万花筒 2011-03-19&03-21 迫于安理会压力，利比亚政府宣布停火

 Breaking at this hour, Libya is declaring a ceasefire, Libya's foreign minister just announced the government will halt all military operations. The government is also denying that its airspace is closed. Last night the UN Security Council authorized¹ all necessary measures including a no-fly zone airstrikes and naval² attacks to protect civilians⁴ from Gaddafi's regime. NBC's Jim Maceda joins us now live from Tripoli, so Jim update us on all the breaking news cause there's more of this as well.

 

That's right. There's more breaking news, because, it's good breaking news. The New York Times has just reported that those four journalists, two reporters, including Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Stephen Farrel, and two photographers, according to the Times, they were captured by Pro-Gaddafi forces but will be released today. That was the hope, that was the speculation⁵ that they got caught up in the retreat of rebel forces in or near Ajdabiya about 90 miles south of Benghazi. They had reported the last Sunday checked in with their bureaus was early Tuesday morning, your time, and hadn't been heard from since. We've been in touch with the New York Times reporter here in Tripoli at this hotel and until today he had said there was no news, but that certainly is a good news.

 

You, your league mentioned the other breaking news and that is that the Libyan government in the guides of Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa did come to us today here and told the foreign journalists that the government was accepting the UN resolution No. 1973 was immediately putting in place a ceasefire that it agreed and welcomed a couple of notions in that resolution namely for the protection of civilians and the territorial⁶ integrity of Libya, and again welcomed those notions. Moussa Koussa went on to say that the country wanted to get back to safe and secure environment. He said that he was saddened, that the government was saddened by the no-fly zone addition to that resolution. He says it should not have included commercial airlines, it should not have closed Libyan airspace to commercial flights, that will simply increase the suffering of the Libyan people and the civilian³ should be exempted⁷ from the resolution, but it certainly does on a sound like a stepping back, a retreat on a military level at least of this government, though knowing the regime, knowing the leader of this regime. There is no doubt that we're going to see over the next days or weeks now of this government turning what looks like a setback⁸ and a retreat into a step-forward. Remember he has a large arsenal⁹ just 60 miles south of Benghazi. He shows no indication at least today of pulling back, of retreating, he could stay there, or he could push on into or near Benghazi and without using artillery¹⁰ or airstrikes, or even motors move in on a very tactical basis at night perhaps like a police operation and go for the leaders of the rebels and the opposition¹¹, so again it does look like a step back which, but it doesn't mean that there'll be a major retreat militarily and politically certainly there's no indication known that Gaddafi or his regime is going anywhere.Back to you, Tom

1 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

2 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

3 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

6 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

7 exempted   

使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。
• Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。

8 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

9 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

10 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

11 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。