VOA常速英语2015--美韩进行精心策划的演习

美韩进行精心策划的演习

SEOUL— The Eighth U.S. Army Division and the Eighth Republic of Korea Mechanized Infantry¹ Division put on a well orchestrated show of force for the media this week during their joint² military training exercises in South Korea. The soldiers were well disciplined both in conducting a complex live fire exercise and in staying on message with the press.

The combined U.S. and South Korean armies staged a mock attack that involved 14 helicopters, ten armored vehicles and 300 soldiers, all firing live rounds, at a U.S. artillery⁴ range in Pocheon, about six kilometers from the North Korean border.

美韩联合部队利用14架直升机、10辆装甲车和300名士兵在抱川市以美国炮兵射程发起了模拟进攻，那里距离朝鲜边界只有6公里。

The coordinated⁵ assault was combined with an orchestrated photo op and a carefully controlled message for the media that emphasized the purpose of the drills and the strong military alliance between the two countries.

这次联合演习提供了策划好的拍照机会，并向媒体严格控制信息，强调这次演练的目的并展示两国强大的军事同盟。

Lieutenant⁶ Colonel Neal Mayo with the 27th Infantry Regiment⁷ is co-commander of the exercise. “It’s a demonstration⁸ of our partnership⁹ its also a demonstration of our increased readiness that we have made over the course of the last several weeks,” he said.

第27步兵团的中校尼尔·梅奥是这次演习的联合指挥，“这就展示了我们的伙伴关系，也展示了我们过去几周内提高的应对能力。”

Lieutenant Colonel Jang Hyun-soo, the South Korean co-commander of the exercise, said, “Based on this experience, this stronger exercise, it was an opportunity to maintain combat capability¹⁰ and increase readiness.”

中校张贤秀是这次演练的韩国联合指挥，他说，“基于这次演练，这次更强大的演习，我们有机会维持作战能力并增加应对能力。”

Even foot soldiers like Specialist Daniel Salinaz stayed on message no matter the question put to them.

无论问到什么问题，即使是步兵丹尼尔也很坚定信念。

“As we came here to make a partnership with the Koreans, we really just focused umm, on improving the confidence between the two allied¹¹ forces,” he said.

“我们来这里是为了加强与韩国人的伙伴关系的，我们注重增强两支联盟部队之间的信心。”

This carefully constructed, often repeated script is seemingly meant to not further inflame¹² tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

这种精心策划、通常重复的脚本似乎没有加剧朝鲜半岛的局势。

North Korea has protested these drills as provocative¹³ rehearsals¹⁴ for a possible invasion and cited them as the reason for their increased military maneuvers¹⁵ and missile tests.

朝鲜曾对这些演习抗议过，称这是为可能入侵做的预演，并称这是本国加强军事演习和导弹测试的原因。

 

So close to the highly militarized and hostile border, U.S. and South Korean forces know there is little they can say to reduce tensions at the same time they are conducting mock attacks, so they opt³ to say little.

美国和韩国部队如此接近这个高度军事化和敌对的边界，所以他们知道在进行模拟演习时，在减少紧张局势方面他们是无计可施的，所以他们选择缄默其口。

1 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

4 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

5 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 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。

7 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

8 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

9 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

10 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

11 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

12 inflame   

v.使燃烧；使极度激动；使发炎

参考例句：

• Our lack of response seemed to inflame the colonel.由于我们没有反应,好象惹恼了那个上校。
• Chemical agents manufactured by our immune system inflame our cells and tissues,causing our nose to run and our throat to swell.我们的免疫系统产生的化学物质导致我们的细胞和组织发炎，导致我们流鼻水和我们的喉咙膨胀。

13 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

14 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 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