VOA常速英语2007年-Bush Visits Wounded Troops
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
Washington
08 November 2007
President Bush visited wounded troops at the U.S. Defense 1 Department's premier 2 rehabilitation 3 center for amputees. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush says the government is improving the quality of military care.
President Bush met with recovering military personnel at the Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. "Someone wounded in the defense of America needs all the help he or she can get. The servicemen and women here have borne the burdens of battle. They have kept our country safe. We honor them and their families by helping 4 them with all we can," he said.
Earlier this year, an investigation 5 by the Washington Post newspaper brought to light poor living conditions for some patients at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, D.C.
The newspaper found recuperating 6 soldiers living in a run-down building infested 7 with mice, mold, and cockroaches 8. It also revealed long delays in scheduling follow-up procedures for some outpatients.
The scandal over conditions for some of the troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan led to the removal of the general in charge of Walter Reed and the appointment of a commission to improve military health care led by former Senator Bob Dole 9 and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala.
White House officials say the executive branch is making progress on the recommendations put forward by that commission. President Bush says an outdated 11 system can confuse recovering soldiers in a maze 12 of bureaucracy.
"There were serious problems caused by bureaucratic 13 delays and administrative 14 failures. And that is unacceptable. It is unacceptable to me as Commander-in-Chief. It is unacceptable to the families of those who deserve the best care. And it is unacceptable to the American people," he said.
In San Antonio, the president met with amputees exercising in a swimming pool that makes its own waves and spoke 15 with wounded veterans using an indoor climbing wall.
Mr. Bush spends the night at his Texas ranch 10 where he will be joined Friday and Saturday by German Chancellor 16 Angela Merkel. White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino says the two leaders are expected to discuss Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Middle East peace, climate change and Syria's involvement in Lebanon.
- 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 Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
- 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。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- 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。
- He's still recuperating from his operation. 他动了手术，还在恢复。
- He is recuperating from a serious back injury. 他背部受了重伤，目前正在康复中。 来自辞典例句
- The kitchen was infested with ants. 厨房里到处是蚂蚁。
- The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。
- At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
- It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句
- It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
- Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。
- He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
- The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
- That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
- Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
- He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
- She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。
- The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic airs.劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的官气。
- In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.在这个公司里即使是领一支新铅笔，也必须通过繁琐的手续。
- The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
- He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
- 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。
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。