【英音模仿秀】俄反对武力打击叙利亚

模仿文本： Vladimir Putin dismissed suggestions that President Assad had used chemical weapons as utter nonsense and a provocation¹ designed to drag other countries into the Syrian conflict. He called on President Obama to recall recent history: how many times had the United States initiated² military conflicts in different parts of the world without success? 

Today America's ambassador to Moscow met Russia's deputy foreign minister to try to argue Washington's case.

 

译文：弗拉基米尔•普京驳斥了关于阿萨德总统使用化学武器的说法，称这种说法完全是无稽之谈，且只是一种想把其他国家也拖入叙利亚冲突的挑衅手段。普京呼吁奥巴马总统回忆近期的历史。美国在世界各地发动没有成功的军事冲突已经有多少次了？

今天，美国驻莫斯科大使回见俄罗斯外交副部长，试图讨论华盛顿的情况。

 

1 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

2 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。