2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Fighting Terror Will Bring Peace

By Scott Stearns
White House
23 September 2006

In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this past week, President Bush spoke¹ of a more hopeful world beyond terrorism, where voices of moderation are empowered and extremists are marginalized by a peaceful majority.

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President Bush addresses the 61st session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 
  
In his weekly radio address, Mr. Bush repeated those themes, saying all nations, especially those in the Muslim world, are bound together in a struggle between moderation and extremism.

"In the broader Middle East, the world faces a straightforward² choice:  We can allow that region to continue on the course it was headed before September 11, and, a generation from now, our children will face a region dominated by terrorist states and radical³ dictators, armed with nuclear weapons; or we can stop that from happening by confronting the ideology⁴ of hate, and helping⁵ the people of the Middle East build a future of hope," he said.

President Bush says he remains⁶ committed to a two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian violence, praising Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a man, who, he says, is working hard to oppose violent extremists.
 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a press conference, after his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 23 Sept. 23, 2006   
  
"By supporting moderate leaders, such as President Abbas, the United States can help Israelis and Palestinians build a more hopeful future, and achieve the peace we all want in the Holy Land," he added.

Mr. Bush says Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are also working to defeat terrorism and extremism.

He says it is in America's interest to help President Musharraf, because he is building modern democratic institutions in Pakistan that could provide an alternative to radicalism⁷.

Mr. Bush says President Karzai is building a safer and brighter future for Afghanistan with forces from more than 40 countries fighting alongside Afghan troops against Taleban militia⁸.

President Musharraf and President Karzai have had their differences, accusing each other of not doing enough to stop violence in the remote border regions over which their central governments have little control.

President Bush will bring the two leaders together at the White House in the coming week to try and soothe⁹ some of those tensions, and better coordinate¹⁰ the fight against terrorism.

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 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

5 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。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 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。

8 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

9 soothe   

v.安慰；使平静；使减轻；缓和；奉承

参考例句：

• I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
• This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。

10 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。