VOA常速英语2007-Gates Plans Changes to Supervision of Security C
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
San Salvador
02 October 2007
U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates says he expects to order several steps to improve the supervision 2 of security contractors 3 working for the U.S. military in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from San Salvador, where the secretary spoke 4 during a visit on Tuesday.
Secretary Gates said he read a report early Tuesday from a five-member team he sent to Iraq last week to assess the use and supervision of security contractors. The secretary ordered the review two weeks ago after contractors from the Blackwater security company working for the State Department were accused of killing 5 at least 11 Iraqi civilians 6 during a shootout in Baghdad.
"The report makes a number of recommendations on how we can strengthen our oversight 7 of contractors working for the Department of Defense in Iraq," said Robert Gates.
The secretary did not provide details of the group's recommendations, and said he had not had a chance to discuss them with other senior officials. But he indicated he would like to make the changes the panel recommended.
"The recommendations from the group look very reasonable to me, and I anticipate that we will move forward toward trying to implement 8 them," he said.
Secretary Gates spoke after a State Department report was critical of Blackwater for several incidents in which its agents allegedly used excessive force. An official traveling with the secretary says the Pentagon report did not look specifically at those incidents because Blackwater works for the State Department. But the official says the report includes an evaluation 9 of how Blackwater fits into the overall security structure in Iraq.
Last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England sent a memo 10 to field commanders, reminding them that they have the authority to supervise security contractors and the responsibility to make sure their rules for the use of force are consistent with the military's own rules.
- 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。
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
- Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
- I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
- The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。