美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-08-09

 I'm Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast.

A friendly reception turns deadly in Afghanistan, an US general has been killed by gun fire. The fallout from Americans higher serenky causality seems be a none more. Let's get started.       

Major general H. shot dead by an Afghan soldier who badly wounded many more. Jim Sciutto has been working on the sources, joins us now from Washington.

So, what are we now learning about how this all happen, Jim?

"Anderson, this took place in part of routine visit to Afghanistan's national defense¹ university. This is where Afghanistan coalition² forces, including US forces train Afghan military leaders and officers. Arguably the Afghan west point. Several senior officers involving, including General Green as well as a German general who was injured as well in this attack, as well as 8 other Americans. A total of 15 injured. And I'm told the solider the Afghan solider who turned his weapon on these Americans and coalition officers had been with him unit for some time. In fact, he's been va. He'd gone through a very serious vet³ process that they have for Afghan soldiers to prevent attacks just like this one, so called green on blue attacks and seeing how he got through that vetting⁴ process and still carrying out his attacks is going to be one of the major focuses of the investigation⁵ of which is now underway.

And an officer no less. The Taliban had acknowledged the killing⁶ but they have not claimed credit for it. Right?   

They have not, no. Doesn't mean that won't change but at this point, they haven't claimed credit. So, the open question now is what caused this Afghan solider to turn? Was it a personal grievance⁷? Was it his own affinity⁸ for the Taliban? We don't know yet and that's another subject to the military investigation.     

What do we know the general who lost his life in the attack?

So, General Green, a 34-year veteran in the military. He was the deputy commander of what's called the combined security transition command. This is a command whose job it was to help transition from coalition security controller in Afghanistan to Afghan security control as coalition forces, including American withdraw. So, you know, this presents a real problem going forward because it presents an open question: What does this say about a readiness of Afghan forces to take on this attack. Now, to be fair, attacks like this have decreased remarkably⁹ since 2012. General Green gives his life. Part of the military family. His wife was a retired¹⁰ military colonel as well and notification just going out to the family today. So sad moment for that family, no question. But of course, the other 8 Americans injured. I'm told some of them seriously.                          

Yeah, for a lot of families tonight. Jim Sciutto, appreciate the update.

There are some 30000 American troops still in Afghanistan and it's far from the first time they face this kind of sneak¹¹ attack as Jim mentioned. At their peak in 2012, accodring to the foundation for defense of democracies, they accounted for 15% of all coalition fatalities¹². It's an ugly facts that many wars and a prominent part particular of the war in Afghanistan. We dig deeper now with CIA and FBI counter charge veteran, P. Also, military analyst¹³, a retired air force lieutenant¹⁴ colonel Rick F.

Colonel F., I mean this is clearly a vetting problem here and I mean, this was an officer in Afghan military, so that raises all sort of problems but talk about the vetting process, I mean, it's supposedly extensive, but is it really?       

Well, it has change since 2012 because we have that rash of killings¹⁵ in 2012. We approached Afghan and said you've got to your vetting so we have less of these incidents. So, the institute of the process, they actually brought in some computers and they are matching their database with ours now. But it's not quiet there yet as we have seen. And Jim is right. The incidents are down but the vetting process is totally an Afghan issue right now. And then we're given that result and there is not much we can do about this as we withdraw the....   

...control the vetting.

Yes, they do, they do. And so we have to take their word for it once its people are vetted¹⁶. We can get the result and run it through our computer but they're the one who actually do all the investigation.

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 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。

4 vetting   

n.数据检查[核对，核实]v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的现在分词 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• Scripts had to be submitted to Ministry of Information officials for vetting. 必须把脚本提交给信息部官员审查。 来自互联网
• Their purpose in clicking deeper into a site is one of vetting. 他们深入点击网站的目的是一种诊疗。 来自互联网

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 grievance   

n.怨愤，气恼，委屈

参考例句：

• He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
• He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。

8 affinity   

n.亲和力，密切关系

参考例句：

• I felt a great affinity with the people of the Highlands.我被苏格兰高地人民深深地吸引。
• It's important that you share an affinity with your husband.和丈夫有共同的爱好是十分重要的。

9 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

10 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

11 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

12 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

14 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。

15 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

16 vetted   

v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的过去式和过去分词 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• The recruits were thoroughly vetted before they were allowed into the secret service. 情报机关招募的新成员要经过严格的审查。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All staff are vetted for links with extremist groups before being employed. 所有职员录用前均须审查是否与极端分子团体有关。 来自辞典例句