2006年VOA标准英语-ElBaradei: Turkey Crucial in Resolution of Iran

By Amberin Zaman
Ankara
06 July 2006

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Turkey has a crucial role to play in persuading Iran to return to the negotiating table over its controversial nuclear program. Mohamed ElBaradei made his remarks at the start of a fact-finding mission to Turkey.

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Mohamed ElBaradei  
  
Speaking to the private Turkish NTV news channel, ElBaradei said as a fellow Muslim nation and neighbor of Iran, Turkey had a major role to play in convincing Iran to resume talks on its nuclear program and in helping¹ western governments understand Iran's point of view.

Meanwhile, the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is preparing to meet with Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, in Brussels.

Solana is expected to press Larijani for a response to an international incentives² package offered to Iran to relinquish³ its nuclear enrichment program. Iran insists the program is aimed only at the production of nuclear energy, but there are widespread concerns that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons that would target Israel.

Iran has been given a July 12 deadline to resume negotiations⁴ or face possible sanctions by the U.N. Security Council.

Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul was in Tehran last month to try to persuade Iranian leaders to respond positively⁵ to the incentives package. He is expected to return to Iran following talks in Washington, including a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Officials in Ankara are set to brief the IAEA's ElBaradei on, among other things, Turkey's plans to build three nuclear power stations by 2015, which they say are meant only to produce electricity.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。