VOA标准英语2012--Syria Rebuffs Egypt's Bid for Negotiated End to Conflict
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Syria Rebuffs Egypt's Bid for Negotiated End to Conflict
As fighting continues, the Syrian government says it welcomes another attempt to bring an end to the conflict - this time by new United Nations-Arab League envoy 1 Lakhdar Brahimi.
But Syria's Information minister Omran al-Zoubi mocked Egypt and its attempts to find a solution to the civil war, arguing that President Mohamed Morsi is a puppet of the United States and Israel.
"What has the - in quotation 2 marks - “revolutionary” Egypt done with Camp David? What has Egypt and Mohamed Morsi done with the Egyptian gas transported to Israel?," al-Zoubi said.
Morsi, who has been trying to raise his international profile, has made clear he wants Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to go.
"The ones who will decide what to do with this regime are the Syrian people and the Syrian people have spoken clearly to the whole world that this regime has to go,” Morsi said.
Despite his support for the opposition 3, Morsi has called for a regional conference, including pro-Assad Iran, to find a negotiated settlement.
"We are against any military action on Syrian soil, in any shape or form. We want to intervene using peaceful, effective and efficient means to enable the Syrian people to achieve their goals from this revolution and this movement for freedom," Morsi said.
Morsi finds support among many in Egypt, who argue that Iran's backing of Assad prolongs the inevitable 4, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar's arming of the opposition ignores the question of a stable transition.
“For Egypt, these two blocs 5 don't care for it. We need any peaceful settlement in Syria, whether Bashar would be there or not. Of course, if you ask me about Morsi himself, he doesn't like Bashar,“ said veteran diplomat 6 Abdullah al Ashaal
Al Ashaal says Morsi, who comes from the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood 7, sympathizes with Islamist elements fighting the secular 8 Alawite Assad.
He adds that Morsi's election following a popular uprising also has a bearing on his position, as do historic ties between Egyptians and Syrians.
Parliament member Manar Shorbagy says the human factor looms 9 largest in Egyptian popular sentiment.
“It has nothing to do with Sunni or Shi'ite, 'this is a majority, this is a minority'. Who cares? These people are (being) killed. I mean, they're human beings and they're killed,” Shorbagy said.
While hopes are low that either U.N. envoy Brahimi's or Morsi's efforts will bear fruit, the stepped-up pressure has put the Syrian government at further odds 10 with much of the world.
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
- He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
- The quotation is omitted here.此处引文从略。
- 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。
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
- The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。