万花筒 2012-10-17&10-19 希拉里称为美驻利大使遇害承担责任

 Hillary Clinton overnight. She is taking responsibility for security failures and that deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya that left a US ambassador dead and 3 other Americans as well. ABC's Reena Ninan spoke¹ with Hillary Clinton and joins us from Lima, Peru with the latest this morning. Good morning to you, Reena.

Elizabeth, good morning. We sat down last night for an interview with the Secretary of State and we got some answers for the first time on the situation in Libya.

“Well, let me say this. I think that we will track down whoever did this and hold them accountable.”

In a series of television interviews overnight, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to fall on her sword.

“I take responsibility. I'm in charge of the State Department, 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. The President and the Vice² President certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable³ about specific decisions that are made by security professionals.”

In her first comments since the State Department acknowledged of the attack that killed US ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others was a coordinated⁴ terrorist assault, the Secretary of State said she, not the President, was responsible for lapses⁵ in security. In an interview with ABC news, Clinton, who was traveling in Peru, also acknowledged that there were concerns about militants⁶ in Libya.

“When did the US become aware of transnational extremist operating in the eastern Libya?”

“We have long known that extremists have come out of Libya. We understood that there would be an effort to try to reestablish a presence of extremist bases and operations. So there were something that we were very focused on and working on.”

And as for reports of the US now has special operation forces on standby in the region, ready to strike suspected terrorists.

“Will this administration be willing to strike them before US selection?”

“There's an intense effort in our government. And I think our track record is pretty good that eventually we will find you.”

Secretary Clinton told the President of Peru that she's eager to get back quickly because she wants to watch tonight's debate.

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 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

4 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 lapses   

n.失误，过失( lapse的名词复数 )；小毛病；行为失检；偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 )；陷入；倒退；丧失

参考例句：

• He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
• He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。