VOA常速英语2019--特朗普遭匿名告发处风口浪尖

This is VOA news. I'm Steve Karesh.

欢迎收听VOA新闻，我是史蒂夫。

An angry Joe Biden lashed¹ out reporters amid allegations Donald Trump² pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate his son.

气愤的乔·拜登猛烈抨击了记者，而此时正值有人指控特朗普向乌克兰总统施压以调查其子。

"Trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating every basic norm of a president."

“特朗普应该被调查，因为他违背了作为总统的每一条基本原则。”

Democrats³ have condemned⁴ what they see as a clear effort to damage a political rival now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against President Trump.

民主党议员表示谴责，他们认为这明显就是想毁掉政敌，趁着现在针对特朗普的告发投诉案正处于风口浪尖。

Trump is defending himself against the allegations asserting that it comes from a partisan⁵ whistleblower though the president also says he "don't know" who made the initial complaint.

关于这些指控，特朗普为自己辩护说这是出于党派目的的告发，不过，特朗普自己也说他“并不知道”告发者是谁。

The U.S. is sending troops and air defense⁶ equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said Friday night.

美国将派出部队和防空设备去往阿拉伯和阿联酋，这是美国国防部周五晚上宣布的内容。

The announcement came after last weekend's attacks on Saudi Arabian oil installations for which U.S. officials blame Iran, a charge Tehran denies.

此次宣布之前，上周末，沙特的油料设施受到了袭击，而美国官员谴责是伊朗所为，而伊朗方面否认了这项指控。

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the U.S. was responding to requests from Saudi Arabia and the UAE to improve their air and missile defenses.

国防部部长马克表示，美国正在回应沙特和阿联酋关于提升防空和导弹防御的请求。

1 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

6 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。