2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Warns Palestinians of Aid Cut, Calls

By Purnell Murdock
Washington
28 January 2006

 
George W. Bush
  
President Bush has reacted to the latest developments in the Middle East, issuing warnings to Palestinians forming a new government following a parliamentary election victory by the radical¹ group Hamas, and Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

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The Bush administration says the United States is providing about $234 million for Palestinian development and other needs.

President Bush told the CBS television network Friday that aid would be cut off to the next Palestinian government unless election winner, Hamas, abolishes its military wing and renounces³ violence against Israel.

"For them to, you know, have support from the United States Congress, and from this administration, they must renounce² their policies, stated policy that they want to destroy Israel," he said.

The United States views Hamas, which won a majority of seats in the Palestinian parliament Thursday, as a terrorist organization.

On the issue of Iran, Mr. Bush warned that sanctions are a "real possibility" against Iran for its controversial nuclear program.

The United States says Iran is secretly seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran says its program is meant for peaceful purposes.

Mr. Bush says a free world cannot allow Tehran to have a nuclear weapon. The president said he is open to all possible options for dealing⁴ with Iran, including military intervention⁵.

"I think it's best I just leave it that all options should be on the table, and the last option is the military option. We have got to work hard to exhaust all diplomacy⁶ and that's what you're - that's what the country is seeing happen," he said.

Earlier Friday, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to condemn⁷ Iran's nuclear program, and to support referring Tehran to the United Nations Security Council for allegedly violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

In a resolution passed without debate, the Senate condemned⁸ what it said were "the many failures of the government in Iran to comply faithfully with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations."

1 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

2 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

3 renounces   

v.声明放弃( renounce的第三人称单数 )；宣布放弃；宣布与…决裂；宣布摒弃

参考例句：

• Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores. 日本放弃对福尔摩沙（台湾）及澎湖的一切权利，主张（名称）及所有权。 来自互联网
• He renounces Christianity, temporarily straining his relationship with his parents. 他放弃了基督教信仰，从而与父母的关系暂时变得紧张。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

6 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

7 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

8 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。