时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2017年(12月)


英语课

Excess and loosely secured weapons and munitions 1 worldwide pose a security risk and humanitarian 2 threat through illicit 3 diversion to terrorists, insurgents 4, and other destabilizing actors. Landmines 5, unexploded ordnance 6, and other explosive remnants of war not only kill and maim 7 thousands of people every year; they stand in the way of post-conflict stabilization 8 and reconstruction 9, and inhibit 10 long-term development.


在全球范围内过度或过松地管理武器和军火都会对构成安全威胁和人道主义威胁,因为武器和军火会通过非法途径流入恐怖分子、叛乱分子等破坏稳定的人手中。地雷、未燃爆军火等战争的残留爆炸物不仅导致每年上万人或死或伤,还阻碍了战后的稳定化工作和重建工作,阻碍了长期发展。


The United States is committed to making post-conflict communities safer, thus saving lives, preventing injuries, and allowing displaced peoples to return to their homes, which enables faster economic recovery and development.


美国致力于保障战后社群的安全,也就是拯救生命、防止人民受伤、让流离失所的人重返故乡,这些都会让经济恢复发展得更快。


To highlight U.S. government efforts in this area, the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement 11 issues a yearly report, entitled To Walk the Earth in Safety.


为了强调美国政府在该地区的工作,国务院销毁武器办公室发布了一份年度报告,名为《关于安全行走在地球上的报告》。


The most recent edition, released on December 12th, documents how the United States has invested more than $2.9 billion since 1993 for the securing and safe disposal of excess small arms, light weapons, and munitions as well as the safe clearance 12 of landmines and explosive remnants of war in more than 100 countries.


最近的版本发布于12月12日,记录了美国自1993年以来是怎样投资了29亿美元以帮助100多个国家安全处理大量轻武器、轻器械、军火以及安全清理地雷和战争爆炸残留物。


This investment makes the United States the world's single largest financial supporter of conventional weapons destruction.


美国的这些投资使之成为世界对常规武器销毁的最大资金援助国。


Many of these programs not only clear landmines and unexploded ordnance, they also help to educate communities, especially children, on how to prevent injuries and death from landmines and explosive remnants of war and create jobs that can provide a boost to post-conflict recovery efforts.


有很多项目不仅清理地雷和未燃爆军火,还助力为社群提供教育,尤其是为儿童提供教育,教会他们如何避免受到战争残留地雷和未燃爆军火的伤害,为他们提供就业岗位,推动战后的恢复工作。


Conventional weapons destruction is a complicated process that requires broad international cooperation, therefore the State Department, the Department of Defense 13, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other U.S. government agencies all work together with foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private companies to reduce conventional weapons and munitions stockpiles, improve security at storage sites and implement 14 humanitarian mine action programs.


常规武器销毁是一个复杂的过程,需要广泛的国际合作,因此国务院、国防部、美国国际开发署等政府机构与多个外国政府、非政府机构、私营企业通力合作,以减少常规武器和军火的库存,提升贮存场所的安全,实施人道主义排雷行动项目。


In her introduction to the Report, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow noted 15 that support for conventional weapons destruction is a cornerstone of our national security policy and stressed that the success of our programs is built on strong bipartisan support from Congress and the people of the United States, who recognize that our nation benefits from helping 16 to create a world in which all may walk the earth in safety.


在介绍这份报告时,负责政治军事事务的国务院首席助理国务卿蒂娜(Tina Kaidanow)表示,销毁常规武器的支持工作是我们国家安全政策的基石。她还强调我们各个项目的成功建立于来自国会和美国人民的强力两党支持,他们都意识到我们的国家会因助力创造一个可以安全行走于地球的环境而受益。



1 munitions
n.军火,弹药;v.供应…军需品
  • The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
  • He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。
2 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
3 illicit
adj.非法的,禁止的,不正当的
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
4 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
5 landmines
潜在的冲突; 地雷,投伞水雷( landmine的名词复数 )
  • The treaty bans the use production and trade of landmines. 该条约规定,禁止使用地雷相关产品及贸易。
  • One of the weapon's of special concern was landmines. 在引起人们特别关注的武器中就有地雷。
6 ordnance
n.大炮,军械
  • She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.战争期间她在一家兵工厂工作。
  • Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce,ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.军队很缺鞋和衣服,武器供应和药品就更少了。
7 maim
v.使残废,使不能工作,使伤残
  • Automobile accidents maim many people each year. 汽车车祸每年使许多人残废。
  • These people kill and maim innocent civilians.这些人杀死和残害无辜平民。
8 Stabilization
稳定化
  • The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
  • With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下,高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
9 reconstruction
n.重建,再现,复原
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
10 inhibit
vt.阻止,妨碍,抑制
  • Don't let ego and greed inhibit clear thinking and hard work.不要让自我和贪婪妨碍清晰的思维和刻苦的工作。
  • They passed a law to inhibit people from parking in the street.他们通过一项法令以阻止人们在街上停车。
11 abatement
n.减(免)税,打折扣,冲销
  • A bag filter for dust abatement at the discharge point should be provided.在卸料地点应该装设袋滤器以消除粉尘。
  • The abatement of the headache gave him a moment of rest.头痛减轻给他片刻的休息。
12 clearance
n.净空;许可(证);清算;清除,清理
  • There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
  • The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。
13 defense
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。
14 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
15 noted
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。
16 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
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