非洲—赖斯希望苏丹在达尔福尔危机问题上付诸行动，而非只是语言

Rice Tells Sudan She Wants 'Action, Not Words'

On Darfur Crisis

赖斯希望苏丹在达尔福尔危机问题上付诸行动，而非只是语言

 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spent the day Thursday in Sudan as part of a tour of Africa and the Middle East. During her visit, Ms. Rice urged Sudanese officials to improve the situation in Darfur, and reiterated² U.S. support for the country's recently signed north-south peace deal. The visit was briefly³ marred⁵ by an incident involving Sudanese security guards and U.S. officials and reporters traveling with the secretary.

 

Secretary of State Rice spent some of her day-long trip to Sudan touring the Abu Shouk refugee camp in the volatile⁶ Darfur region.

 

There, she spoke⁷ with some of the 70,000 or so camp residents who had fled their homes during the two-year-old conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced about two million more.

 

She had scheduled meetings with the governor of North Darfur State, international aid workers, and a coalition⁸ of Rwandan troops who are being airlifted into Darfur by U.S. cargo⁹ planes as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

 

Earlier in the day, Ms. Rice held discussions in the capital Khartoum with Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir and other officials at his residence.

 

Ms. Rice said she told the Sudanese government officials they had a credibility problem with the international community because of Darfur. She said "actions not words" were needed to speed the normalization¹⁰ of relations.

 

A senior advisor¹¹ to Ms. Rice, Jim Wilkinson, said Sudanese officials repeatedly asked the secretary of state to lift international sanctions on Sudan, but that she gave them no promises.

 

The U.S. government has called the Darfur conflict genocide. The Sudanese government is charged with arming Arab militias¹² to crush a 2003 uprising in the western region. The government denies the allegations.

 

Ms. Rice's visit with Mr. el-Bashir was marred by scuffles between Sudanese guards and U.S. officials and reporters accompanying the Secretary of State on her tour. Foreign Affairs Minister Mustafa Ismail telephoned an angry Ms. Rice later in the day to apologize.

 

During her earlier meetings, Ms. Rice had congratulated Sudanese officials for the January signing of a peace agreement that ended the country's 21-year civil war between the northern-based government and the south's main rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

 

Sudan's interim¹³ constitution was officially signed July 9 at a ceremony in Khartoum.

 

Former rebel leader John Garang was sworn in as Sudan's new vice¹⁴ president. Mr. Garang's inauguration¹⁵ marked the first time in more than two decades that he had traveled to northern Sudan.

 

Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick attended the July 9 event.

 

In April, Mr. Zoellick announced the United States would pledge nearly $2 billion to rebuild the nation, following the signing of the peace agreement. But he stressed that the funds would be provided on the condition that the situation in Darfur be improved.

 

The new constitution is not intended to be permanent. In six years southern Sudanese will vote to decide if they wish to remain united with the north or secede¹⁶ and form an independent nation.

 

Voice of America News, this is Noel King, Khartoum Sudan.

 

注释：

reiterate¹ [ri:5itEreit] vt. 重申

mar⁴ [mB:] v. 破坏

volatile [5vClEtail] adj. 不稳定的

coalition [7kEuE5liFEn] n. 联盟，联合

Rwandan [ru5B:ndEn] adj. 卢旺达的

airlift [5eElift] vt. 空运

Khartoum 喀土穆

normalization [7nC:mElai5zeiFEn] n. 正常化

genocide [5dVenEu7said] n. 种族灭绝，大屠杀

allegation [7Ali5^eiFEn] n. 断言，指控

interim [5intErim] adj. 临时的

inauguration [i7nC:^ju5reiFEn] n. 就职典礼

secede [si5si:d] vi. 脱离，分离

1 reiterate   

v.重申，反复地说

参考例句：

• Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
• I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。

2 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

5 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

6 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

7 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。

8 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

9 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

10 normalization   

n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化

参考例句：

• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
• He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

11 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

12 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

13 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

14 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

15 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

16 secede   

v.退出，脱离

参考例句：

• They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
• We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。