VOA慢速英语2012 IN THE NEWS - Clashes Intensify on Turkish-Syrian Border

 

IN THE NEWS - Clashes Intensify¹ on Turkish-Syrian Border

时事新闻 - 土耳其和叙利亚边境冲突加剧

From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English.

现在是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻节目。

A Syrian artillery² attack this week killed five civilians³ in Turkey. It was one of the most serious cross-border incidents since the fighting in Syria began a year and a half ago.

本周叙利亚的炮击造成了土耳其5名平民死亡。这是叙利亚战争爆发一年半以来最为严重的越境事件之一。

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are accused of firing a shell that struck a house in Akcakale on Wednesday. Two women and three children died. Turkish forces shelled Syrian targets to answer the attack.

忠于叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德（Bashar al-Assad）的部队被指控周三发射一枚炮弹袭击了阿克恰卡莱县（Akcakale，土耳其境内）的一所房子，造成两名妇女和3名儿童死亡。土耳其军队炮击了叙利亚目标作为回应。

Also, Turkey's parliament passed a one-year measure approving military intervention⁴ into Syria if necessary. Under the Turkish constitution, the government needs that permission to operate outside Turkey. 

此外，土耳其议会通过了一项为期一年的议案，批准在有必要的情况下进入叙利亚进行军事干预。根据土耳其宪法，政府在土耳其境外行动需要这一授权。

Parliament easily passed the measure, but the main opposition⁵ party voted against it. And opinion surveys show that the Turkish public strongly opposes any heavy military action against Syria.

议会轻松通过了这一议案，但主要反对党投了反对票。同时民意调查显示，土耳其公众强烈反对任何针对叙利亚的重大军事行动。

Inside Syria, the war continues with intensity⁶. In Aleppo, the country's largest city, the few hospitals that are still open are struggling to treat victims of the conflict. VOA reporter Scott Bobb and cameraman Sebastian Meyer visited one of those hospitals.

在叙利亚境内，战斗继续紧张进行。在该国最大的城市阿勒颇，仍然开放的几家医院都在努力治疗冲突受害者。美国之音记者斯科特·鲍比（Scott Bobb）和摄影师塞巴斯蒂安·梅耶（Sebastian Meyer）探访了其中一家医院。 

SCOTT BOBB: "Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo. Staff treat soldiers of the rebel Free Syria Army wounded in various battles this morning. They are also treating civilians. This boy was hit by a bullet. It went through his shoulder and lodged⁷ in his chest. This family arrives in panic and in grief. A mortar⁸ shell hit their home. Two babies are among the wounded. A teenager arrives with a shattered leg. He will survive but as an amputee. The father lies on the sidewalk. He died before reaching the hospital, hit by shrapnel in the head."

鲍比：“在阿勒颇的Dar al-Shifa医院，医务人员在治疗今天上午各种战斗中受伤的反对派自由叙利亚军队的士兵。他们也治疗平民。这个男孩被一枚子弹击中，子弹从肩膀射入，卡在胸口。这个家庭抵达医院时既惊慌又悲伤。一枚迫击炮炮弹击中了他们的住宅。两个婴儿位居伤者之列，一名少年抵达是腿部粉碎，他能活下去，但会成为截肢者。这家的父亲躺在人行道上，他的头部被弹片击中，抵达医院前就死了。”

The hospital was heavily damaged and is able to provide only emergency first aid. After treatment, the wounded are sent home or, if they need more attention, to Turkey -- two hours away.

这家医院被严重破坏，只能提供急救。伤者在治疗后被送回家，如果仍需治疗就会送到两小时路程之外的土耳其。

The Syrian conflict sometimes spills into Turkey, as the attack on Wednesday showed. Turkey has sent more troops to the border since Syrian anti-aircraft fire shot down a Turkish warplane in June. But Cengiz Aktar, a political scientist at Istanbul's Bahcesehir University, says there is no desire for a war with Syria. 

正如周三的袭击所示，叙利亚冲突有时会蔓延到土耳其。自从今年6月份叙利亚防空炮火击落一架土耳其军用飞机后，土耳其已经派遣了更多士兵到边境。但伊斯坦布尔花园城市大学的政治学家杰基茨·阿克塔尔（Cengiz Aktar）表示，土耳其没有和叙利亚一战的愿望。

CENGIZ AKTAR: "Turkey is entering quite a difficult period economically speaking and I do not think they would like to add more expenditure⁹ to their already very strained budget."

阿克塔尔：“从经济学角度讲，土耳其正进入一个相当困难的时期。我不认为他们希望在已经非常紧张的预算上增加更多的支出。”

Turkey’s forces are much larger and more modern than Syrian forces. But the Turkish military is battling Kurdish rebels. And it has other issues requiring its attention. Last month, more than three hundred army officers were found guilty of plotting against Turkey’s government.

土耳其军队比叙利亚军队更庞大更现代化。但土耳其军队正和库尔德反政府武装作战。此外还有其它问题需要其关注。上个月，3百多名陆军军官被发现犯有密谋反对土耳其政府的罪行。

The government has, in the past, said it would not intervene by itself in Syria. But Turkey is finding little international support for intervention from the United Nations or NATO. And political observer Sinan Ulgen says Turkey has been generally dissatisfied with international reaction to the Syrian crisis.

土耳其政府在过去已经表示过，不会自行干预叙利亚。但土耳其在寻求联合国或北约干预上未能获得太多的国际支持。政治观察家辛纳·吴格（Sinan Ulgen）表示，土耳其对国际社会在叙利亚危机上的反应已经普遍不满。

SINAN ULGEN: "Turkey feels that it has been left alone to deal with crisis on Syria. The international community, despite having engaged in the rhetoric¹⁰ of the responsibility to protect, did not live up to the bargain."

吴格：“土耳其认为在处理叙利亚危机上自己被孤立了。国际社会尽管对保护责任极尽花言巧语，却没有兑现承诺。”

And that's IN THE NEWS in Special English. You can find transcripts¹¹, MP3s and podcasts of our programs at www.voanews.cn. And you can find us on Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning English. I'm Bob Doughty¹².

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Contributing: Scott Bobb and Dorian Jones

1 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

2 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。

3 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。

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 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。

6 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

7 lodged   

v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

9 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

10 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

11 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

12 doughty   

adj.勇猛的，坚强的

参考例句：

• Most of successful men have the characteristics of contumacy and doughty.绝大多数成功人士都有共同的特质：脾气倔强，性格刚强。
• The doughty old man battled his illness with fierce determination.坚强的老人用巨大毅力与疾病作斗争。