2006年VOA标准英语-Annan Says Lebanon, Darfur Need More UN Troops

By Lisa Bryant
Paris
18 July 2006

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, gestures as he adresses the media while standing¹ next to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday July 18, 2006  
  
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says a possible U.N. stabilization² force for Lebanon should be larger and have a different mandate³ than current troops in the region.  Speaking in Brussels, Annan also urged the Sudanese government to accept a separate U.N. force for Darfur. 

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During a joint⁴ press conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said a bolstered⁵ U.N. force for Lebanon could stabilize⁶ the situation in southern Lebanon, where the Hezbollah militia⁷ is trading fire with Israel.

He has called for European and other governments to contribute troops to the force, which he says should be larger and better armed than the 2,000 U.N. soldiers currently in the region.

"The situation is very urgent, and it is imperative⁸ that the international community acts ... to end the fighting and killing⁹ that is going on, and acts to find some long-term stability in that region," Annan said.

Several European countries have expressed support for such a U.N. force, but the United States and Israel remain skeptical¹⁰ about the idea.  Washington questions how more U.N. troops would be able to restrain Hezbollah.  And some analysts¹¹ suggest the force would hinder Israel's stated goal to break the militia group's control in southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into northern Israel and Israeli bombs hit a Lebanese army base outside Beirut and destroyed a house near the border, killing 16 people.  About 250 people have died during the past week of clashes, most of them in Lebanon. 

Annan's talks in Brussels are also aimed at securing stability in another conflict-torn region: Darfur, in Sudan.  The United Nations has been pressing the Sudanese government to accept a U.N. peacekeeping mission to take over for an underequipped African Union force.

Annan said he was still hopeful Sudanese authorities might eventually endorse¹³ a U.N. force.

"We are quite advanced with our planning and eventual¹² deployment¹⁴ to Darfur," he said. "And we are also engaged in very serious discussions with the Sudanese authorities - asking them to cooperate with the deployment of the force." 

U.N., European, Sudanese and U.S. officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to finance the African Union force for a few more months before a hoped-for transition to a U.N. peacekeeping mission takes place.  But Monday, Sudan's Foreign Minister Lam Akol again rejected the idea of U.N. troops in Darfur.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

3 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 bolstered   

v.支持( bolster的过去式和过去分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• He bolstered his plea with new evidence. 他举出新的证据来支持他的抗辩。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The data must be bolstered by inferences and indirect estimates of varying degrees of reliability. 这些资料必须借助于推理及可靠程度不同的间接估计。 来自辞典例句

6 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

7 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

8 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

10 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

11 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

12 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

13 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

14 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。