VOA标准英语2010年-Clinton Urges US Aid Recipients to Ste

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said the Obama administration intends to further increase the United States' world-leading support for global health programs. But she said the United States has a right to expect commensurate efforts by recipient¹ countries.

Clinton reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to a multi-year $63-billion effort to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria² and child mortality under the Global Health Initiative announced by President Obama in May of last year.

But she said with American taxpayers³ still battling high unemployment and other effects of the deep recession, the United States is looking to recipient countries to "step up" with their own "deep commitment" on public health issues.

"We've seen the United States and other countries come in with money and other countries actually take money away from health, thinking that we're going to make up the difference," said Hillary Clinton. "The United States is willing to invest our money, our time and our expertise⁴ to improve health in countries. But we are now asking their governments to demonstrate a similar commitment in terms of human resources, serious pledges to build capacity, and where feasible, financial support."

 

Clinton who spoke⁵ at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, avoided criticism of any current governments but did note the denial, by past South African leaders, of the link between the HIV virus and AIDS.

She expressed relief that the new government of President Jacob Zuma has come forward with what she termed a real commitment to battling one of the world's highest burdens of HIV.

"Leadership matters," said Ms. Clinton. "It matters enormously. For years the South African leadership unfortunately was in denial, or it was refusing to accept the facts about HIV/AIDS. And the epidemic⁶ exploded in South Africa, which now has the highest percentage of HIV infected people anywhere in the world. President Zuma has changed that."

Clinton said despite harsh party politics in Washington, support for international health aid is bipartisan and she paid tribute to the previous Bush administration for "ground-breaking" work in the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria.

She said that although the United States provides 40 percent of the world's total funding for development assistance for health, that story, in her words, is not "told as often or as thoroughly⁷ as it should be."

The secretary said the Global Health Initiative will build on Bush administration efforts, with an increased focus on among other things maternal⁸ health care including family planning.

"Family planning represents one of the most cost-effective public health interventions⁹ available in the world today," said Hillary Clinton. "It prevents both maternal and child deaths by helping¹⁰ women space their births and bear children during their healthiest years. And it reduces the death of woman from unsafe abortions¹¹."

Clinton said as part of the effort the United States is encouraging countries to pass laws or more stringently¹² enforce existing laws against child marriage.

 

1 recipient   

a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器

参考例句：

• Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
• Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。

2 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

3 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

4 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

5 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。

6 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

7 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

8 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。

9 interventions   

n.介入，干涉，干预( intervention的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
• The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网

10 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。

11 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

12 stringently   

adv.严格地，严厉地

参考例句：

• The regulations must be stringently observed. 这些规则必须严格遵守。 来自辞典例句
• Sustainable Development formulations are composed of controlled and stringently selected items. 可持续发展标准的条款是经过严格选定的。 来自互联网