Democrats 7 have, in the past, accused the previous administration of President George Bush of sending U.S. troops to Iraq without adequate planning, equipment or protection.
In Annapolis, the president once again contrasted his views on the treatment of terror suspects with those of the Bush administration. Without mentioning the issue specifically, he restated the philosophy he had laid out in Thursday's speech on national security.
"Because when American strays from our values, it not only undermines the rule of law, it alienates 8 us from our allies, it energizes 9 our adversaries 10 and it endangers our national security and the lives of our troops," he said.
Mr. Obama also told the Naval Academy graduates the U.S. must overcome the full spectrum 11 of threats, both conventional and unconventional.
"The nation-state and the terrorist network. The spread of deadly technologies and of hateful ideologies 12. Eighteenth-century-style piracy 13 and 21st century cyberthreats," he said.
The president said he has stopped budget reductions in the Navy, and is building up the Marine Corps. He also promised service members higher pay, better child care and other benefits.
Mr. Obama said he intends to "maintain America's military dominance."
One of Friday's graduates is the son of John McCain, Mr. Obama's opponent in last year's presidential election.
This is the last of the president's three commencement addresses this year, and his first at a military academy.
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- 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。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
- The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。
- 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》
- The new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily. 这位新老师因表现拘谨而疏远了学生。 来自互联网
- What alienates him from the house? 什么东西使他远离这所房子呢？ 来自互联网
- However, heating energizes the vibrational, rotational, and electronic motions all at once. 但是，加热会一下子把振动、转动和电子运动统统加强。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
- Purpose always produces passion. Nothing energizes like a clear purpose. 目的往往会带来热忱，没有任何东西比清晰的目的更有动力。 来自互联网
- That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
- Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
- This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
- We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
- There is no fundamental diversity between the two ideologies. 这两种思想意识之间并没有根本的分歧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Radical ideologies require to contrast to their own goodness the wickedness of some other system. 凡是过激的意识形态，都需要有另外一个丑恶的制度作对比，才能衬托出自己的善良。 来自辞典例句