2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Offers Iran Earthquake Assistance
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Scott Stearns
White House
31 March 2006
President Bush is offering to help Iran after three earthquakes there killed at least 66 people.
George Bush
President Bush expressed his condolences for the loss of life and said his thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones. He offered humanitarian 1 assistance for those affected 2 by the earthquakes in Iran despite his opposition 3 to what he says is Tehran's goal of developing a nuclear weapon.
"We obviously have our differences with the Iranian government but we do care about the suffering of the Iranian people," he said.
Iranian men search rubble 4 after earthquake devastated 5 village of Khalegh Ali, Friday
Three earthquakes struck western Iran overnight Thursday, flattening 6 homes, destroying villages and injuring more than a thousand people. The official news agency says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered all available resources to the stricken region.
Speaking at the close of a two-day summit with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts, President Bush repeated his opposition to Iran enriching uranium, pointing to a statement this week by the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council as a sign of international unity 7.
"There is common agreement that the Iranians should not have a nuclear weapon, the capacity to make a nuclear weapon, or the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon," he said. "And the reason there is common agreement is because the Iranian government with such a weapon as it is now constituted would pose a serious threat to world security."
China and Russia agreed to the statement criticizing Iran's nuclear program and calling on the International Atomic Energy Agency to report back within 30 days on whether Tehran is curtailing 8 that work.
But Beijing and Moscow are less enthusiastic about Washington's plans for economic sanctions if Iran does not comply.
President Bush says the international community agrees on the goal of stopping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. He says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is now working with Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany on how best to achieve that goal.
Iran says it has the right to a nuclear program that it says is solely 9 for the peaceful civilian 10 purpose of generating electricity.
- 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。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- They will be curtailing the discussions at two thirty. 他们将把讨论缩短至两点半。 来自互联网
- Individually, banks are acting rationally by retaining their capital and curtailing lending. 此外，银行们正在合理地保留其资本和减少贷款。 来自互联网