美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-09-08

 Ariel Castro’s life sentence ends in death. The man convicted of kidnapping and raping¹ 3 women for about a decade committed suicide in his prison cell. Say??? authorities tonight to exclusive interviews with Castro’s family. Also had??? the 30-day rape² sentence that caused outrage³. A teacher who admitted to raping a 14-year student who later killed herself. A judge who suggested the young girl was partially⁴ to blame. Tonight why the case may not be closed after all. We begin  though tonight with the question of a redline. Who said it, who crossed it, the politics of it and what that all means as the US weighs taking military action in Syria. The redline is of course the use of chemical weapons. The US is accusing Syria of using it against its own people 2 weeks ago. The use of those chemical weapons violates a convention signed by nearly 200 nations, Syria not included. It’s a ??? President Obama made today to stop in Sweden on his way to the G20 Summit.

 

“I didn’t set a redline. The world set a redline. The world set a redline when governments representing 98% of the world’s population said the use of chemical weapons are abort⁵, and passed a treaty forbidding their use even when countries are engaged in war. Congress set a redline when it rectified⁶ that treaty.”

 

So the president says he didn’t set a redline. That raised a lot of eyebrows⁷, because keep them honest, it sounds like that’s exactly what he did when you listen to what he said in August in 2012. 

 

“We have been very clear, to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a redline for us is that we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons are moving around the world or being utilized⁸. That would change my calculous. That would change my equation.”

 

Both Democrats⁹ and Republicans alike??? have said that the president boxed himself in with that statement last year, so many wondered if today they will hear Mr. Obama for the first time trying to talk his way out of the standards that he himself set. During debate on Capital Hill today, the No. 2 Republican in the House, majority leader Eric Cantor said any president would have drawn¹⁰ that redline, and Secretary of State John Kerry tried to further drive home the point that it wasn’t something that the president just made up.

 

“Some have tried to suggest that the debate that we are having today is about this president’s redline, that this is about President Obama’s redline. Let me make it as clear as I can to all of you: that is just not true. This is about the world’s redline. It’s about humanity’s redline. A line that anyone with a conscience should draw, and a line that was drawn nearly100 years ago 1925, when the Chemical Weapons Convention was agreed on. “

 

The secretary??? Kerry there in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he and Defense¹¹ Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint¹² Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey faced tough questions. They are now said against??? a vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, passing a resolution, authorizing¹³ limited military action. Chief national security correspondent xxx has more.

 

“Today the Syria debate moved to the less friendly territory of the GOP-controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee. Some members are saying the administration wants to do too much, others too little. 

 

“Why does America always need to be the world’s policeman?”

“Our enemies really don’t know what our foreign policy is, our friends don’t know what it is, and I’m not so sure Americans know what our foreign policy is in the Middle East.”

 

Secretary Kerry was forced even to confront the ghost of the administration’s last troubled Middle East intervention¹⁴ in Libya.

 

“The same administration that was samely so quick in ??? the US and Syria now was reluctant to use resources at its disposal to attempt to rescue the 4 brave Americans that forfeited¹⁵ their lives in Benghazi.”

“We are talking about people being killed by gas, and you wanna go talk about Benghazi.”

“Absolutely. I wanna talk about Benghazi.”

“But the 4 Americans lost their lives. I have sympathy for the people in Syria. And I do think there should be a worldwide response. But I wish that cautiously. ???”

 

The administration’s case remains¹⁶ the same, framing the confrontation¹⁷ with Syria not as a personal test for the president, but for congress, the country, and the world. 

 

“This is not about getting into Syria’s civil war. This is about enforcing the principle that people shouldn’t be allowed to gas their citizens with impunity¹⁸. And if we don’t vote to do this, Assad will interpret from you that he is free to go and do this any day he wants to.”

 

But many members remain skeptical¹⁹ that even a limited intervention won’t embroil²⁰ the US in the civil war, or leave it allied²¹ with some of the more radical²², Islamist elements of the opposition²³. 

 

“Do you ??? trust these people?”

“That is not my business to trust.”

“Certainly it has to the business, because you are making decisions to go into war, and put American lives at risk. So it’s a simple concept. You either trust or do not trust.

1 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

2 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

3 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

4 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

5 abort   

v.使流产，堕胎；中止；中止(工作、计划等)

参考例句：

• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
• With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。

6 rectified   

[医]矫正的，调整的

参考例句：

• I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly. 我相信这个误会将很快得到纠正。
• That mistake could have been rectified within 28 days. 那个错误原本可以在28天内得以纠正。

7 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

8 utilized   

v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

11 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• 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。

12 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

13 authorizing   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
• Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。

14 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

15 forfeited   

（因违反协议、犯规、受罚等）丧失，失去( forfeit的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Because he broke the rules, he forfeited his winnings. 他犯规，所以丧失了奖金。
• He has forfeited the right to be the leader of this nation. 他丧失了作为这个国家领导的权利。

16 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

17 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

18 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。

19 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

20 embroil   

vt.拖累；牵连；使复杂

参考例句：

• I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。
• Please do not embroil me in your squabbles.请别把我牵连进你们的纠纷里。

21 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

22 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

23 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。