时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2013年(六月)


英语课

 


Syrian Rebels Welcome Arms Pledges



Bab al-Salama camp near Syria's border with Turkey. Abdulhamid Assad arrived from Aleppo several months ago with his extended family of fighters with the Syrian rebels. They fled because they ran out of bullets.


Assad acknowledges that the rebels have suffered reversals on the battlefield lately. As a result, new arms are welcome.


“Of course the weapons will make a difference," said fighter Abdulhamid Assad. "We are just waiting for them. I have 70 fighters here just waiting to go and hundreds more are waiting in Aleppo.”


He asks why foreign governments were so slow to provide the aid, and why they still are reluctant to provide the anti-air and anti-tank weapons needed to counter the Syrian government's bombs and artillery 1.


“Of course it's late for these weapons. The whole world has been watching as these killings 2 go on, thousands of people and the world just watches,” added Assad.


Assad already lost one son to the war. Another, 35-year-old Abdul, is still ready to fight. “I just want to get my family to safety in Turkey. They haven't let us in yet but if they do and we get the weapons, I will go back,” he said.


Hussein Ahmed was a lieutenant 3 in the Syrian government's elite 4 Republican Guards until he defected last year. He was seriously wounded in Aleppo and spent seven months in a hospital in Turkey. “In just a few days, as soon as I get the chance, I will go back. I'm just waiting for the ammunition 5 and weapons,"  he said.


The fighters have heard of efforts by Russia and the United States to start peace negotiations 6 on the Syrian conflict. “The head of the gang, Bashar al-Assad thinks he can advance on the ground to get a better negotiating position so he can keep the presidency," Abdul explained. 


These rebels say they will fight until Assad leaves power. And despite reports to the contrary, they believe this will happen soon. 




n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
n.军火,弹药
  • 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。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
标签: VOA标准英语 Arm
学英语单词
.jmp
a-hey
Abyssinian Church
aggraded valley plain
alkene series
amor et psyche
amti(airborne moving target indication)radar
artificial identification
Astarte
benemid(probenecid)
Bligh Sd.
boric acid batching
bound states
bulldogs
calfish
caracanthus maculatus
cast an evil eye
cellulocutaneous
center scraper
characterized
cleat chaser
computational aids
comuna
core shroud
corrosion in pit form
cross-compound double flow
current protector
demand processing time-sharing
department budget
diagonal sulci
dial-up link
discrete event simulation package
drift teat
drug-tolerant pulmonary tuberculosis
fasciculi ventrolateralis superficialis
flood warning
foreign-going ship
GAC (gross available capacity)
General agreement to Borrow
genus Christella
heat-operated refrigerating system
humidifying chamber
hydrogen detection system
identipoint
immechanical
impost springer
interpose between
laparo-elytrotomy
lime-titania type electrode
longness
magnetic hystresis loop
magnum opi
maharajas
mast trunk
molecular adaptation
mouthfull
naphtholate
neddle detecting device
nitropolyurethane
nitrosyl compound
non-water
officialships
oil pollution regulation
on deck delivery
Pakistan
pattern of price
Paul Abraham
paul vis
phyllosticta gossypina ellis et martius
pillemers
pipunculus (claraeola) adventitia
plug reversal
pseudofilaria
psychoneuroimmunologists
Pv.
radical group
railway transporation
reservoir-induced earthquake
roll calls
rope disturbance
sample distribution
seekest
selaginella matsuensis
single chain silicate
six ways to Sunday
slip consistency
solids expansion
spectacularizes
stitch elasticity
stromelysin-2
subdividing
suest
tatz
theorical
Trumpish
tumor of larynx
unrestricting
variable number of argument
Viana de Cega
volcano hypothesis
xylogenous
yoiking