2006年VOA标准英语-Rumsfeld Warns of Increasingly Dangerous T

By Al Pessin
Washington
03 February 2006

U.S. Defense¹ Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he cannot predict when the global war on terrorism will end, but he says it will end when enough countries provide their people with alternatives to radicalism³.  In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington Thursday, the secretary spoke⁴ about the war on terror.

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Donald Rumsfeld  
  

Secretary Rumsfeld said governments must provide alternatives to radical² Islamic education, and create what he called a "set of pressures" to reduce the attraction of such schools. He said that is part of the multi-nation effort that is needed to end the war on terrorism.

"It's not possible today to know precisely⁵ when it'll end or how it'll end, but the way it will end is not with a signing ceremony on the USS Missouri, as World War Two did. It will end because individual countries, collectively cooperating, will be successful in reducing the numbers of people that are attracted to terrorism," he said.

Secretary Rumsfeld said the war on terrorism will end gradually, as militancy⁶ is reduced around the world.

In the meantime, he pledged that the U.S. military will continue to fight terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. And he warned against complacency in the effort because, he said, terrorist groups are intent on attacking the United States, and have access to increasingly deadly weapons.

Secretary Rumsfeld also criticized past U.S. government decisions to cut off military relationships with important countries when they adopt policies the United States doesn't like.

"Any time a country does something we don't like, we cut off our relationships with them in terms of our military-to-military education and training programs and the like," he said. "And it has proven to have been unhelpful - for example, we severed⁷ our relationships with Pakistan some years back and we lost a generation of relationships."

The secretary also mentioned Indonesia, which recently had full military relations with the United States restored, after they were cut due to human rights violations⁸ in East Timor several years ago. Secretary Rumsfeld said such moves are counter-productive because the military-to-military relationships are important in helping⁹ build democratic societies and fighting terrorism.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 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。

3 radicalism   

n. 急进主义, 根本的改革主义

参考例句：

• His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him. 他的激进主义与拒绝妥协使他受到孤立。
• Education produced intellectual ferment and the temptations of radicalism. 教育带来知识界的骚动，促使激进主义具有了吸引力。

4 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。

5 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

6 militancy   

n.warlike behavior or tendency

参考例句：

• Full of militancy and revolutionary ardour, the people of all nationalities in the country are working hard for the realization of the four modernizations. 全国各族人民意气风发， 斗志昂扬，为实现四个现代化而奋战。
• The seniority system is another factor that leads to union militancy. 排资论辈制度也是导致工会好斗争的另一因素。

7 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。