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英语课
By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
17 July 2007


In the U.S. Senate, Democratic leaders are holding a rare round-the-clock session to press Republicans to vote for a proposal calling for a withdrawal 2 of U.S. troops from Iraq.  Republican leaders are using procedural tactics to block the measure from moving forward on the Senate floor.  VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.






US troops run across the street during a mission in Baquba, 04 Jul 2007


US troops during a mission in Baquba, 04 Jul 2007



Senators are debating a plan, proposed as an amendment 3 to a defense 4 bill, that calls for a U.S. troop pullout from Iraq to begin within 120 days and completed by next April.


Senator Jack 5 Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat 1, is a key sponsor.


"The Bush administration's current policy is straining our military, inhibiting 6 our ability to fight the war on terrorism, diminishing our standing 7 in the international community, and rapidly losing the support of the American public," he said.  "In sum, it is a policy that cannot be sustained."






Sen. John McCain talks with reporters regarding changes to his presidential campaign staff on Capitol Hill, 10 July  2007 


Senator John McCain, 10 July 2007 



But Republican opponents argue that withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq before Iraqis are able to defend their own country would only lead to more violence, and would hand a victory to terrorists.


"If we leave Iraq prematurely 10, jihadists around world would interpret the withdrawal as their great victory against our great power," said Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican.


But Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, one of a few Republicans who support the measure, says the proposal does not call for a premature 9 withdrawal.






Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, second from left, accompanied by fellow Senators, discusses war in Iraq during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,  17 July 2007


Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, second from left, accompanied by fellow Senators, discusses war in Iraq during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,  17 July 2007



"It is a redeployment, a reduction in forces, a change in mission, for example, to engage in counterinsurgency against al-Qaida," she noted 11.  "I think this is the most reasoned, reasonable approach.  It is not rash."


Snowe favors a change in U.S. strategy in Iraq because, she argues, the Iraqi government has not done enough toward establishing a stable unity 8 government.


Supporters of the troop withdrawal plan say more than 50 senators, a majority in the 100-member chamber 12, back the measure.  


But they acknowledge that they lack the 60 votes necessary under Senate rules to overcome Republican efforts to block the legislation.  A vote to limit debate and allow an up-or-down vote on the troop withdrawal measure scheduled Wednesday is expected to fail.


Still, Senate Majority Leader Harry 13 Reid of Nevada says he hopes the round-the-clock session could alter the vote's outcome.






Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (r), followed by Sen. Charles Schumer, center, and Sen. Richard Durbin, arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, 16 July 2007<br />


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (r), followed by Sen. Charles Schumer, center, and Sen. Richard Durbin, arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, 16 July 2007



"Will the all-night session change any votes?  I hope so, because it will focus attention on the obstructionism of the Republicans," he said.


At the White House, spokesman Tony Snow views the marathon Senate session as pure political theater.


"The idea of going through the gesture of having late night, all-night meeting is highly unusual," he said.  "You think, okay, this might be kind of interesting, so let's take it for the spectator event it is."


The White House has been urging lawmakers to wait to assess the situation in Iraq until the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, briefs Congress in September.


Despite the gridlock on the troop withdrawal amendment, lawmakers did vote 94 to 3 in favor of a Republican-sponsored, non-binding resolution saying the Senate should not pass legislation that would undermine the U.S. military's ability to prevent a failed state in Iraq.




n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
抑制作用的,约束的
  • The high cost of borrowing is inhibiting investment by industry in new equipment. 借款的高成本抑制了企业对新设备的投资。
  • The pesticides affect the nervous system by inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase. 这类农药抑制胆碱酯酶而影响神经系统。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
  • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
  • The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
adv.过早地,贸然地
  • She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产,肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了,不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
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absolute catalog
absolute speed drop
Amqui
Apium graveolens L. var. rapaceum DC.
aqmds
auxiliary traction machine
baksheeshed
bear the bell
berloque
betake
breathing exercise
by stealth
charge-transfer device
chronic recurrent appendicitis
circular bore
combustibility test
common seals
comptrollers general
computer-aided manufacturing system
Cuxwold
cyclindole
dactylium alpiniae
daughtery
decayablest
digital character generator
Dmitrovskiy Rayon
drifting automatic radio-meteorological system
drum type shears
Eblis
elastic work schedule system
equilux
eristalinus lugens
fade-in fade-out device
free-ports
full-storage system
genus coragypss
genus corallorhizas
genus phyllocladuss
give them a hand
Graptemys
grid lines device
hexosemonophosphate shunt
high definition camera
Hyades Group
hydrodynamic moment
imbabura
inconstancy
inverted vee
irregular rondo
lacker
Lahemaarahvuspark
Liparis kwangtungensis
little-endian
marketing association
maximum likelihood decision rule
mcclatchy
meat consumption
millimho
minimum admissible dimension
molk
Māsimpur
novacek
open and closed shelter deck ship
operational failure
overcultures
Ponkuto-san
raise doubts
response prevention
rolling characteristic
rubra polycythemia
salmiana
scanlated
sechelle
semiautos
seventeen-year-old
silver storm
sinuses reuniens
solar power tower
split off from sb
stir a bath
stirring up
storytime
stranguria due to disturbance of qi
tetramethylthiuram disulfide
top echelon
toxamin
Transcaucasia
transfer fund
truxene
ultramarine blue
unclaimable
univariate optimum interpolation
unsoaped
urology in childhood
uterus incadiformis
vacillation
Vagay
valve lightening arrester
vasotropic
vibration screen
virtual ampere-turn
wind-borne load