布什政府的中东政策倍受指责

  

Bush Criticized on Middle East Policy

Paula Wolfson

White House

12 Aug 2001 19:45 UTC

 

The Bush administration is rejecting 1)criticism of its Middle East policy.

 Some Arab leaders say the Bush administration is not doing enough to bring peace to the region. Andrew Card says that is just not so. "There is an 2)awful lot of work being done and the United States has committed huge resources to try to find a way to bring the level of violence down so people can move forward with the Mitchell plan," Mr. Card said. "And that is what we should be doing."

Mr. Card spoke¹ on the ABC television news program This Week shortly after word reached Washington of yet another 3)suicide bombing in Israel.

He said there is "horrible violence" in the Middle East. And he said a way must be found to bring it to a 4)halt.

In Sunday's incident, a suicide bomber² 5)blew himself up on the 6)patio of a restaurant near the 7)coastal city of Haifa. About 20 people were reported injured.

 

 

(1)      criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判

(2)      awful[5C:fJl]adj.可怕的, 威严的, 糟糕的

(3)      suicide[5su:IsaId, 5sju:-]n.自杀, 自毁

(4)      halt[hC:lt, hRlt]n.停止, 暂停vt.使停止, 使立定vi.立定, 停止

(5)      blow up v.使充气, 爆炸, 放大

(6)      patio[5pAtIEJ]n.天井, 院子

(7)      coastal[5kEJst(E)l]adj.海岸的, 沿海的

 

 

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。