VOA标准英语2009年-Poland Pledges Cooperation With New Missil
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
By Hilary Heuler
Warsaw
21 October 2009
Vice 1 President Joe Biden visited Poland and received assurances from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk 2 that Poland will take part in a new missile defense 3 plan. Polish officials said they would host elements of the new plan that was announced last month in Washington.
US VP Joe Biden (R) and Polish PM Donald Tusk share a laugh before talks in Warsaw, Poland, 21 Oct 2009
Vice President Joe Biden is the first high-level U.S. official to visit Poland since President Barack Obama canceled the planned Central European missile shield proposed by former President George W. Bush. Biden said the new missile plan would be enough to defend Poland and he said U.S. support for Poland remains 4 solid.
As part of the plan, Poland has agreed to host the U.S. Navy's Standard Missile-3 anti-ballistic-missile system.
U.S. Defense officials say the new plan would include interceptor missiles deployed 5 on U.S. Navy ships in the North Sea and Mediterranean 6, in addition to ground-based weapons. The interceptor missiles are aimed at countering missiles fired by Iran.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the plans as "very interesting" for Poland.
Biden explained the advantages of the new system:
"Our new phased adaptive approach to missile defense is designed to meet a growing threat, not only to the United States, but first and foremost to Europe,"he said. "It is going to meet it with proven technology that will cover more of Europe, including Poland, and it will do it more efficiently 7 than the previous system could have or did."
But Biden also had to soothe 8 concerns that scrapping 9 Bush-era plans for a more comprehensive system does not signal a breakdown 10 of Polish-U.S. relations.
Mr. Obama's announcement last month that he was canceling the planned Bush-era missile shield ruffled 11 a lot of feathers in Poland. Some politicians claimed the United States had abandoned the region in order to repair relations with Russia, which strongly opposed the previous missile plan. Polish newspapers ran alarming headlines about betrayal and the triumph of Moscow.
But Biden assured Poland the United States and NATO are still committed to defending the region.
"Under NATO's Article 5, an attack on one is an attack on all," added Biden. "And this strategic assurance is absolute. President Obama and I consider this to be a solemn obligation."
Although many people are disappointed, not everyone in Poland thinks the original missile-defense plan was necessary.
One woman in Warsaw explains that she was happy the shield was canceled because she does not think Poland needs to be defended from anyone, even Russia.
During his European trip, Biden will also be visiting Romania and the Czech Republic.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。
- A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。
- 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。
- 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。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
- The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
- Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
- I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
- This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。
- He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
- These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。