VOA常速英语2007年-Last Japanese Ship Returns from Six-Year Indian
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
Hong Kong
23 November 2007
The final Japanese navy tanker 1 has returned home from the Indian Ocean, ending a six-year mission in support of U.S. led coalition 2 troops in Afghanistan. As Naomi Martig reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the tanker's return comes amid a political deadlock 3 over whether to continue the controversial mission.
The Japanese tanker was welcomed to a port in Tokyo by cheering families, a brass 4 honor band and several senior government officials, including Defense 5 Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Ishiba praised the Marine 6 Self Defense Forces for what he called a "world class effort." He said the defense ministry 7 is doing all it can to enact 8 anti-terror legislation as soon as possible.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's administration brought back the two ships after the main opposition 9 party failed to extend the navy mission past its November deadline. Opposition leaders have since refused to back legislation granting a new mandate 10.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura also spoke 11 to the crew, promising 12 to restart the mission.
"We are determined 13 to approve legislation on combating terror in the current Diet [Parliament] session, that would continue refueling activities [in the Indian Ocean]," he said.
The first Japanese navy ship operating in the Indian Ocean returned to a port in southwestern Japan earlier this week.
Japan began the refueling mission after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. The tankers 14 were providing fuel and other logistical support to troops in Afghanistan.
The country's opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which controls the upper house of parliament, argues that the mission violates the country's pacifist constitution and that it lacks a U.N. mandate.
Japan's more powerful lower house of parliament, controlled by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has approved a resumption of the mission. The opposition, however, has pledged to block the bill. Prospects 15 for the navy's return to the Indian Ocean remain uncertain.
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
- 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。
- The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
- The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
- Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
- Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
- 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。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
- For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
- 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。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- 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。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- 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。
- They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。
- The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。