美国有线新闻 CNN 伊朗以色列爆发直接交火 特朗普宣布于6月12日在新加坡会晤金正恩

 

We're starting in the Middle East today where there's been a new exchange of fire between old enemies. We've told you how other countries are involved in Syria's civil war. Iran is one of them. It supports Syria's government in its fight to keep control.

This concerns Israel because Iran is an enemy of Israel and Syria is located on Israel's northeast border. Israel has been blamed for a???? series of military strikes that have targeted Iranian positions inside Syria. Israel does not want Iran's military to establish a base in neighboring Syria.

Late Wednesday night, rockets flew to the sky. Israel said there were more than 20 of them, that they've been launched by Iranian forces inside Syria and that they targeted Israel, specifically an Israel controlled area called the Golan Heights. It's a rocky plateau between Israel, Lebanon and Syria.

This would be the first time that Iran had directly targeted Israel troops with rockets and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that crossed a red line. Israel responded by shooting missiles at Iranian forces in Syria. By Thursday afternoon, Israel said it had destroyed almost all of Iran's military capabilities¹ in Syria.

When we produced this show, Iran's leaders had not yet r?esponded to any of this. There are still some questions about this exchange, but it appears to be the most direct confrontation² so? far between Israel and Iran.

It's being closely watched around the world because this could affect regional stability throughout the Middle East.

AZUZ: History is set to be made on June 12th in the Asian country of Singapore. That's the time and place when a sitting U.S. president will meet and a sitting leader of North Korea. And it will be the first time ever that's happened.

U.S. President Donald Trump³ announced this yesterday on Twitter. He previously⁴ indicated that he liked the idea of the meeting being held at the demilitarized zone, the border between North Korea and South Korea. And those two countries wanted that too.

But top officials in the Trump administration wanted a place that was seen as more neutral than the border on Korean soil, or in a communist country like China or Russia. So, Singapore, which is about 3,000 miles from the North Korea capital and 9,700 miles from the American capital, is the place.

1 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。