2006年VOA标准英语-Afghan Poll: Big Support for US Military P
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
11 January 2006
U.S. Military Police officers from the 164th company stand guard during a patrol in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan (File photo)
A new survey in Afghanistan shows overwhelming popular support for U.S. and international troops in the country and huge opposition 1 to Islamic militants 3 linked to the former Taleban regime.
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A new public opinion survey says most Afghans have a favorable view of U.S.-led forces providing security in the country as well as the fledging democratic government of President Hamid Karzai.
Results of the poll were released Wednesday by the private and nonpartisan Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.
Mr. Karzai has a 93 percent approval rating and 83 percent of those surveyed think their country is headed in the right direction. And five out of six Afghans view the U.S. military presence as positive.
The group interviewed some two thousand Afghans during November and December - after the war-torn country was to convene 4 its first elected parliament in more than 30 years.
Speaking then, during a joint 5 news conference with U.S. Defense 6 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Mr. Karzai said Afghans have ample reason to be optimistic.
"Afghanistan is making tremendously good progress in with regards to institution building," he said. "We now have possession of elected institutions on which we shall build the future of Afghanistan."
It has been more than four years since the U.S. led coalition 7 ousted 8 the militant 2 Taleban regime for harboring al Qaida terrorists and helped clear the way for Afghanistan's democratic reforms.
Around 19,000 U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan tracking Taleban insurgents 9 in a number of restive 10 provinces.
According to the survey, almost 90 percent of Afghans have an unfavorable view of the Taleban and fugitive 11 al-Qaida leader Osama bin 12 Laden 13.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- 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 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。
- The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
- Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。
- 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。
- 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 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。
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
- The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。
- The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
- The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
- 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。