新奇事件簿 美以退出联合国教科文组织

The United States and Israel have officially quit UNESCO. This is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The two countries pulled out of UNESCO at the stroke of midnight as the New Year came in. It is the second time for the U.S. to pull out of UNESCO. The first time was in 1984, when it thought the agency was favoring the old Soviet¹ Union too much. The U.S. then rejoined in 2003. The current withdrawal² started because both nations were worried that UNESCO was biased³ against Israel. Nikki Haley, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said: "UNESCO is among the most corrupt⁴ and politically biased UN agencies. Today, the U.S. withdrawal from this cesspool became official."

美国和以色列正式退出UNESCO，即联合国教科文组织。两国于1月1日零时新年刚到之际退出UNESCO。这是美国第二次退出UNESCO。第一次是在1984，当时美国认为UNESCO偏向前苏联。然后美国在2003年重新加入该组织。这次退出是因为两国担心UNESCO对以色列有偏见。美国驻联合国大使尼基·海利表示：“UNESCO是联合国机构中最腐败、政治偏见最深的一个。今天，美国正式退出这个污水池。”

UNESCO was co-founded by the U.S. after World War II. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in education, the sciences and culture. The agency is best known for its World Heritage program, which protects cultural sites and traditions around the world. UNESCO also works to improve education for girls, promote understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust⁵, and defend freedom of the press. The U.S. said it intends to follow UNESCO as a non-member "observer state". The Israeli envoy⁶ to the United Nations Danny Danon said his country, "will not be a member of an organization whose goal is to deliberately⁷ act against us".

UNESCO成立于二战后，美国是其联合创始国。该组织通过教育、科学和文化之间的国际合作寻求建立和平。该组织以其世界遗产项目而著称，该项目旨在保护世界的文化遗址和传统。UNESCO也致力于改善女性教育、促进对大屠杀恐惧的理解以及保护新闻自由。美国表示其打算以非成员“观察员国”的身份跟随UNESCO。以色列驻联合国代表丹尼·达农表示他的国家“将不再是这个以蓄意针对我们为目标的组织的成员”。

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

3 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

4 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

5 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

6 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

7 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。