NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-12-16

 From NPR news in Washington, I am Jeanie Herbst.

Defense¹ Secretory² Ash Carter is on his way to the middle east to try to persuade US allies there to put more resources into the fight against Islamic State. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the mission comes after President Obama met with Defense Secretory and other members of his national security team at the Pentagon.

President Obama declare that US and its allies are hitting ISIS harder than ever, targeting individual leaders as well as oil infrastructure³. They provide critical funding for the terrorist group. Obama says the ISIS or ISIL has been losing ground in Iraq and Syria. The group remains⁴ dog in. and there is a difficult fight ahead.

We recognize that progress needs to keep coming faster. No one knows that more than countless⁵ Syrian and Iraqis living everyday under ISIL's terror, as well as the families in San Bernardino and parents in elsewhere who were grieving the loss of their loved ones.  Poll suggests many Americans are not satisfied with the pace of counter-ISIS campaign. Scott Horsley, NPR news, the White House.

1 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。

2 secretory   

adj.分泌的，能分泌的，促分泌的n.分泌腺，分泌器官

参考例句：

• Secretory granules are apparently built up from fusion of smaller vesicles. 分泌颗粒显然是从较小的小泡融合而成的。 来自辞典例句
• The secretory system of the respiratory tract is probably the most appreciated. 呼吸道的分泌系统可能是最先被意识到的。 来自辞典例句

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 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。

5 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。