2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: No Compromise, Dialogue With Terrorists
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Paula Wolfson
Washington
05 September 2006
George W. Bush
President Bush is defending his handling of the war on terror as the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States rapidly approaches. Mr. Bush says the nature of the terrorist threat is changing, and vows 1 there will be no negotiations 2 with the enemy.
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The president says five years after the September 11 attacks, America is safer but not safe enough.
He says the al-Qaida terrorist network has been weakened, but remains 3 angry and determined 4. He says the movement has become less centralized, with small dispersed 5 groups plotting violent acts. "Some of these groups are made up of home grown terrorists - militant 6 extremists who were born and educated in Western nations or indoctrinated by radical 7 Islamists or attracted to their ideology 8 and join the violent extremists cause," he said.
He says whether these radicals 9 are Sunni or Shi'ite, Western born or from the Middle East, there can be no appeasement 10, and no middle ground. "These radicals have declared their uncompromising hostility 11 to freedom. It is foolish to think that you can negotiate with them," he said.
In the latest of a series of speeches defending his policy on the war on terrorism, President Bush made the case for vigilance. He did so by quoting the words of the leaders of the terrorist movement, including comments by al-Qaida leader Osama Bin 12 Laden 13 on the fight for the heart and soul of Iraq. "He says the whole world is watching this war and that it will end in victory and glory or misery 14 and humiliation 15. For al-Qaida, Iraq is not a distraction 16 from their war on America. It is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided," he said.
Mr. Bush also cited statements made by Iran's leaders, drawing a link between the regime in Tehran and the hierarchy 17 of al-Qaida. "Like al-Qaida and the Sunni extremists, the Iranian regime has clear aims. They want to drive America out of the region, destroy Israel and dominate the greater Middle East," he said.
The president spoke 18 just hours after the White House released an updated version of its 2003 report on the administration's strategy for winning the war on terrorism. The report contains no new policies, but it does put together in one document for public consumption all the various elements of the counter-terrorism strategy put in place since 2001.
President Bush said the bottom line is to stop acts of terrorism before they occur. He said the enemy has evolved, and so has the response.
- Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
- The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
- 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。
- 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。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
- After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。
- 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 patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- 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。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句
- Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves. 音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
- There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. 对残暴行为是不能姑息的。 来自演讲部分
- There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
- His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
- He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
- He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
- She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。