VOA常速英语2007年-Israeli Delegation to Tell US Iran Still Pursui

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
16 December 2007

An Israeli delegation¹ is making an unscheduled visit to the United States amid disagreements over the recent American intelligence report on Iran. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the visit underscores growing Israeli anxiety about Iran's nuclear program.

Israel has sent intelligence officials to the United States with this message: Iran is still developing nuclear weapons.

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said the U.S. intelligence report that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago is dead wrong.

Dichter said Israel cannot allow a "mistaken concept," as he put it, to determine U.S. policy on Iran. He warned that the intelligence report could lead to another Middle East war.

Dichter said there could be a repeat of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, when neighboring Arab countries launched a surprise attack on Israel on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. He said something went wrong in the American blueprint² for analyzing³ the severity of the Iranian nuclear threat.

Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. But according to Israeli intelligence, Iran could have a nuclear weapon by the end of 2009.

The Israeli delegation will tell U.S. officials that Iran's enrichment of uranium, its development of long-range ballistic missiles, and its threats to wipe Israel "off the map" are proof that its intentions are not peaceful.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

3 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句