时间:2018-11-29 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)


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India has denied escalating 1 tensions with its neighbor as Pakistan called on New Delhi to resume a dialogue and pull back its troops along the border. Tensions have been deepening between the South Asian neighbors since last month's terror attacks in Mumbai which New Delhi says were mounted by Islamic extremists based in Pakistan.

Hours after Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi asked India to deactivate 2 its air bases and relocate its forces to peacetime positions, his Indian counterpart shrugged 3 aside the comment.
 






Pranab Mukherjee, 02 Dec 2008



Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee says New Delhi has not taken any steps to escalate 4 military tensions with its neighbor since the terror attacks in Mumbai.

"We have not done anything which can escalate the tension between India and Pakistan because from day one I am saying this is not an India-Pakistan issue," he said. "This is an attack perpetrated by elements emanating 5 from the land of Pakistan, and Pakistan government should take action. We have not escalated 6 the tensions, so where is the question of de-escalation."

India denies that it has moved its troops to the border with Pakistan, and says any military movements in recent weeks are part of "routine winter exercises." On the weekend, Pakistani officials said they had redeployed some troops from the Afghan border to the Indian border, sharply raising tensions between the neighbors.
 






Indian soldiers guard the western sector 7 of India-Pakistan border at Ranjitpura village, Rajasthan state, India, 25 Dec 2008




New Delhi says talk of a military build up along the border is an effort to divert attention from demands by India and other countries that Pakistan must clamp down on Islamic militant 8 groups blamed for the terror strikes which killed more than 170 people in Mumbai.

Indian foreign minister Mukherjee reiterated 9 demands that Islamabad act against Islamic extremist groups which carry out terror attacks in India. "Yes we will give you evidences as we have earlier given you, but please act on it," he said.

Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says Islamabad will cooperate with India if it is given evidence that gunmen who mounted the attacks in Mumbai came from Pakistan.

The Pakistani minister called for calm in the region. He says dialogue is in the interest of both countries and they should sit across the table to resolve their differences.

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated 10 in the last month, and India has suspended a peace dialogue between the two countries.



1 escalating
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
2 deactivate
v.使无效;复员
  • Russia is deactivating some of its deadliest missiles.俄罗斯正在拆除其一些最危险的导弹。
  • I go through several complex steps to try to "deactivate" my profile.我尝试了那些复杂的步骤,试图“撤销”我的个人资料。
3 shrugged
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 escalate
v.(使)逐步增长(或发展),(使)逐步升级
  • It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
  • Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
5 emanating
v.从…处传出,传出( emanate的现在分词 );产生,表现,显示
  • Even so, there is a slight odour of potpourri emanating from Longfellow. 纵然如此,也还是可以闻到来自朗费罗的一种轻微的杂烩的味道。 来自辞典例句
  • Many surface waters, particularly those emanating from swampy areas, are often colored to the extent. 许多地表水,特别是由沼泽地区流出的地表水常常染上一定程度的颜色。 来自辞典例句
6 escalated
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
  • The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级,演变成了一场同警察的混战。
7 sector
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
8 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
9 reiterated
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯,我一定要知道你的休假日期,"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后,波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
10 deteriorated
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
  • His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化,日甚一日。
学英语单词
absolute tensor
againts
apology
be under an illusion
benzydamin
book number
brabatine
breadth of view
choisi
Choreonema
ciliary body
Clement IV
codependents
color fastness to rubbing
control-menu box
convulsibility
crotin
cyanide waste water
cytosis (novikoff 1961)
dead melted steel
dentilave
djv
enologist
Erlau
Erufu
evidence of payment of duty
Farol Pt.
fenestra endonaria communis
fire -extinguishing plant
fissure lime stone land
footlid
four member ring heterocyclic compound
fraenotomy
go-ahead run
grass-roots supervision
guide vane
Gus-Khrustalny
hassled
Have your lunch handed to you
hepatorenal syndrome
high-return high-risk
highdensity
household telephone penetration
Houston Ship Channel
hydrophilic sol
hystericalness
indopine
internal data
invalid frame
isotope kinetics effect
Jackie Robinson
James I
jedding ax
juhasz
Kehlkopfkrebs
kiaki
land-grant act
leather bag
lol theory
microprocessor array
mitigation of hazards
myosthenic
need for self actualization
nonlarge
nursing process
obsidian hydration dating
octavios
odapipam
one of a thousand
Oosporeae
ozone resisting
pan pan
ph control
phosgene oxime
photoswitches
physio-optics
Piracanjuba
poffertjes
quarterstaffs
rubbing up
Sajno, Jezioro
self-parody
sherell
sparse unsymmetric linear equation
split-axle landing gear
spongioblastoma multiforme
sub-chantry
surplus appropriated for redemption fund
São Pedro da Aldeia
to play ball
trial by battle
turbine type rotary intersection
Turkish monetary unit
tyre burst
underflows
univocity
unpeeled
valory
vigils
woodprint
yard sale
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