British Lt. Gen. Nick Parker to lead foreign forces

    WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The White House announced Wednesday that British Lieutenant¹ General Nick Parker would serve as acting² Commander of NATO's International Security Assistance（援助） Force in Afghanistan until a new U.S. Commander is confirmed by Congress（国会）, as the former commander Stanley McChrystal is relieved of duty.
    U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Cameron confirmed the Briton's stand- in. Obama has accepted McChrystal's resignation earlier in the day. McChrystal lost his job because of disparaging³ remarks he and his aides made about senior administration officials including Obama himself.
    Obama has nominated General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, to take over the war in Afghanistan. He told Cameron he intends to have the Senate to confirm Petraeus as swiftly as possible.
    Parker has served as Deputy Commander to ISAF since September, 2009. He has asked Cameron to tell Obama the war in Afghanistan " would not miss a beat."（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• 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。

3 disparaging   

adj.轻蔑的，毁谤的v.轻视( disparage的现在分词 )；贬低；批评；非难

参考例句：

• Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. 一天天过去，哈里代的评论越来越肆无忌惮，越来越讨人嫌，越来越阴损了。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
• Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments. 即使对好消息，他们也往往要加上几句诋毁的评语。 来自互联网