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英语课
By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
03 July 2007


NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop 1 Scheffer says the alliance must do everything in its power to avoid civilian 2 casualties in Afghanistan. But he warned that NATO opponents in Afghanistan cannot be put on the same moral ground as alliance forces. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome.






NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (14 Jun 2007)


NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (14 Jun 2007)



Amid growing concerns about the killing 3 of innocent people by NATO forces in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the alliance will do and has to do everything in its ability to prevent civilian casualties.


"For NATO every single innocent life lost in Afghanistan in one too many," he said.


The NATO chief was addressing reporters following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on the sidelines of a two-day conference on Afghanistan's rule of law, under way at the Foreign Ministry 4 in Rome.


The secretary-general said no NATO soldier or coalition 5 soldier would ever intentionally 6 kill innocent civilians 7. He also made clear that no one should forget that NATO and the international community's opponents in Afghanistan cannot be placed in the same moral category as NATO forces.


"Our opponent mingles 8 and mixes with innocent civilians. They are in a different moral category," he said. "I mean, we do not intentionally kill. They behead people, they burn schools, they kill women and children. In other words, let us not forget that. But having said that, NATO will do and has to do everything in its ability to prevent civilian casualties."


De Hoop Scheffer said that NATO would look at its procedures and coordination 9 with other forces operating in Afghanistan so that the right procedures are in place to avoid civilian casualties as much as possible.


Civilian casualties in Afghanistan has been a sensitive issue for the international military mission there. President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly asked international forces to take better care of Afghan lives.




n.(篮球)篮圈,篮
  • The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
  • The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • 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。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • 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。
ad.故意地,有意地
  • I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
  • The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所,因此没有资格再获得提供住房。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
混合,混入( mingle的第三人称单数 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
  • He rarely mingles with persons of his own rank in society. 他几乎不与和他身份相同的人交往。
  • The distant rumbling of the guns mingles with our marching song. 枪的深邃长声与我们行进歌混合。
n.协调,协作
  • Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
  • The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好,使演出更具魅力。
学英语单词
a professional athlete
aaprotect
activity factor of B (in a liquid or a solid mixture)
al-rasheed
alignment time
anti-perfectionists
aporrectodea trapezoides
assembly robot
band-edge tailing
Barrault, Jean-Louis
be ambitious to do sth
beiderman
biophysics of membrane transport
blowout switch
boning room
caponier
Cetiprin
clinical genetics
cold waste
commercial fertilizer
content ratio analyzer
corticoliberin
crushable structure
customer centricity
DB
desktop videoconferencing
druggister
durable good
encander
essien
Ettrickhall
exner comprehensive system
extra heavy duty
genus omphalotuss
geometric mean inequality
group efficiency
hand brake housing
herposiphonieae
high efficiency TWT
highest probable frequency (hpf)
hold sb in high esteem
holeier
homogentisic acids
hot-tubs
instruction mode
iron-clad
Japanophobic
kizdere
kona cyclone
kragen
L, l
lactomucin
latitudinal cleavage
LC-ME
localcalls
lycocernuine
Maastrichtians
malignant auricular arrhythmia
methylphenylamine
micrometer-microscope
nimbiol
Office Francais de Recherche Sous-Marine
ophthalmoreaction
overconsolidated soil
peg-bar
pingees
pogonia macrocarpum broth
Pyeonghae
Qosqo
quadrant-edge orifice plate
radiosonde station
recommend substitutes
Rhizoma Panacis Japonici
rotating particle
roundhand
Saccharum Granorum
Saint James
schlenker
shoddy shaker
sidewheeler
silicon meter
skeezas
small calorie (cal)
softening plant
SP-54
square can
steering wheel angle
sukhoi
sulphur parakeet
the green-eyed monster
the have-nots
thixomolding
to yearn after...
tobacco looper
ultramacho
ultrasonic laparoscope
under authorities
volume color
wind someone round one's fingers
workfree
working-time
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