时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(九月)


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By Jeff Swicord
Washington, DC
29 September 2006
 
watch Iraq Violence report


 
Iraq violence continues
Violence in Iraq continues to escalate 1 in this first week of Ramadan.  This comes as new polls reveal more about Iraqi public opinion. 


The surge in violence continued Thursday in Baghdad, as 15 people were killed in a string of attacks across the city.  Four died and 12 were wounded in two simultaneous bombings along busy Sadoun Street.  Officials also reported finding more victims of sectarian death squads 2.  And according to U.S. military officials, illegal militias 3 are beginning to return to neighborhoods previously 4 cleared by U.S. forces.


The surge in violence comes as a new poll conducted by Worldpublicopinion.org found that 7 in 10 Iraqis want U.S. forces to leave Iraq within a year.  And an overwhelming majority believe the U.S. presence in the country is provoking more conflict than it is preventing.


 
Steve Kull
Steven Kull is editor of Worldpublicopinion.org. He says, "The confidence in U.S. military forces is quite low.  Overall, 84 percent say they have none or just a little confidence in U.S. military forces.  With the Shia and the Sunni overwhelmingly having this feeling.  The Kurds though, a modest majority [are] expressing still some confidence in U.S. forces."


A similar poll conducted by an American University showed the same findings.


The Bush administration has repeatedly stressed that victory in Iraq will not be easy and there will be setbacks along the way.  But it says success in Iraq is critical to the overall war on terror.


Meanwhile, in a Washington Post article published Thursday, a U.S. inspector 5 general has recommended the $75 million Baghdad police academy be closed. Officials say it is so poorly constructed it poses health risks to students.  The training of a professional police force and army  is considered essential, so that U.S. forces can hand over security responsibilities to the Iraqis and withdraw from the country.  The Army Corps 6 of Engineers says the Iraqi subcontractors who built the academy will be forced to fix the problems as part of their warranty 7 work.


The continued violence and recent setbacks came as the month-long Islamic holiday of Ramadan began this week -- a time when U.S. officials were hoping there would be a decrease in violence. 



1 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。
2 squads
n.(军队中的)班( squad的名词复数 );(暗杀)小组;体育运动的运动(代表)队;(对付某类犯罪活动的)警察队伍
  • Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
  • Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句
3 militias
n.民兵组织,民兵( militia的名词复数 )
  • The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
  • The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
4 previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
5 inspector
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
6 corps
n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
7 warranty
n.担保书,证书,保单
  • This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
  • As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人,我们已经向银行开出了担保书。
学英语单词
-ary
aluminium polychlorid
arenarioides
as steadfast as a rock
Austevoll
AzU
Baldt anchor
ballgoers
band-i-baian (band-e bayan)
bank subsidence
battery boost
bellisle
biochemistry of fertilization and gametes
bread tin
can hardly refrain oneself
cheesing off
chushul (shushal)
cirrhoscyllium formosanum
compass window
conditionally compact game
constricts
Cronus
cushion ring
cystitis colli
declare contract avoided
denges passage
dynamic-stress
edinburgh festival
elective courses
embossed rock
erwinia cacticida (johns et hichc) houd
Eurya impressinervis
extinction(coefficient)
family rhinotermitidaes
Felling-series
ferzanas
fishing mortality coefficient
flagway
forgive ... for
four basic fields
geo-stationary earth orbit systems
geomorphic snowline
gross vacuum measurement
halfly
holographic interference pattern
Homosulfamide
intercrystalline segregation
interparietal hernia
isovists
library hours
light-handedness
liquid metal corrosion test
lockjaws
long terminal repeat
lost to the wide
malvesey
master-control unit
material procurement
meter readings
microphotometry
microspike
Miss x that was
monophyletist
motor individual power supply
movement transformation
nautical system
neurophic cytokine
no-discharge pump head
nonengineers
nonrapid eye movement sleeps
notarial act
oeks
original check
parioglossus formosus
Peflacin
perxisome
phengaris daitozana
Primula concholoba
proceeded from
pyrus phrifolia(burm.f.)nakai
Queen Alexandra
red haws
reducer
rissenite
scenellid
simper
single pile warp velvet
sleeveport
spacenap
square four
substantial shareholding
tap hole plug
the friendship hotel
turret mounting
underslung worm transmission
unquizzically
unthroughfaresome
useful area
Waldheimia glabra
washing soap
won't take no for an answer
zanflo