2006年VOA标准英语-Bush, Turkish Prime Minister Discuss Fight Agai

By Michael Bowman
White House
02 October 2006

President Bush says the United States and Turkey are in agreement on the need to fight terrorism, and to prevent atrocities¹ in Sudan's Darfur region. The president met with Turkey's prime minister Monday, at the White House.

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President Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, Oct. 2, 2006

President Bush says the war on terror figured prominently in his discussions with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"We talked about our determined² efforts to fight terror and extremism," Mr. Bush said. "We talked about our common efforts to bring stability to the Middle East. Our desire is to help people who care about a peaceful future to reject radicalism³ and extremism."

The Turkish leader described the United States as a strategic partner and a long-standing ally.

"The joint⁴ steps taken to pursue our fight against terrorism continue to be very important in our relations. In fact, we share the same opinion about forming a joint platform in order to combat terrorism on a global scale," hsaid,

President Bush spoke⁵ in favor of Turkey joining the European Union, and both men took note of economic reforms undertaken by Turkey.

Finally, President Bush noted⁶ that Prime Minister Erdogan had visited Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Mr. Bush, who earlier in the day met with his special envoy⁷ for Sudan, urged the government in Khartoum to "end the suffering" in Darfur.

Tensions between the United States and Turkey, a NATO ally, flared⁸ before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when Turkey declined to allow U.S. soldiers on Turkish territory. Since then, both nations have expressed a desire to assure security along the border between Turkey and Iraq.

Turkey has long feared that any steps taken towards establishing an independent Kurdish province in Iraq could further nationalist desires among Turkey's large Kurdish population.

1 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 radicalism   

n. 急进主义, 根本的改革主义

参考例句：

• His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him. 他的激进主义与拒绝妥协使他受到孤立。
• Education produced intellectual ferment and the temptations of radicalism. 教育带来知识界的骚动，促使激进主义具有了吸引力。

4 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。

5 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。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

8 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。