VOA标准英语2014--美军等待命令打击ISIL
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2014年(六月)
Still Waiting for Orders, US Military Has ISIL in Its Sights 美军等待命令打击ISIL
The United States says that, for now, it is only sending military advisers 1 to Baghdad to help the Iraqi government combat advances by militant 2 Sunni Islamists, known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). But the Pentagon says U.S. forces are poised 3 to strike - if ordered to do so.
In the waters of the Persian Gulf 4, there are already reminders 5 of the long reach of America’s military might as President Barack Obama warns the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant not to rest easy.
“We will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it,” said Obama.
The U.S. has been moving resources into place for days. On board the USS George HW Bush there are about 70 aircraft, including FA-18 Super Hornets and E-2C Hawkeyes, able to help coordinate 6 strikes.
Additionally, the U.S. Air Force says it has 90 to 100 aircraft - from fighters to bombers 7 to drones - ready to go within hours.
Retired 8 Air Force Lieutenant 9 General David Deptula says “it is a situation that is tailor-made for air power.”
And with those aircraft in place, Deptula says ISIL militants 10 could find Baghdad to be out of reach.
“They have to move in sufficient numbers to make a difference. But even if they don’t, with persistent 11 surveillance, you can watch the movement and eliminate it as it occurs,” says Deptula, who is now dean at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace 12 Studies.
That’s not to say using air power against ISIL would be easy, a point made by the top U.S. military official to lawmakers Tuesday.
“These forces are very much intermingled. It’s not as easy as looking at an iPhone video of a convoy 13 and them immediately striking it," said General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, of the Joint 14 Chiefs of Staff.
Part of ISIL’s success comes from its willingness to bury itself in civilian 15 populations. And drawing them out may take some help - like an effective Iraqi army, says former Army Ranger 16 and military analyst 17, Paul Floyd, now with Stratfor.
“They (the Iraqi security forces) would actually have to be making gains on the ground, flushing ISIL or ISIS out of urban populations to where they could be exposed and open to attacks,” says Floyd.
For now, the U.S. seems content to fly an increasing number of manned surveillance planes and drones over Iraq, building an ever more precise picture of ISIL’s forces for if and when the call comes to strike.
- a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
- She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
- Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
- The strike has delayed the mailing of tax reminders. 罢工耽搁了催税单的投寄。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- 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。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
- She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。
- The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
- Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
- He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。