VOA标准英语2009-Iranian Commander Announces Air Defense Mane

A top Iranian military commander is saying, Saturday, that the country's defense¹ forces will conduct air defense maneuvers² during the coming week. Iran's announcement comes after representatives of six world powers expressed disappointment, Friday, over its refusal to accept a U.N.-draft deal to send percent of its lightly-enriched uranium stockpile abroad.

Edward Yeranian | Cairo 21 November 2009

 
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Iraninian jet fighters (file photo)

A top Iranian military commander is saying, Saturday, that the country's defense forces will conduct air defense maneuvers during the coming week. Iran's announcement comes after representatives of six world powers expressed disappointment, Friday, over its refusal to accept a United Nations-draft deal to send 80 percent of its lightly-enriched uranium stockpile abroad.

Iran appears to be playing both the military and the diplomatic fronts, Saturday, as the world awaits its next move in the as yet fruitless negotiations³ between Tehran and top world powers over its nuclear program.

Brigadier-General Ahmed Mighani, who commands a key Iranian air-defense base, told a press conference that both the Revolutionary Guard and regular armed forces were planning to stage annual war-games to simulate the defense of Iran's nuclear sites against "hypothetical enemy attacks."

The general, according to Iran's Fars news agency, insisted that Tehran is following a purely⁴ defensive⁵ military doctrine⁶. He went on to explain that the nature of combat has changed and that his forces were "testing new strategies."

He described a vast series of drills and mock wargames across central, western and southern Iran for five days, beginning Sunday, that will simulate a real attack on its installations:

He says that the wargames will take place in a vast area of approximately 600,000 square kilometers in parts of central, western and southern Iran, and will employ different and new weapons systems, in addition to assessing Iran's communications systems that will be used in the event of electronic warfare⁷.

Meanwhile, top Iranian officials continued to play a diplomatic chess game with the West, Saturday, with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki telling reporters, before a trip to the Philippines, that the draft UN nuclear deal is illogical. 

Mideast Media outlets⁸ have reported that Turkey and Iran are discussing the logisitics of a uranium exchange.  The Turkish foreign minister was in Iran on Friday.

Meir Javedanfar of the Meepas Center in Tel Aviv argues that Iran is warning the West that it is capable of fending⁹ off both a military attack or new economic sanctions.

"The Iranian government is feeling more and more under pressure and it sees President Obama as a strong partner, who's gathering¹⁰ international consensus¹¹ against Iran, which could result in tough sanctions," he said. "So, they're trying to warn the international community that military action against Iran will not work, even if sanctions fail, and that Iran has its own way of building alliances, headed by Turkey, which is slowly replacing Russia, in order to fight off the threat of isolation¹²."

Senior officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met in Brussels Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear program, expressing disappointment that Tehran has not accepted a deal intended to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons.

The head of the U.N. atomic energy agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, urged Iran Friday to accept the draft nuclear deal that is now on the table.  He called the accord a "unique but fleeting¹³ opportunity."

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 maneuvers   

n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
• Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

5 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

6 doctrine   

n.教义；主义；学说

参考例句：

• He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。
• The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。

7 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

8 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 fending   

v.独立生活，照料自己( fend的现在分词 )；挡开，避开

参考例句：

• He is always spending his time fending with the neighbors. 他总是与邻里们吵架。 来自互联网
• Fifth, it is to build safeguarding system and enhance the competence in fending off the risk. 五是建立政策保障体系，提高防范和抵御风险的能力。 来自互联网

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

11 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

12 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

13 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。