时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十月)


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Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy


There is discontent on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey's most metropolitan 1 city. Government critics complain about the surge in the number of refugees from Syria and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's support of the Syrian opposition 2. They say the policies of the Turkish government are hurting trade and may lead to instability as refugee numbers swell 3.


The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 100,000 Syrians reside in 14 government-run camps spread across seven provinces. Ilter Turan is a political scientist at Bilgi University.


"It is rather an expensive proposition," Turan noted 4. "I am not able to judge how much longer Turkey will be able to host these newcomers, particularly if the numbers keep increasing."


And as cross volleys of mortar 5 shells between Turkey and Syria take place almost every day, Turkish soldiers are increasing their border presence, worrying Turkish citizens.


Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called for intervention 6 from major powers to stop the violence in Syria.


In Monday's U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy issues, both President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt 7 Romney sparred over how best to support the Syrian opposition.


"Now - what we're seeing taking place in Syria is heartbreaking, and that's why we are going to do everything we can to make sure that we are helping 8 the opposition," said Obama. "But we also have to recognize that, you know, for us to get more entangled 9 militarily in Syria is a serious step."


Mitt Romney argued the US needs to intervene in a larger way. "This is a time - this should have been a time for American leadership. We should have taken a leading role, not militarily, but a leading role organizationally, governmentally to bring together the parties there; to find responsible parties."


But the Turkish government is feeling increasingly isolated 10.


"Turkey misread the willingness of others to participate in the intervention and Turkey is not interested in staging a unilateral intervention," Turan explained. "So Turkish policy of bringing about change through intervention does not seem to be working at the moment."


A significant drop in trade since the conflict began is a big concern. Some companies say they are doing a fifth of their normal trade since Turkish trucks no longer carry goods into Syria.


What began as a display of international leadership is increasingly becoming an internal political problem for Erdogan and his government, one that seems be getting more complex by the day. 




adj.大城市的,大都会的
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强
  • The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
  • His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
  • Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
  • 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。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
  • Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
学英语单词
9.5mm film
amphiarthrosis (or mixed articulation)
anacidity gastric
anautogeny
articulatio composita
ascite
ask someone out
Banten, Tk.
blue-bottle
breaches of warranty
Briza maxima
calocarides chani
canonical interpretation
card image format
centerest sink faucets
certified public accountants
choice of forum
clew down
Cold Spring Harbor
column radiochromatography
controlling motion
Coppermine
Craigmont
CVEs
cylindrical shaft wall
D-Alanine-alanyl-poly(glycerolphosphate)ligase
decacandela
descaling jet
dessye (dese)
diamond heatsink
ditfurth
Dorno
duplex circuit
eccentric hypertrophies
electroporation apparatus
empty hole
exterior point of a set
false point
family Phalangiidae
Feyiasi
fluoresceine
French windows
fugs
full of prunes
gendered difference
goodwillie
government run facility
ground clearing
health physics routine check
historical monument
Honkawane
illlit
immortalized cell
inworks
irrefragable
japanese girl
jigger dyeing machine
keep one's nose out of
king-hiting
Lagochilus altaicus
Liapunov's stability criterion
low voltage state
lumbar muscle degeneration
master control desk
method of chemical treatment
multioperator welding generator
nigred
nigrifolius
norclostebol
penoncel
perceptual reaction test
pere david's deer
periodic stream
plate girder web splice
playing God
pneumatic pyrometer
Preparis I.
probatory
proventil
quick-wittedly
rekindling
resistance box with plug
retitle
RLNC
shipyard operation
shropsavine
side angle
slave service area
speech handicapped
staphylococci
Sternopygidae
structural alloy steel
swaide
tallianine
tiruchchirappalli (trichinopoly)
torque factor
training and development
uncorrected result
Unitarian Universalist Association
vastu
Visa cards
xrays