VOA标准英语2013--Optimism Present as Iranian Nuclear Talks Set to Resume
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十月)
Optimism Present as Iranian Nuclear Talks Set to Resume
WASHINGTON — Iran is expected to introduce new proposals regarding its controversial nuclear program when talks with major Western nations resume next Tuesday in Geneva. There is cautious optimism because this is the first round of negotiations 1 since Iran’s new president took office.
Iranian war games in the Middle East. U.S. warplanes roaring down an aircraft runway in the Persian Gulf 2. Military muscle flexing 3 has for years been indicative of the adversarial relationship between Iran and the West.
But with sanctions crippling Iran’s economy, however, diplomacy 4 now has taken center stage.
Recently-elected President Hassan Rouhani says it is time for a new approach. “Iran will prepare and present it in Geneva. We hope that even a more effective step will be taken in Geneva in order to settle the nuclear issue.”
The biggest symbolic 5 breakthrough came when U.S. President Barack Obama spoke 6 to his Iranian counterpart on the phone, opening the way for a possible thaw 7 in relations.
This creates a new dynamic, according to Iran expert Patrick Clawson with The Washington Institute. “This team wants to get a deal that is on Iran’s terms and there is going to be some hard negotiating, but they want to get a deal," he said. “That is the big difference.”
The West wants Iran to halt production of near weapons grade uranium. It wants to stop activities at the underground Fordow plant, part of what the U.S. and Israel say is an undercover weapons program, a charge Tehran denies.
Another major issue is the heavy water plant at Arak, which could soon produce plutonium, a second route to nuclear weapons.
The West will want a vigorous program of verification.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it is time not for words but action. "So what we need are a set of proposals from Iran that fully 8 disclose how they will show the world that their program is peaceful.”
Israel has threatened military strikes unless Iran’s program is curtailed 9.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “So long as Iran has not dismantled 10 the centrifuges or the plutonium reactors 11, there should be no relaxing of the sanctions.”
Iran wants relief from sanctions that have severely 12 restricted oil exports. It also wants access to the international monetary 13 system, after its currency has plummeted 14 in value.
Ultimately, analysts 15 say, one man will determine whether Iran will agree to a deal - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“While we are optimistic about the diplomatic delegation 16 of our dear nation and government, we are pessimistic about the Americans,” said Khamenei.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was named to head his country’s negotiating team. Iranian state media say Tehran wants Western powers to send top diplomats 17 to the talks.
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- Flexing particular muscles allows snakes to move in several ways. 可弯曲的特殊的肌肉使蛇可以用几种方式移动。 来自电影对白
- China has become an economic superpower and is flexing its muscles. 中国已经成为了一个经济巨人而且在展示他的肌肉。 来自互联网
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- 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 snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
- The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- Spending on books has been severely curtailed. 购书开支已被大大削减。
- Their public health programme had to be severely curtailed. 他们的公共卫生计划不得不大大收缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
- The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
- The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
- A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。