VOA常速英语2007-US Defense Secretary in Peru for Counter-Narcoti
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Lima
06 October 2007
U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates discussed the fight against drug trafficking and other international crime during a visit to Peru Friday. VOA's Al Pessin reports from Lima.
A Peruvian defense ministry 2 official said Defense Minister Allan Wagner would present "specific plans and make specific requests for assistance" during several hours of meetings with Secretary Gates and his team. The official, who spoke 3 to reporters on condition of anonymity 4, said Peru wants to buy police boats from the United States for counter-narcotics patrols on the country's rivers. The official says Peru wants to increase its river patrols by 30 per cent because much of the cocaine 5 produced here is smuggled 6 out by boat.
But after the meetings, Defense Minister Wagner did not provide any specifics, saying only that Peru is interested in expanding its ability to fight drug trafficking on the country's rivers and at sea.
Secretary Gates said he came to listen, and to seek new ways the United States can work with Peru to fight what he called "today's problems."
"This visit is an opportunity for me to listen, and a reminder 7 of our shared commitment to countering narco-terrorists, combating trafficking of all kinds and fighting trans-national crime," he said.
Defense Minister Wagner called the talks "very intense" and said Secretary Gates' meeting with President Alan Garcia gave a "new dimension" to U.S.-Peruvian defense cooperation.
U.S. and Peruvian officials all said the possibility of establishing an American base in Peru was not discussed. Ecuador says it will not renew the lease on a facility it hosts when the agreement expires in 2009. The airstrip is used as a base for anti-drug surveillance flights. U.S. officials say they hope the Ecuadorian government will change its position, and in the meantime they are exploring options for other locations. But the subject is so sensitive in Latin American countries, they refuse to discuss any specifics.
- 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。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- 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。
- Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
- Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
- That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
- Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网