VOA标准英语2008年-US Urges Syrian Cooperation with Nuclear Inspec

By David Gollust
State Department
02 June 2008

The United States Monday urged Syria to fully¹ cooperate with an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation² of charges it was secretly trying to build a nuclear reactor³. U.S. officials believe North Korea was helping⁴ Syria build the reactor, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike last year. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
　

This undated image released during a briefing by senior US officials shows alleged5 Syrian nuclear reactor built with North Korean help, which was hit by Israeli strike

Syrian work crews carted away the wreckage⁶ of the building hit by the Israeli aircraft and carefully swept the site, near the Euphrates River.

But U.S. officials say lingering evidence, plus testimony⁷ from Syrians who worked on the project, should allow the IAEA to make an informed judgment⁸ about the nature of the project.

Though Syria has denied any nuclear weapons project or cooperation with North Korea, the Bush administration believes Pyongyang was helping Syria build a reactor much like the one in North Korea that yielded the plutonium for that country's nuclear weapons project.

IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the agency's board of governors in Vienna Monday, Syria has agreed to admit inspectors⁹ June 22-24.

In a talk with reporters, State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack urged Syria to fully cooperate with the IAEA inspectors, and allow them to do whatever they need to, in order to make an authoritative¹⁰ report about the disputed site.

"Let's hope that the Syrian efforts haven't been too effective in covering up what it is they were trying to cover up, the nuclear facility, a reactor on their grounds," he said. "But there were people, surely, who worked on that reactor, and who have intimate knowledge and can provide the IAEA with important information. Let's hope that those people are not only made available to the IAEA, but are entirely¹¹ forthcoming to IAEA requests."

The alleged North Korean role in the Syrian project figures heavily in diplomacy¹² on the declaration Pyongyang is to make on its nuclear program under last year's six-party disarmament accord.

McCormack stressed that the overdue¹³ North Korean statement is to include not only an accounting¹⁴ of its nuclear holdings but any proliferation activity it was involved in.

He said an IAEA report on its Syria investigation would not substitute for a North Korean declaration on proliferation, but would serve to inform the other parties to the nuclear talks as they seek to verify Pyongyang's statement.

The North Korean declaration is five months overdue, but diplomats¹⁵ have indicated it may be issued soon. Last month, Pyongyang turned over to the United States thousands of documents detailing plutonium production at its now-closed Yongbyon reactor complex.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

4 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。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

7 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

8 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

9 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

11 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

12 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。

13 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

14 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

15 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》