2006年VOA标准英语-US Attorney General Defends Terrorism War
时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(三月)
By Michael Drudge 1
London
07 March 2006
The attorney general of the United States has conceded mistakes were made in the handling of some prisoners captured in the war on terror, but he has told a European audience the United States does not condone 2 torture and will punish anyone caught using it.
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Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has spoken on the need for international cooperation in fighting terrorism at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.
His appearance follows a series of condemnations of U.S. tactics in the war on terrorism from European human rights groups, some European politicians and the United Nations.
Gonzales concedes there have been self-inflicted setbacks in fighting radical 3 Islamists, such as the mistreatment of inmates 4 at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, but he says the perpetrators have been punished, and the war's circumstances are unusual.
"Have we made mistakes? Yes, we've made mistakes," he said. "This has been a very difficult and challenging threat to the United States of America. But we are confronting issues that we've never seen before, a threat that we've never seen before."
Gonzales says he wants to correct any impression that the United States is trampling 5 on human rights and international law in its fight against terrorists.
"I am concerned that there may be people in Europe who believe that the United States does not respect the rule of law," he said. "As the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, that is particularly troubling to me because I know our president. I know him very well. I know he believes in the rule of law and he has great expectations that everyone in his administration abide 6 by our legal obligations."
The attorney general says the United States defines torture as, "the intentional 7 infliction 8 of severe mental or physical suffering." He says he understands that other people might have a lower threshold of what constitutes torture.
Gonzales would not comment about specific allegations of abuses at the Guantanamo Bay detention 9 camp in Cuba, such as water boarding, during which a prisoner fears he might drown. He referred questions about the use of dogs to intimidate 10 Guantanamo prisoners to the Defense 11 Department.
Gonzales says international law was not designed to deal with transnational threats from terrorists who do not represent any particular country. He says there are questions about whether the privileges and rights of captives contained in the 56-year-old Geneva Conventions make sense when confronting 21st century terrorists.
- I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作!
- I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷,倒运,走投无路的苦力,只会拖累你。
- I cannot condone the use of violence.我不能宽恕使用暴力的行为。
- I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.我绝不允许任何导致战争的行为。
- 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。
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
- They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。
- You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
- If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部,你就得遵守它的规章。
- Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
- His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
- Don't immerse yourself in the infliction too long.不要长时间沉浸在痛苦经历中。
- Instead of rivets there came an invasion,an infliction,and a visitation.但是铆钉并没有运来,来的却是骚扰、混乱和视察。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
- The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。