2007年6月3日
STVOA070530
US, Iran Affirm Common Goals in Iraq During Rare Talks(1/2)
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Iraqi Prime Minister ** opened the talks by saying he was confident Iran and the United States have the will to reach common ground in their Iraq policies.
**
says Iraqi officials would participate in the meeting, not as a mediator between the two sides, but as a principal party in trying to direct the dialogue in a positive direction.
After nearly four hours of talks, U.S. ambassador Rian Crocker said Iranian and U.S. officials have agreed on the broad principles that guide their policies for a democratic and peaceful Iraq.
"We also made it clear from the American point of view that this is about actions, not just principles. I laid out before the Iranians, a number of our direct specific concerns about their behavior in Iraq."
Ambassador Crocker said U.S. officials accused Iran of carrying out actions that oppose its stated goal of securing Iraq, such as training and providing weapons to insurgent ** that undermines the Iraqi government. He said the Iranian delegation, led by ambassador **, did not respond to the allegations.
No Iranian representatives spoke at the news conference following the talks, but Ambassador Crocker was asked about the concerns they had raised.
KEY AND TRANSLATION:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki opened the talks by saying he was confident Iran and the United States have the will to reach common ground in their Iraq policies.
伊拉克总理
Nouri al-Maliki
公开表示他相信伊朗和美国均有意愿在伊拉克政策问题上达成共识。
Maliki says Iraqi officials would participate in the meeting not as a mediator between the two sides, but as a principal party in trying to direct the dialogue in a positive direction.
Maliki
说，伊拉克官方将参加该会议，不是作为双方的调停者，而是作为一个主要的参与方来努力确保对话朝着积极的方向进行。
After nearly four hours of talks, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Iranian and U.S. officials agreed on the broad principles that guide their policies for a democratic and peaceful Iraq.
经过约四个小时的商谈后，美国大使
Ryan Crocker
说，伊朗和美国官员在引导伊拉克走向民主和和平这个主要的政治原则问题上达成了一致。
"We also made it clear from the American point of view that this is about actions, not just principles, I laid out before the Iranians a number of our direct specific concerns about their behavior in Iraq."
“
我们也清楚地了解到，美方观点认为这是行动问题而不是原则问题，我直接明确地向伊朗人表达了我们对于他们在伊拉克的行为的关心
。”
Ambassador Crocker said U.S. officials accused Iran of carrying out actions that oppose its stated goal of securing Iraq, such as training and providing weapons to insurgent militias that undermine the Iraqi government. He said the Iranian delegation, led by Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi, did not respond to the allegations.
大使
crocker
称，美国官员们谴责伊朗的行为与他们所宣称的保障伊拉克安全的目标背道而驰，比如向反伊拉克政府的武装提供武器和培训。他说由大使
Hassan Kazemi Qomi
带领的伊朗代表团并未就该谴责作出回应。
No Iranian representatives spoke at the news conference following the talks, but Ambassador Crocker was asked about the concerns they had raised.
伊朗代表们无一人在会后的新闻发布会上发言，但是大使
Crocker
就谈话中涉及到的问题接受记者提问。
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US, Iran Affirm Common Goals in Iraq During Rare Talks(2/2)
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Ambassador Crocker said U.S. officials responded by saying coalition forces are in Iraq by invitation of the Iraqi government and under U.N. Security Council authority, and the United States has spent billions of dollars training Iraqi security forces.
The ambassador also said Iran had proposed setting up a "trilateral security mechanism" among Iraq, Iran and the United States. He did not provide details on the proposal and said it would be studied by officials in Washington.
In Taiwan on Monday, Iran's foreign minister said the best way to end the sectarian fighting in Iraq would be immediate pullout of U.S. forces.
The talks in Baghdad were a rare meeting between ** Iranian and American officials. The United States broke off diplomatic ties in 1979 following the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Taiwan.
Ambassador Crocker described Monday's meeting as "businesslike" and focused ** on the security situation in Iraq. He said Iranian officials did not raise the issue of five detained Iranians held in U.S. custody.
The ambassador said the Iraqi government proposed another similar meeting among representatives among the three countries. He said U.S. officials would consider the invitation after they receive it.
KEY AND TRANSLATION:
Ambassador Crocker said U.S. officials responded by saying coalition forces are in Iraq by invitation of the Iraqi government and under U.N. Security Council authority and the United States has spent billions of dollars training Iraqi security forces.
美国大使
Crocker
表示，美国官员们回应说联合部队是在接受了伊拉克政府的邀请和联合国安理会授权的情况下进驻伊拉克的，而且美国已经花费了数十亿美元来训练伊拉克自己的安全部队。
The ambassador also said Iran had proposed setting up a "trilateral security mechanism" among Iraq, Iran and the United States. He did not provide details on the proposal and said it would be studied by officials in Washington.
这位大使还称，伊朗已经提出在伊拉克、伊朗和美国之间建立
“
三边安全机制
”
。他没有谈到该提案的细节，并称华盛顿方面会对此进行研究。
In Tehran on Monday, Iran's foreign minister said the best way to end the sectarian fighting in Iraq would be an immediate pullout of U.S. forces.
周一在德黑兰，伊朗外交部长表示结束伊拉克宗派战争的最好办法是美军立刻撤离伊拉克。
The talks in Baghdad were a rare meeting between high-ranking Iranian and American officials. The United States broke off diplomatic ties in 1979 following the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Ambassador Crocker described Monday's meeting as "businesslike" and focused exclusively on the security situation in Iraq. He said Iranian officials did not raise the issue of five detained Iranians held in U.S.custody.
巴格达会谈是伊朗和美国高层间少有的会晤。
1979
年伊朗占领了德黑兰的美国大使馆后，美国断绝了同伊朗的外交关系。
Crocker
大使将周一的会晤描述为
“
有效的
”
，完全致力于讨论伊拉克的安全形势问题。
他说伊朗官员并未提及被美国关押的五个伊朗俘虏的问题。
The ambassador said the Iraqi government proposed another similar meeting among representatives of the three countries. He said U.S. officials would consider the invitation after they receive it.
该大使表示伊拉克政府已提议再次举行类似的三国代表团会晤，并称美国官方在接到邀请后会对此加以考虑。
KEY WORDS AND PHRASES:
businesslike adj.
事务性的
,
公事公办的
,
有条理的
,
有效率的
custody n.
保管
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STVOA070528
Global Warming Becomes Major US Campaign Issue(3/3)
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Denis Mcdonna advises ** Senator and Democratic presidential candidate for Rockal Bama.
"So at the end of the day, if I could put one word on it, it’s urgency. This is a problem that’s far past its prime, and now has to be confronted with the urgency it demands."
Tod
Stern is a policy adviser for New York Senator Hillary Clinton, currently the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic Party's nomination. Stern says Clinton favors a balanced approach to climate change.
"We have twin challenges here, which are oil security, we want to depend less on oil, less on foreign oil, but less on oil all together for national security and economic reasons, but also a climate challenge. We do not want ourselves to solve one, the oil security problem, while creating a bigger problem on the climate front."
On the Republican side, John Red, an advisor to Arizona Senator John McCain, says his candidate is a longtime supporter of nuclear energy.
All of the political advisers at the Brookings forum say their candidates support policies to create alternate energy technologies, promote fuel efficiency and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
KEY AND TRANSLATION:
Denis McDonough advises Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Denis McDonough
是伊利诺斯州参议员兼民主党总统候选人
Barack Obama
的顾问。
"So at the end of the day, if I could put one word on it, it is urgency, this is a problem that is far past its prime. It now has to be confronted with the urgency it demands."
他说，“
那么在今晚论坛结束时，如果要我用一个词来总结的话，它就是紧急。该问题早已超出最初的范围了。现在我们必须面对其迫切性。
”
Todd Stern is a policy adviser for New York Senator Hillary Clinton, currently the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Stern says Clinton favors a balanced approach to climate change.
Todd Stern
是纽约州参议员希拉里
·
克林顿的政策顾问，克林顿目前在民主党提名者中处于领先。
Stern
称，克林顿赞同用一个两全其美的方法解决气候变化问题。
"We have twin challenges here, which is oil security, we want to depend less on oil, less on foreign oil, but less on oil all together for national security and economic reasons, but also a climate challenge. We do not want to solve one, the oil security problem, while creating a bigger problem on the climate front."
“
我们现在面对双重挑战，其一是石油安全问题。出于国家安全和经济方面的原因我们希望减少对石油，特别是外国石油的依赖。另一项挑战就是气候变化问题。我们不希望在解决了石油安全问题，却为气候方面制造更大的困难。
”
On the Republican side, John Raidt, an advisor to Arizona Senator John McCain, says his candidate is a long-time supporter of nuclear energy.
在共和党阵营中，
John Raidt
，亚利桑那州参议员
John McCain
的顾问之一，称
John McCain
是核能源的长期支持者。
All of the political advisers at the Brookings forum say their candidates support policies to create alternate energy technologies, promote fuel efficiency and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
所有参加布鲁金斯论坛的政治顾问们均宣称其候选人支持开发替代能源技术，提高燃料效率及减少对国外石油依赖性。
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STVOA070529
Hamas Rocket Kills One Israeli, New Air Strikes Hit Gaza Targets
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Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza strip crashed into the battered Israeli border town of
**
. The
Israeli
militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a 36-year-old Israeli man was killed when his car took a direct
**
. He was the second Israeli fatality in the past two weeks, during which time Palestinian militants have fired more than 230 rockets
in
Israel
.
The attack brought a stern warning from Prime Minister
**
at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
“There is no immunity for anyone involved in terror”, Mr.
**
said, hinting that the leaders of Hamas could be targeted. “Decide when, how and to what extend we will act”, he said. Mr.
**
spoke hours after Israel launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. About 50 Palestinians, most of them militants, have been killed in the raids which began 12 days ago.
Hamas says it is absurd to talk about a
truth
while Israeli air strikes continue. And in the
week
of the deadly rocket attack, Israel’s offensive shows no sign of letting up.
KEY AND TRANSLATION:
Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip crashed into the battered Israeli border town of Sderot. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a 36-year-old Israeli man was killed when his car took a direct hit. He was the second Israeli fatality in the past two weeks, during which time Palestinian militants have fired more than 230 rockets at Israel.
加沙地带的巴勒斯坦人发射的火箭猛烈袭击了以色列边境城镇
Sderot
。该伊斯兰军事组织
Hamas
宣布为该袭击负责。在这次袭击中，一位
36
岁的以色列男人在掉转车头时遇袭丧生。他是过去两周来第二位以色列牺牲者。在这段时间中巴勒斯坦军队已经向以色列发射了
230
多枚火箭。
The attack brought a stern warning from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
这次袭击使得以色列总理
Ehud Olmert
在耶路撒冷举行周会上发出了严正警告。
"There is no immunity for anyone involved in terror," Mr. Olmert said, hinting that the leaders of Hamas could be targeted. "We will decide when, how and to what extent we will act," he said.
“所有涉及恐怖行动的人都无法赦免，”
Olmert
总理暗示
Hamas
领导人也可能成为打击的目标，“我们会决定于什么时间、以何种方式、何种程度来实施行动。”
Mr. Olmert spoke hours after Israel launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. About 50 Palestinians, most of them militants, have been killed in the raids which began 12 days ago.
Olmert
总理是在以色列刚刚对加沙地带的哈马斯目标发动了新一轮的空袭数小时后发表上述讲话的。在这场
12
天前就开始的突袭行动中，有约
50
名巴勒斯坦人丧生，其中多数为军人。
Hamas says it is absurd to talk about a truce while Israeli air strikes continue. And in the wake of the deadly rocket attack, Israel's offensive shows no sign of letting up.
哈马斯方面称，当以色列还在继续其空袭行动时，谈论休战是非常可笑的。而且致命的火箭袭击也使他们产生警觉，以色列方面攻击性行为丝毫也没有显示休战的迹象。
KEY WORDS AND PHRASES:
Gaza
加沙
(
西南亚地中海岸港市
,
巴勒斯坦的一部分
,1967
年被以色列占领
)
fatality n.
命运决定的事物
,
不幸
,
灾祸
,
天命
stern adj.
严厉的
,
苛刻的
n.
船尾
truce n.
休战
,
休战协定
,
休止
let up v.
停止
,
中止
,
放松
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Global Warming Becomes Major US Campaign Issue(1/3)
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The U.S. National Academy of Sciences says there is a growing body of evidence that the Earth's atmosphere is warming, and in recent decades that temperature change has been caused by human activities.
Scientists at the academy say the most striking proof of global warming is what they call a relatively rapid and widespread increase in temperature during the past century. They say other evidence of warming, such as increases in ocean temperatures, shrinking mountain glaciers and the decreasing polar ice cover are consistent with this trend.
David Sandolow, an energy and environment scholar at the Brukelin Institution, says the evidence is clear.
"We have a good body of ** on global warming, we have never seen a greenhouse gas concentrations in this range of, you know, in all of human history. They are accelerating at rates and wildly unknown in human history. The ** is serious."
The National Academy of Sciences says greenhouse gases have increased significantly since the Industrial Revolution, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy, industry and transportation.
It was only in recent years, however, that most scientists and political leaders began to agree that the changes are due primarily to human behavior.
KEY AND TRANSLATION:
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences says there is a growing body of evidence that the Earth's atmosphere is warming and in recent decades that temperature change has been caused by human activities.
美国国家科学院声称，越来越多的事实表明地球大气正在逐渐变暖，而且近几十年来气温的变化是由人类活动导致的。
Scientists at the Academy say the most striking proof of global warming is what they call a relatively rapid and widespread increase in temperature during the past century.
该学院的科学家们认为，全球变暖最有力的证据是上世纪相对快速和广泛的气温上升。
They say other evidence of warming, such as increases in ocean temperatures, shrinking mountain glaciers and the decreasing polar ice cover are consistent with this trend.
他们说，其他全球变暖的证据，如海洋升温，冰山融化，极地冰层缩小也与这项趋势一致。
David Sandalow, an energy and environment scholar at the Brookings Institution, says the evidence is clear.
Brookings
研究院能量和环境学者
David Sandalow
认为这些
证据是明显的。