VOA常速英语2008年-Can We Talk?
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
Washington, DC
05 February 2008
Relations between the U.S. and Iran have been strained for some time over Tehran's nuclear program. A recent encounter in the Persian Gulf 1 between their naval 2 forces illustrated 3 the extreme tensions that exist between the two nations. A group of peace activists 4 known as "Enough Fear" is promoting a people-to-people diplomacy 5 effort that they hope will prevent a future conflict between the countries. VOA's Behnam Nateghi was on hand recently as people from both nations... just talked. Jim Bertel narrates 6.
It is a simple phone bank on a New York street... where ordinary Americans are talking to their counterparts in Iran.
This telephone diplomacy is the brainchild of Nick Jehlen, a magazine art director who got the idea after conversations with Iranian bloggers on the Internet. He explains, "The origin of the campaign is basically to come up with a way for Iranians and Americans to work together for peace, instead of just having a peace movement in one country or the other."
The phones are modeled after Hollywood's take on the hotline between the Kremlin and the White House during the Cold War.
"It is basically the idea that there is a hotline between the United States and Iran," Jehlan said. "It should be between our two governments, but for right now we are going to start with the people."
Farsi-speaking students translate the conversations. On the other end are Iranians who submitted their phone numbers online.
Jedaiah thinks this is a good first step. "You know, we both, I am sure, Iranians love their country, as we love our country, and because we love our country, this is why we are making an effort like this."
Evelyn, a media researcher, was surprised to see the phones. She said, "Communicating person to person is really what politics are all about, right? But then it gets lost in all this… all the entanglements 7 that are going on. As you travel around the world and you meet people, or in New York, you meet immigrants, and everyone has a story to tell, which is human. It is exciting to be able to talk to someone in another place, which often we don't have the opportunity to."
Organizers are hoping there will be opportunities for people in other American cities to talk to people in Iran in the future.
- 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。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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 narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
- Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网
- Mr. White threaded his way through the legal entanglements. 怀特先生成功地解决了这些法律纠纷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall. 拂晓我们突破了城墙的铁丝网。 来自《简明英汉词典》