VOA标准英语2009-Obama Meets Saudi King, Prepares for Major S
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
U.S, President Barack Obama is in Saudi Arabia as he prepares to address Muslims around the world Thursday from Cairo. On the eve of the speech, he sought the counsel of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.
President Barack Obama (l) and Saudi King Abdullah at the King's Farm in Riyadh, 03 Jun 2009
They met in private at the king's farm on the outskirts 1 of Riyadh.
It was their first extended face-to-face meeting. As reporters and cameras were briefly 2 ushered 3 into the room, the president spoke 4 of the strategic relationship between the two countries. He said he wanted to meet with the king before the speech in Cairo.
I thought it was very fitting to come to the place where Islam began and to seek His Majesty's counsel, and to discuss with him many of the issues that we confront here in the Middle East," said President Obama.
King Abdullah thanked the president for his words, and said the people of the United States have elected a distinguished 5 man who deserves to be president.
He too reflected on years of U.S.-Saudi strategic ties going back to the World War II era.
Earlier, the king gave President Obama a red-carpet airport welcome complete with a military honor guard and a 21 gun salute 6.
The stop in Riyadh was a late addition to an itinerary 7 that was originally slated 8 to begin in Cairo with an address to the world's Muslims - a speech Mr. Obama has been promising 9 since last year's presidential campaign.
His aim is to ease decades of tensions between Muslims and the United States - tensions heightened by the war in Iraq and lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
But as he was arriving in Riyadh with high hopes of launching an invigorated dialogue, a new audio tape attributed to al-Qaida leader Osama bin 10 Laden 11 was aired on al-Jazeera television.
In the recorded message, bin Laden vows 12 revenge for the crackdown on militants 13 in Pakistan, and threatens violence on the American people.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters in Riyadh, bin Laden wants to undermine the president's outreach to Muslims.
"I don't think it is surprising that al-Qaida would want to shift attention away from the president's historic efforts, and continued efforts, to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world," said Robert Gibbs.
Gibbs said the tape is still being analyzed 14, but said the message is consistent with those heard in the past from al-Qaida threatening the U.S. and other countries involved in counter-terrorism efforts.
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
- A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
- A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
- Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
- The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
- The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
- The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。
- Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
- Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
- The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》