美国国家公共电台 NPR A Year After 'Rocket Man' Speech, Trump Returns To U.N. With Eyes On Iran

 

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

President Trump¹ today addressed a gathering² of world leaders in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.

INSKEEP: The presidential talk on sovereignty also touched on foreign aid. He complained that the United States gives aid to other nations but does not receive it. The president also said his administration had accomplished³, quote, "almost more than any other administration in the history of our country," a line that caused the assembled diplomats⁴ to laugh at him. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe has been covering the story. She's in New York. Hi there, Ayesha.

AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE⁵: Hello.

INSKEEP: What was it like to watch that moment, everyone laughing at the president of the United States?

RASCOE: It was a very striking moment because, as you know, President Trump has over and over again said that before he was president, the world was laughing at us, but no more. And so this was a moment on the international stage where you had other countries laughing at the president of the United States, laughing at Trump. But he took it in stride. He said he didn't expect that reaction, and he kind of went on. I don't know, though, that he will be happy if this - which it likely will be played over and over on the cable news shows. I don't know if he'll like that moment being highlighted.

INSKEEP: And there was also some substance discussed here, or some substantive⁶ issues addressed, one of them being Iran. The president went to New York with the intent, it was said, of delivering a strong message to Iran after the cancellation⁷ of a nuclear deal some months ago. Here's part of the president's remarks.

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TRUMP: We cannot allow a regime that chants, death to America and that threatens Israel with annihilation to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth. Just can't do it.

INSKEEP: But he canceled a deal that proposed, at least, that promised, at least, to keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran's hands for a good number of years. Is there any clearer sense of what he wants to replace that with?

RASCOE: No. There's no broad plan. He's said that sanctions are being put back into place and that there will be more sanctions. And so essentially⁸ he called on the rest of the nations to isolate⁹ Iran. And so right now that is the plan. There doesn't seem to be a larger framework for what happens next, other than just putting pressure on Iran and hoping that they'll come back to a negotiating table with the U.S. under President Trump.

INSKEEP: Haven't Europeans, Russia and China - so these would be the other nations that were involved in that nuclear deal - haven't they taken steps to strengthen it even as the president has been trying to pull them away from it?

RASCOE: They have tried to. Now, it is difficult because you have had some companies, European companies, who were dealing¹⁰ with Iran who have pulled out because of the fear of sanctions. And so but they are trying to do things to kind of override¹¹ the U.S. sentiment on the deal and to keep it in place. But it's difficult.

INSKEEP: Very briefly¹², does the president indicate more progress could be coming, or some progress could be coming on North Korea and its nuclear program?

RASCOE: He had very positive words for them, but he said that they're going to have to keep the pressure on with sanctions until there's progress on dismantling¹³ the nuclear program.

INSKEEP: That's NPR's Ayesha Rascoe in New York. Thanks very much.

RASCOE: Thank you.

1 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。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

4 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

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 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

10 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

11 override   

vt.不顾，不理睬，否决；压倒，优先于

参考例句：

• The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
• I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。

12 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

13 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。