2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Hezbollah, Syria, Iran Must be Confronted

By Scott Stearns
White House
22 July 2006
 
President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet with senior Saudi diplomats¹ Sunday to discuss continuing violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants² across the Lebanese border. Secretary Rice then leaves for the region for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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President Bush
  
President Bush says he is sending Rice to the Middle East to meet with regional leaders about the best way to resolve the conflict. "Secretary Rice will make it clear that resolving the crisis demands confronting the terrorist group that launched the attacks, and the nations that support it," said Mr. Bush.

That means Syria and Iran, which, the president says, have helped arm Hezbollah.

"Their actions threaten the entire Middle East, and stand in the way of resolving the current crisis and bringing lasting³ peace to this troubled region," he added.

President Bush continues to oppose a ceasefire that leaves Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where it could mount further attacks against Israel. Israel's offensive started when Hezbollah kidnapped two soldiers and killed eight in a July 12 raid into Israel. Mr. Bush says such a fragile ceasefire would ultimately result in more violence.

"In the long-term, this peace will come only by defeating the terrorist ideology⁴ of hatred⁵ and fear," he explained.  "The world's best hope for lasting security and stability across the Middle East is the establishment of free and just societies. America and our allies will act decisively, because we know our security is at stake in this struggle, and we know the cause of freedom will prevail."

Israeli army vehicles advance towards the Israeli-Lebanese border   
  
From the start of the fighting, President Bush has expressed concern about its impact on the democratically elected government in Lebanon.

In his weekly radio address, he said it is a difficult and trying time for the Lebanese people.

"Hezbollah's practice of hiding rockets in civilian⁶ neighborhoods, and its efforts to undermine the democratically elected government have shown it to be no friend of Lebanon. By its actions, Hezbollah has jeopardized⁷ Lebanon's tremendous advances and betrayed the Lebanese people," said Mr. Bush.

During her trip to the Middle East, Rice will also stop in Rome for talks with officials from a group formed to back Lebanon's government. That group includes the United States, France, Britain, Lebanon, the European Union, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Italy, the United Nations and the World Bank.

 
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, answers a question from the media as Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, listens
  
Before she leaves, she will join President Bush at the White House Sunday for talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and the head of Saudi Arabia's national security council, Prince Bandar bin⁸ Sultan.

Meanwhile, the Democratic radio address Saturday focused on domestic issues. Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette criticized the president's veto of a bill that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic⁹ stem cell research.

She says the action was driven by what she called cold, calculated, cynical¹⁰ political gain.

President Bush says the veto, his first, was motivated by his commitment to the sanctity of life, as the legislation would have allowed federal funding for a procedure that destroys human embryos¹¹ in the process of extracting stem cells, which scientists say could lead to cures for disease, such as diabetes¹² and cancer.  Supporters say such research is key to medical advances, and that only donated embryos that would otherwise be thrown away would be used.

1 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 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。

4 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

5 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

6 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

7 jeopardized   

危及，损害( jeopardize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The soldier jeopardized his life to save his comrade. 这个士兵冒生命的危险救他的同志。
• The occasional failed project or neglected opportunity does not jeopardized overall progress. 偶然失败的项目或失误的机会并没有影响总的进展。

8 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

9 embryonic   

adj.胚胎的

参考例句：

• It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。
• The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。

10 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

11 embryos   

n.晶胚；胚，胚胎( embryo的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
• Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句

12 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。