VOA标准英语2013--北约官员在阿富汗见面
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十月)
NATO Officials Meet on Afghanistan 北约官员在阿富汗见面
BRUSSELS — U.S. and NATO officials say they are confident Afghanistan will accept a security agreement ahead of next year's pullout of NATO troops from the country.
U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Chuck Hagel came to NATO headquarters with a call for Afghanistan to work swiftly - to approve the deal that will set the rules governing the presence of U.S. forces after the 2014 withdrawal 2.
Afghan troops sustained losses averaging 100 soldiers killed per week at the peak of combat missions in 2013.
But U.S. officials, speaking on the sidelines here at NATO, say that number has tapered 3 off recently and say Afghan leaders need to sustain the gains by approving the security agreement and putting in place conditions to ensure peace in the country after NATO troops depart.
Violence like this suicide bomb attack on a residential 4 compound in the outskirts 5 of Kabul last week is a sign of what NATO officials say could be an especially violent winter - as militants 6 step up high-profile attacks in an effort to scare the population into opposing any foreign troop presence after 2014.
It is now up to Afghan tribal 7 leaders and the Afghan parliament to approve the deal. Those debates are expected in November.
A key sticking point is the firm U.S. demand to retain legal jurisdiction 8 over U.S. troops so they would not be subject to prosecution 9 under Afghan laws.
An agreement is necessary before the U.S. can decide how many, if any, U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014.
- 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 police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- 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。
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
- Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。