VOA慢速英语2015 美国参议员呼吁派遣地面部队打击激进分子
时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2015年VOA慢速英语(二)月
AS IT IS 2015-02-03 US Senator Calls for Ground Troops to Fight IS Militants 2 美国参议员呼吁派遣地面部队打击激进分子
United States Senator Lindsey Graham says there must be a change to the strategy in the fight against the Islamic State militant 1 group. The Senator from the state of South Carolina spoke 3 Sunday on the American television news program, “Face The Nation.”
He said President Barack Obama has the right goal but the wrong plan to defeat the Islamic State group. He said an air campaign will not destroy the group. He said the effort requires ground troops.
The Islamic State group has seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq. Mr. Graham called for the formation of a regional force to enter Syria and recapture territory from the Islamic State Group. He said about 10,000 U.S. soldiers should work with Arab armies in the area.
Jordan still waiting for “proof of life”
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh also appeared Sunday on “Face the Nation.” He said his government does not know the fate of a Jordanian fighter pilot who the Islamic State captured and threatened with death.
Mr. Judeh said the government has renewed its promise to release a female Iraqi rebel sentenced to death in Jordan.
"We have said publicly that, if there is proof of life, and if our pilot is released, we are willing to release this woman. But, like I said, so far we have seen no proof of life, which we have been asking for.”
Militants captured the pilot in December, after his fighter plane was shot down over an Islamic State-controlled area of Syria.
Japanese reporter executed
Islamic State militants executed one of their hostages last week, a reporter from Japan. The international community condemned 4 the beheading of 47-year-old Kenji Goto. The act was reportedly recorded on video and released Saturday.
The U.N. Security Council Sunday called the killing 5 "heinous 6 and cowardly." It said those responsible "shall be held accountable."
President Obama called the act barbaric, and said he promised “to continue taking decisive action to degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State group.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday he was extremely angered by Mr. Goto’s beheading and that of fellow Japanese Haruna Yukawa a week earlier. On Monday, Mr. Abe said his government would not give in to terrorists. He also said Japan would increase its humanitarian 7 aid to the Middle East.
The prime minister urged Japanese lawmakers to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens wherever they are. He also said the government should not limit the places to which the country’s defense 8 forces can be deployed 9 to defend allies.
Heroic journalist
Michael Cucek is a Japan-based expert from the MIT Center for International Studies. He said Prime Minister Abe’s government wants to debate easing restrictions 10 on military rescue operations.
"They have an idea that they need forces that can hold a position, whether it’s an airport or a seaport 11 allowing Japanese self-defense forces to extract Japanese civilians 12 from danger zones."
However, he said studies of the Japanese public suggest it does not want any major changes to its constitution. He added that the Japanese public considers Kenji Goto a heroic journalist.
Mr. Cucek said, "He reported on the children of war zones, on refugees. He really went into some very, very dangerous places and came out again every time, but a man of tremendous bravery who was trying to report on what was going on in the world from ground level.”
He said many Japanese did not know of the reporter when he was alive. “But everyone knows him now,” he said.
Words in this Story
strategy – n. a careful plan or method for achieving a goal usually over a long period of time
barbaric – adj. very cruel
extract – v. to remove
bravery – n. the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening: the quality or state of being brave
fate – n. the things that will happen to a person or thing: the future that someone or something will have
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
- I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。
- 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。
- 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。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制