VOA标准英语2008年-Bush, Olmert Stand United Against Iranian Nucle
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Scott Stearns
White House
04 June 2008
U.S. President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert say they are determined 1 to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Iran says it is enriching uranium solely 2 for the peaceful civilian 3 purpose of generating electricity.
President George Bush (r) and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House, 04 Jun 2008
The president and prime minister met in the Oval Office where they told reporters before their meeting that they would discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and Syrian involvement in Lebanon.
But Iran clearly tops the agenda. President Bush said the international community must be united in preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
"Iran is an existential threat to peace, and it is very important for the world to take the Iranian threat seriously, which the United States does, as the prime minister will tell you," he said.
Prime Minister Olmert said Iran is the world's main threat.
He told the annual meeting of a pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington Tuesday that the world community must use drastic measures to convince Iran that pursuing nuclear weapons will have what he called devastating 4 consequences.
The latest U.S. intelligence assessment 5 on Iran says Tehran had a secret nuclear weapons program that it suspended in 2003. Israel believes that program is continuing under the guise 6 of a civilian uranium enrichment program.
Iran says it has the sovereign right to enrich uranium for nuclear reactors 7 to generate electricity.
The prime minister's visit to Washington comes as investigations 9 into a political corruption 10 scandal continue at home.
Political opponents and leaders from his own coalition 11 are calling for Mr. Olmert's resignation following allegations that he received bribes 12 from a U.S. businessman.
The prime minister denies the allegations and has said he will step down if indicted 13.
Asked how that political uncertainty 14 affects the goal of outlining a Palestinian state before President Bush leaves office, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said there is no denying the investigation 8, but she believes it has not clouded anyone's vision for defining a Palestinian state by the end of the year.
- 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。
- Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
- The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
- The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。
- 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。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- 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。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。