NBC晚间新闻 叙利亚一检查站遭自杀性炸弹袭击

Suicide bomber¹ strikes Syrian checkpoint

叙利亚一检查站遭自杀性炸弹袭击

The blast killed at least 37 people and comes as talk of a peace conference aimed to end Syria’s civil war grows. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.

爆炸造成至少37人死亡，通过和平会议谈话结束叙利亚内战的呼声变高。NBC的Richard Engel报道。

We turn to the crisis in Syria where for the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber struck a government shut point, killing² at least 37 people. It came as there was increasing talk about a peace conference aimed at ending syria's long civil war. NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has been following developments in Syria and he joins us. Richard, good evening.

Good evening, Carl, what is so striking about Syria is how much this story has been changing. If you remember, just about a month ago, the United States was on the verge³ of bombing that country. And now the US is putting all of its hope in a peace conference. And I think this peace conference is really still just tentative at best. Today, the Secretary General of the Arab League said that a date has been set. That there will be this peace conference in Geneva, in the, in late November. But then a UN envoy⁴ came out also today and said, no, no date has been set. The Syrian rebels say that this is all a ploy⁵ and the Syrian government said it will not negotiate with terrorists. So a lot still needs to come together for this conference to take place, let alone discuss any substantive⁶ issues. Then on the ground, in almost a parallel reality, there is this daily carnage, a massive bomb. A 1 1/2 tons truck bomb that exploded today killing more than 30 people. Almost all of them civilians⁷.

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

4 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。

5 ploy   

n.花招，手段

参考例句：

• I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
• Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

6 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。