美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-11-29

Will there be a military escalation¹ between the NATO member Turkey and Russia inyour estimation?

I don’t think so. I think Russia understands that a further escalation is justsomething they won’t be able to control. This would be the first confrontation² betweenRussia and NATO. NATO declared yesterday very clearly that it stands 100%behind Turkey and that NATO is prepared to defend all of Turkey’s and thereforeall of NATO territory. I think Russian understands that. I think we were hearinga lot of bluster³. We were seeing some military maneuvering⁴ that would make itmore difficult to enter Syria air space. But I don’t think we are gonna see amajor escalation.

Then, why do you think Turkey shoot down this Russian fighter jet? What was behind thatmove in your opinion?

Well, I think there are two reasons. One is that Russian happen flying dangerously closeat a time into Turkish airspace, by the way, an area which there are no large ISIS’sconcentration. But in fact R-- forces that trying to take out the Assad region.This isn’t going on now from the very beginning that the Russian airplanes werethere. They have been doing –,fights and naval⁵ maneuvers⁶, ground maneuvers allround NATO Territory and it was about to happen that one of these dayssomething would go wrong. This is not the time to play a game of Chicken withmilitary means. But it’s time to work out procedures to make sure that the incidentlike this can not happen again. Turkish air space is Turkish air space, whateveris 1 second or 15 seconds, 2 minutes or 5 minutes. It’s Turkish air space. Theywere warned not to enter, they did so. Russia should have been behaved muchmore responsibly by flying further away from the border.

1 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 bluster   

v.猛刮；怒冲冲的说；n.吓唬，怒号；狂风声

参考例句：

• We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.我们能听到狂风暴雨的吹打声。
• He was inclined to bluster at first,but he soon dropped.起初他老爱吵闹一阵，可是不久就不做声了。

4 maneuvering   

v.移动，用策略( maneuver的现在分词 )；操纵

参考例句：

• This Manstein did, with some brilliant maneuvering under the worse winter conditions. 曼施坦因在最恶劣的严冬条件下，出色地施展了灵活机动的战术，终于完成了任务。 来自辞典例句
• In short, large goals required farsighted policies, not tactical maneuvering. 一句话，大的目标需要有高瞻远瞩的政策，玩弄策略是不行的。 来自辞典例句

5 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

6 maneuvers   

n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
• Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句