VOA标准英语2012--US Very Concerned About Syria’s Sarin Gas
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
US Very Concerned About Syria’s Sarin Gas
The conflict between rebels and the Syrian government is intensifying 1. Now U.S. officials say there is "movement activity" around Syria’s chemical weapons sites.
Experts say it is a dangerous sign that a war involving weapons of mass destruction might be about to begin.
Tim Brown is a security analyst 2 with Globalsecurity.org. He says sarin gas is among the most lethal 3 weapons in existence.
“Unless you’re in a full body suit and have a fully 4 sealed gas mask, two to three parts per million will kill you. It’s a nerve agent," said Brown.
The threat of sarin gas is not new.
Members of a cult 5 used it in a Tokyo subway attack that killed 13 people in 1995.
Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, possessed 6 it in its arsenal 7 of weapons of mass destruction.
Saddam's use of other types of poison gas against Iranian troops in the Iran-Iraq War and against Iraq's Kurdish population in the 1980s was criticized by the international community, but there were no threats of military action against Baghdad by the United States and its allies at the time.
Analyst Tim Brown says the international community has evolved.
“The U.S. and the West are powers that decided 8 that the use of chemical weapons - the use, period - is not going to be tolerated," he said.
That was clear in 2003 when the United States went to war with Iraq on the belief that it still possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Now the United States has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against the use of poison gas.
"I want to make it absolutely clear to Assad and those under his command, the world is watching. The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable and if you make the tragic 9 mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable," said President Obama.
Details of what those consequences would be have not been made public. But analysts 10 say a first step might be an air campaign to disable Syria’s air defense 11 system and other means of delivering chemical weapons that could threaten its own population or neighboring countries such as Israel.
- The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
- The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- 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 hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
- The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
- Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
- We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
- 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 effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。