英闻天下——485 Assad Slams Arab League for Helping Rebels

 　　Syrian President Bashar Assad has criticized the Arab League for its recent decision to give Syria's seat to the opposition¹.

 

　　Assad made the public outcry in an interview with a Turkish television station.

 

　　"The Arab League itself needs legitimacy², it's a league that represents Arab countries, not Arab nations people, and it lost its legitimacy a long time ago, because Arab League member states no longer represent their own people."

 

　　The Arab League in 2011 had suspended the Syrian government's membership in the organization as punishment for the regime's crackdown on opponents.

 

　　Meanwhile, Assad also criticized neighboring countries, especially Turkey for backing the Syrian rebellion.

 

　　"We are surrounded by a group of countries that help terrorists and allow them to enter Syria. In Lebanon, there are some different factions³ that help people who want to infiltrate⁴ Syria. Turkey's government officially harbors terrorists and sends them into Syria. They're also crossing over from Jordan."

 

　　The fighting has escalated⁵ across Syria in recent weeks, as the rebels and the Assad regime try to gain the upper hand in the conflict lasting⁶ for two years.

 

　　Figures from the United Nations show more than 70,000 people have been killed in the long-lasting violence.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

3 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

4 infiltrate   

vt./vi.渗入，透过；浸润

参考例句：

• The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
• It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。

5 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

6 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。