时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(六月)


英语课

By Paula Wolfson
White House
06 June 2006

President Bush says he is keeping a close watch on developments in Somalia, where Islamic fighters are on the move after taking control of the capital city, Mogadishu.

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President Bush, second right, stands with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff after his speech about border security and immigration reform at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico  
  

The president says the situation in Somalia provides plenty of reason for concern.

"Obviously, when there's instability anywhere in the world, we're concerned," said President Bush. "There is instability in Somalia."

Speaking to reporters during a tour of the U.S. border with Mexico, Mr. Bush said this instability could allow al-Qaida terrorists to move in and use Somalia as a base of operations.

"The first concern, of course, would be to make sure Somalia does not become an al-Qaida safe haven 1 - that it doesn't become a place from which terrorists can plot and plan," he said.

The president says he has discussed the problem with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and indicated they would hold further talks on the matter upon his return to Washington Wednesday afternoon.

"So we are watching very carefully the developments there and we will strategize more when I get back to Washington as to how best to respond to the latest incident there in Somalia," noted 2 George W. Bush.


Somali Islamic militia 3 members rest next to a truck carrying an anti aircraft gun that they have seized from a secular 4 alliance of warlords  
  
Islamic fighters in Somalia are now moving north after taking control of Mogadishu on Monday. Their next target is Jowhar, a city dominated by a coalition 5 of warlords that fought the Islamists for months in the capital.

The Islamic militias 6 have vowed 7 to turn Somalia into a religious state. But the coalition of warlords insists the battle is not over in Mogadishu, and they will move to regain 8 lost territory.

The Bush administration has refused to confirm or deny accusations 9 that it has backed the warlords. When asked about the matter again on Tuesday, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said only that the United States has a strong interest in fighting foreign terrorists in the Horn of Africa



n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
  • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
  • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.民兵,民兵组织
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
n.民兵组织,民兵( militia的名词复数 )
  • The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
  • The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
vt.重新获得,收复,恢复
  • He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
  • The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
学英语单词
adelogenic
angiosclerotic myasthenia
applictions
appointings
axial force of rail
baseball-related
be alive to
block cipher system
burgeri
cavenger jig
celling rate
cheongsam
chive
chrome bleaching
chrysanthemaxenthin
closing error in coordinate increment
coleosporium clematidis barclay
contact loss
continuous-wave interference
cooperative enterprises
data collection facility
dessert fork
dysluite
electrophoresis force
Epist.
erratic flow
event horizon
excitancy
fillmass chute
flat-platform body
floor-operated crane
goldchip
Gui Xian
half a loaf is better than none
harry
heat in the exterior
hidden reserve
hydrochlorothiazides
i-telle
Indigofera muliensis
informatical
information quantity
itbs
jacky 2,Jacky
kickiest
Kivitoo
lanting
law of independent assortment
lionskin
loading sequence
make system
mohnyins
morpholinobiguanide
moveout correction
myelosclerotic
naturalistic conception of definitions
Neocinnamomum
New Forest pony
non-deterministic space complexity
non-self-luminous object
option buyer
patchlike
peak magnetizing force
phagostatin
phase-shifter
physical loss or damage
pole-plate
powersafes
pump discharge manifold
pushing rod jack
Pyrenaria
quaking puddings
rackingly
radar equipment feeding
residual cake valve
resistivity sounding configuration
Riccitensor
sea monkeys
secondary acid
sensitive plant
separate regenerative chamber
severe heat stroke
short land memo
ssfa
stress-relaxation modulus
sualci venosi
suckled
take care tonight
tender chafing block
thymolytic
timed indefinite shipment
top needle
transition process
transparence diaphaneity
undefeatableness
unionless
unit of budget
valvulotomies
without much further ado
WSBA
Xuan Phu