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White House makes big push for Syria plan

白宫推进叙利亚计划

One-on-one meetings, phone calls and town halls, the Obama administration is trying hard to rally support for a missile strike in Syria. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.

一对一会议，打电话，市政厅，奥巴马政府试着获得对叙利亚导弹进攻的支持。NBC的Peter Alexander报道。

For president Obama, it has been a long weekend of laying the groundwork to get congress' seal of approval to take military action against Syria. Tomorrow the president's top advisers¹ will continue to make the case as debate intensifies² over what's at stake for the US. and Syria. We begin with Peter Alexander at the White House. Peter, good evening.

reporter: Natalie, good evening to you. With a series of urgent calls and meetings, this has been a busy weekend for the president and his national security team trying to sell their case for strikes in Syria facing deep divisions within congress.

US act now!

reporter: The fierce debate over US military action in Syria is not confined to Washington. at a town hall in connecticut today.

The United States can't let dictators kill their own people and do nothing.

I really think for those war mongers who basically talk about going and shooting, etc. , put them in the front lines, and let me see how they will fire and shoot.

reporter: The president's challenge, to convince skeptical³ lawmakers on both sides. those opposed to US under intervention⁴ and those who insist it doesn't go far enough. John Mccain and Lindsey Graham who met with the president today, afterward⁵ expressed optimism that the White House is developing a better strategy to undermine Syrian president Bashar Assad and support the opposition⁶.

If the congress were to reject a resolution like this after the president of the United States has already committed to action, the consequences would be cattleastrophic.

reporter: To win what observers agree is a political gamble. The White House calls a lobbying surge, everything is on the menu, a white house official told NBC News, including more classified briefings, testimony⁷ at congressional hearings, in-person visits, and one-on-one phone calls. But among those expressing reservations, members of the president's own party, democrats⁸. Many still hindered by the decision to invade Iraq .

I don't see any way that a civil war in Syria and the fact that this evil man is using chemicals to kill his own people, how that affects directly or indirectly⁹ our national security .

reporter: Which is why the White House dispatched five heavyweights including secretary of state John Kerry for a conference call today with more than 120 house democrats. Considering our memories of Nazi¹⁰ Germany Kerry insisted that the US now faces a Munich moment and must act. Tomorrow the senate foreign relations committee, Natalie, will hold its first hearing on the issue. Then tomorrow night the president heads out of town overseas, first to Sweden, and then to Russia for the G20 summit where he will try to build international support.

1 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

2 intensifies   

n.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的名词复数 )v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

4 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

5 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

10 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。