标准VOA总结贴

【Vocab】
spin n. a way of presenting information or a situation in a particualr way 陈述（esp.导向性陈述）
Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
政治家们对经济形式各执一词。

stampede v. act hurriedly or on impulse

gratuitous adj. without cause 无端的
His criticism is quite gratuitous. 
他的批评完全没有根据。

pawn  典当，抵押物，人质
We are mere pawns in the struggle for power. 
在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒。

【Translation】
答案和听力搞有出入，以答案为准做的翻译～～看着他们狗咬狗偶在旁边偷着乐

Republicans sought to put a positive spin on the report, with Congressman Duncan Hunter urging lawmakers not to vote to change policy until the September report from U.S. Iraq commander General David Petraeus.
共和党人试图对该报告给予正面回答，国会议员Duncn Hunter催促立法人员在美驻伊总司令David Pdtraeus将军九月份回国述职报告后再进行政改投票。

"This is an attempt once again to stampede a retreat from Iraq, and it is a gratuitous attempt to do this."
“这又是一次无端的、冲动的从伊撤兵的企图。”

House Foreign Affairs chairman Tom Lantos suggested that far from demonstrating progress, the administration report on Iraq reflects setbacks.
众议院外交事务主席Tom Lantos表示，布什政府的伊拉克形势报告并不代表美军（在伊战场上的）成功，而映射了美军的失败。

"With every car bomb that takes civilian toll, every insurgent's bullet that finds it mark, every roadside explosive that maims or kills one of our own brave men and women in uniform, the sacrifices mount and the result is anything but satisfactory."
“每次造成平民伤亡的汽车炸弹，每颗叛乱者的带有袭击目标的子弹，每条路边造成勇敢的男女军人残废或死亡的爆炸，牺牲在增长，结果无论如何不令人满意。”

Before the final vote, House Republican minority leader John Boehner made a final appeal to lawmakers to vote against the measure, asserting it would embolden al-Qaida in Iraq, and terrorists around the world.
在最终投票前，政府共和党少数派领袖John Boehner向投票反对该措施的立法委员做了最后的呼吁，称该法案将令伊拉克的基地分子和遍布全世界的恐怖分子更加嚣张。

"This bill we have before us makes our troops pawns in a partisan political battle. I don't think that is what anyone wants. I think this bill undermines General Petraeus, undermines the mission he has to make Iraq and America safe."
这项法案使我们的军队成为党派政治斗争的牺牲品。我认为这是我们都不愿看到的。这项法案会削弱Petraeus将军维护美国和伊拉克安全的计划。