2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Calls For Action on Sudan

By Paula Wolfson
White House
31 October 2006

President Bush is calling for greater international pressure on Sudan to end the violence in the war-torn Darfur region.  Mr. Bush spoke¹ after a meeting with his special envoy² to Sudan, Andrew Natsios.

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President Bush

President Bush says it is time for the nations of the world to unify³ behind one plan to pressure the Sudanese government, and end the suffering in Darfur.

"The United States is going to work with the international community to come up with a single plan on how to address this issue and save lives," said President Bush.

Mr. Bush says the plan must include deployment⁴ of a U.N. administered peacekeeping force capable of ending the bloodshed, a condition already rejected by the Sudanese government.

"One element of the plan is something I have strongly supported all along.  And that is there needs to be a credible⁵ and effective international force to go into Darfur to save lives, to make it clear that the international community respects human life and the international community will work in concert to save human life," he added.

President Bush spoke after a report from Andrew Natsios on his 10-day trip to Sudan. The president called it a grim assessment⁶ of the human condition, and stressed the situation in Darfur is very much on his mind.

"The people who suffer there need to know that the United States will work with others to solve the problem and the government of Sudan must understand that we are serious when you deliver a message to them, on behalf of our government, that we are earnest and serious about their necessity to step up and work with the international community," he explained.

Rebels in Darfur launched an uprising in 2003, accusing Sudan's central government of neglecting the region.  Since then, fighting in Darfur has left an estimated 200,000 people dead and two million displaced from their homes.

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 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。

3 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

4 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

5 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

6 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？