VOA标准英语2013--Walk The Earth In Safety At 20
时间：2019-02-01 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(九月)
Walk The Earth In Safety At 20
Once the fighting ends, peace treaties are signed and armies disbanded, too often the world assumes that life in former conflict areas will soon return to normal. But in many countries, landmines 1 and unexploded munitions 2 obstruct 3 the path to stabilization 4 and inhibit 5 long-term development.
Not until these deadly hazards are removed can communities realize the benefits of a return to peace and further promote stability and security.
This year, the United States celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. Humanitarian 6 Demining Program. In 1993, the Department of State, Department of Defense 7 and the U.S. Agency for International Development formed an interagency partnership 8 to coordinate 9 U.S. global efforts aiding countries in removing landmines and unexploded ordnance 10, and destroying unsecured weapons and munitions.
This was an important step, said Acting 11 Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Thomas Kelly.
“U.S. efforts have helped numerous countries reduce the impact of landmines and unexploded ordnance, contributed to a dramatic reduction in the worldwide annual casualty rate from these threats, allowed refugees and internally displaced persons to return safely to their homes, enhanced the political and economic stability of nations affected 12 by landmines, and increased international security.”
The U.S. program also supports medical rehabilitation 13 and vocational training for those injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war, as well as community outreach to prevent further injuries and essential investments in research and development of new technologies.
The United States is the world’s single largest financial supporter of conventional weapons destruction programs in dozens of countries around the globe. On September 17, as it has done every year since 2001, the Department of State released its annual report on these efforts, entitled, "To Walk the Earth in Safety.
According to the report, since 1993, the U.S. has contributed over $2 billion to more than 90 countries around the world to reduce the harmful worldwide effects of at-risk, illicitly 14 proliferated 15, and indiscriminately used conventional weapons of war. Last year alone, the State Department has contributed $149 million to assisting 35 post-conflict countries.
The United States leads the world in helping 16 countries eliminate the most dangerous remnants of war, allowing millions of people to live in safety.
- The treaty bans the use production and trade of landmines. 该条约规定，禁止使用地雷相关产品及贸易。
- One of the weapon's of special concern was landmines. 在引起人们特别关注的武器中就有地雷。
- The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
- He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。
- He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
- The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。
- The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
- With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
- Don't let ego and greed inhibit clear thinking and hard work.不要让自我和贪婪妨碍清晰的思维和刻苦的工作。
- They passed a law to inhibit people from parking in the street.他们通过一项法令以阻止人们在街上停车。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- 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 company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.战争期间她在一家兵工厂工作。
- Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce,ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.军队很缺鞋和衣服，武器供应和药品就更少了。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
- That substance illicitly to fool quality-inspection testers because it can mimic the properties of protein. 乳制品之所以添加三聚氰胺是因为它可以虚增蛋白质含量、在质量测试中蒙混过关。
- Western governments international bodies should police Gaza's borders and crossing-points to stop weapons illicitly coming in. 西方政府和国际组织应该巡查加沙边界和交叉区域，阻止武器的非法流入。
- Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year. 过去一年以来，论及这一问题的书和文章大量涌现。
- Influenza proliferated throughout the country. 流感在全国蔓延。