时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2017年(11月)


英语课

As part of the continuing U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership 1 Dialogue, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon recently met with Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque in Dhaka. They discussed further strengthening the U.S.-Bangladesh political, economic and energy partnership, and counterterrorism cooperation. They also discussed the North Korean nuclear threat and U.S. assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.


在美国-孟加拉国伙伴对话进行期间,美国负责政治事务的副国务卿托马斯 香农(Thomas A. Shannon)近日与孟加拉国外长沙希杜尔 哈克(Shahidul Haque)在孟加拉首都达卡进行了会晤。他们进一步讨论了加强美国与孟加拉国在政治、经济、能源领域的伙伴关系以及加强反恐合作的事宜。他们还讨论了朝鲜的核威胁问题以及美国对身在孟加拉国的罗兴亚难民的援助问题。


During the meeting, Under Secretary Shannon thanked the government of Bangladesh for its generosity 2 in responding to the refugee crisis in Burma's Rakhine State, and expressed appreciation 3 for its efforts to ensure assistance reaches the refugees in Bangladesh.


会晤期间,副国务卿香农感谢孟加拉国政府在响应缅甸若干州难民危机方面所展现的慷慨大义,并表达了对孟加拉国为确保援助能够抵达孟加拉国的罗兴亚难民所付出努力的感谢。


More than 600,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from Burma's Rakhine State since late August, amid brutal 4 violence by the Burmese military and local vigilantes acting 5 in concert with the security forces, in what the UN has called "a textbook example of ethnic 6 cleansing 7.”


自八月末以来,60多万罗兴亚人从缅甸的若干州进入了孟加拉国境内。跋涉期间,他们遭遇了缅甸军方、当地警务人员、安全部队不堪入目的暴力对待。他们的遭遇被联合国称为“教科书式的种族清洗。”


Simon Henshaw, Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration 8 recently visited refugees and internally displaced people in Burma and Bangladesh. Henshaw praised Bangladesh's government and its people for supporting the refugees, and urged the Government of Burma to establish conditions that will allow for the safe, voluntary, and dignified 9 return of refugees to their own home, and their own land.


近日,负责人口、难民和移民事务的代理助理国务卿西蒙 亨肖(Simon Henshaw)访问了缅甸和孟加拉国的难民和流离失所的人。亨肖赞扬了孟加拉国政府及其人民支持难民的举动,并敦促缅甸政府创造条件,让难民可以以有尊严地方式安全、自愿地回到家园和土地。


Henshaw said, Responsibility for repatriation 10 lies with the government of Burma. It is responsible for starting up the process and making sure that they are providing the safe and secure area for people to voluntarily return.


亨肖表示,缅甸政府有遣送难民回国的责任。缅甸政府有责任开启遣送回国的进程,并确保他们为自愿回国的难民提供了安全可靠的区域。


The United States is deeply concerned over the well-being 11 of those who have fled and has provided nearly $40 million in humanitarian 12 aid for refugees, host communities, and persons internally displaced in response to the Rakhine State crisis since August 25. This brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance for displaced persons in Burma and refugees from Burma in the region, to nearly $104 million in fiscal 13 year 2017.


美国深深忧虑逃亡难民的福祉,并提供了近4千万美元的人道主义援助金给难民、当地社群和流离失所的人,帮助他们应对自8月25日开始若干州发生的难民危机。此举让美国2017年对缅甸难民和孟加拉国缅甸难民的人道主义总援助金达到近1.04亿美元。


The United States continues to call on Bangladeshi and Burmese officials to develop a framework for the safe and voluntary return of Rohingya communities to Burma. The United States urges rapid and complete implementation 14 of the Annan Commission's recommendations, including urgent provision of humanitarian and media access throughout Rakhine State and ensuring accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations 15, with a view towards creating conditions for long term peace and development in Rakhine State.


美国依然在呼吁孟加拉国和缅甸官员创制一个框架,让罗兴亚族难民可以安全自愿地返回缅甸。美国敦促快速彻底地实施安南委员会的建议,包括为若干州提供应急的人道主义援助,并让媒体得以进入若干州境内,确保违背人权的人得到惩治,同时着力为若干州创造长期和平发展的条件。



1 partnership
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
2 generosity
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为
  • We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
  • We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
3 appreciation
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
4 brutal
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
5 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
6 ethnic
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
7 cleansing
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
8 dignified
a.可敬的,高贵的
  • Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中,他始终沉默以保持尊严。
  • He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。
9 repatriation
n.遣送回国,归国
  • The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
  • Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. (六)洽办货物理赔,船舶海事处理,办理船员遣返,就医,旅游等。 来自互联网
10 well-being
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
11 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。
12 fiscal
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
13 implementation
n.实施,贯彻
  • Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。
14 violations
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
学英语单词
abductor ventralis muscle
acta
Ad Dukaydik
aerothermochemist
avon
basic categories of soil classification
be brought on the carpet
binding attachment
blow doors
bought in
brain surgeons
bryozoan
catches fire
class Cyanobacteria
clastobryum glabrescens
communistery
conchairamine
conjugate diametral plane
courtesy phone
cyclohexanone resin
direction to a jury
distance along the quasiorthogonal
doryl
dumb card
dye penetrant process
eakleite (xonotlite)
ecclesiasts
eddylike
elevon area
emptyish
energy-transfer equation
entrepreurialism
Ephedra rhytidosperma
erre
evaluation of merchandise
even grained texture
field check
frequency range expanding method
generalized Ohm's law
genter
genus bombaxes
Ghilarza
God's bones
graylisting
Hastie, William Henry
heidepriem
heterofermentangium
hinge type connection rod
induction type ammeter
Joule-Thomson valve
let there be
linearly polarized light output
loose-lifting piston
Lukovit
lusader
madryam
magnetoelectric transducer
maladie du sommeil
metal faced joinery
Mezzanego
mis-fired
Mlles.
Neu-Anspach
normal bonded-phase chromatography
Oratorio San Antonio
ovarian condition
package policy
pill mass roller
pindicks
plastic wax
Prehensile-Tailed
primapterin
printed circuit wiring
product motives
projectile-vomiting
pupping
reefous
roundness grade
routineness
scope of repairing course
second doctor
Serpentine Hot Springs
shofars
sodium tetraphosphate
spunking up
Stew in your own juices
stimulation therapy
syncephalis formosana
Tazolé
TDM bus switching
temperature-induced
the crown of the year
the watches of the night
tradeable
trellis post
trench mouths
tricuspid valves
two-cycle coast
unduly burdensome
vasa sanguinea retinae
Winthrop Harbor
wittner