VOA标准英语2012--US Study Says Afghans Not Ready to Manage Forces
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
US Study Says Afghans Not Ready to Manage Forces
Afghan uniformed police in Helmand Province learn to read and write under an internationally funded literacy program. It is one of many in parts of the country that are now under Afghan government control.
It is here where the U.S. and NATO are fighting one of their biggest challenges in preparing Afghanistan to take full responsibility for its security before international forces pull out in 2014.
Nearly 70 percent of Afghans are functionally 1 illiterate 2, and that makes it difficult to find qualified 3 people to manage supply systems and infrastructure 4 to sustain its security forces.
Those forces are growing. U.S. Defense 5 Secretary Leon Panetta - at a NATO meeting in Brussels last month - said efforts to train them are paying off.
"The number of Afghan security forces has now grown to about 350-thousand, and that larger force has maintained its recruitment and retention 6 rates. Those forces have taken the lead to very complex combat operations, and they are suffering the vast majority of coalition 7 casualties - a further sign that the Afghans have the willingness to sacrifice and take the fight to the enemy for their own future,” Panetta said.
But a report by the Special Inspector 8 General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 9 suggests those gains could be jeopardized 10. The report looked at the Afghan government’s operations and maintenance capabilities 11 and concluded they are undeveloped - making the force incapable 12 of sustaining itself when international troops leave.
It said one major problem is the high number of soldiers and contractors 13 who are illiterate and cannot do things like basic accounting 14 and purchasing, or read manuals and blueprints 15 to operate power plants.
Security analyst 16 Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington says the deficiencies are a major threat to peace in the country after 2014.
“Like every soldier, if you don't have food, if you don’t have equipment, if you don’t have ammunition 17, and particularly in a fledgling military like Afghanistan’s, what happens is people leave. The desertion rate is already high but if you’re not being equipped and you’re facing an enemy, you’re not going to stay in place. So it’s a serious question,” Schmitt said.
The U.S. administration has decided 18 to pull American forces out by 2014, and Afghan leaders support that decision.
But they say they will still need international support beyond the withdrawal 19 date.
Analysts 20 say the inspector’s general report raises further question of whether Afghanistan is ready to secure itself beyond 2014.
- Objective To explore occlusion reconstruction by computer aided design (CAD) with functionally-generated pathway (FGP). 目的探索借助功能性？记录(functionally-generated pathway,FGP)技术进行口腔固定修复体计算机辅助设计(Computer aided Design,CAD)生理性建？的方法。 来自互联网
- In this respect, the proceeding was functionally similar to a comparative licensing adjudication. 在这一点上，手续在作用上即类似于比较许可证发放的裁断。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
- I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- They advocate the retention of our nuclear power plants.他们主张保留我们的核电厂。
- His retention of energy at this hour is really surprising.人们惊叹他在这个时候还能保持如此旺盛的精力。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。
- The soldier jeopardized his life to save his comrade. 这个士兵冒生命的危险救他的同志。
- The occasional failed project or neglected opportunity does not jeopardized overall progress. 偶然失败的项目或失误的机会并没有影响总的进展。
- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
- Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
- Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
- Have the blueprints been worked out? 蓝图搞好了吗？ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- BluePrints description of a distributed component of the system design and best practice guidelines. BluePrints描述了一个分布式组件体系的最佳练习和设计指导方针。 来自互联网
- 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。
- A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
- They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
- 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 police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。