VOA标准英语2010年-British Forces Leave Afghanistan's Dea

It has been more than four years since British troops were deployed¹ to Sangin and in that time 106 Britons have lost their lives.

British forces handed control on Monday of the deadly Sangin district to U.S. troops, and about 1,000 Royal Marines are to be redeployed to Helmand province.

Speaking on the BBC Monday, British commanding officer Lieutenant² Colonel Paul James said British forces did make headway towards bringing peace and stability to Sangin. "I think it is important to recognize that governance has been allowed to develop here and take hold, development has been allowed to take hold and develop and really start to flourish now."

James said the most important step has been training Afghan forces in the area. "It is not going to be British forces who bring success to Sangin, it is not going to be American forces, it is not going to be anyone else other than the Afghans themselves."

Sangin is the site of one-third of British deaths in Afghanistan. Politics expert Steven Fielding, from Britain's University of Nottingham

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。