奥巴马称伊朗核协议 令世界更安全

OBAMA: Iran Deal Makes America, World Safer 奥巴马称伊朗核协议 令世界更安全

The American president Wednesday defended the historic¹ agreement reached with Iran Tuesday. Barack Obama said the deal represents the world’s best way to ensure that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.

The agreement, in his words, “cuts off every single path” for Iran to build a nuclear bomb. And, he said that makes the United States and the world safer.

Also Wednesday, the United States proposed a United Nations measure to end all international restrictions² linked to Iran’s nuclear program. However, a U.N. ban on trading arms with Iran would remain in place for five years. A ban on ballistic missiles trade would continue for eight years.

Greeks protest new austerity measures

Greek anti-austerity demonstrators threw explosives at police in Athens Wednesday. Police sprayed tear gas in return.

The protest took place near the Parliament building. Lawmakers inside were debating terms for a new debt agreement from Greece’s European lenders.  

The violent activists³ ended otherwise peaceful demonstrations⁴. Thousands of people had marched through Athens to protest the latest austerity measures.

Greek lawmakers are to vote on the measures early Thursday.

German court sentences Auschwitz bookkeeper

A German court has sentenced a 94-year-old former Nazi⁵ officer to four years in prison. Oskar Groening was found guilty of involvement in the murders of hundreds of thousands of people. The crimes took place at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland over a two month period.

Oskar Groening admitted “moral guilt” at the start of the trial. He worked in the death camp for several years, collecting and counting the belongings⁶ of the Jews as they arrived. The trial dealt only with a two month period in 1944 of his time at the camp.

Solar plane grounded until 2016

The Switzerland-based team attempting to fly a solar-powered plane around the world says the flight has been delayed until next April because of damage to its batteries.

The team says the batteries on the Solar Impulse⁷ 2 overheated during its five-day flight from Nagoya, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii on June 30.

Pilot Andre Borschberg landed the Solar Impulse 2 near Honolulu on July 3, after traveling a record-breaking 118 hours across the Pacific Ocean. It was the most dangerous part of the plane’s 35,000-kilometer trip around the world because there was no place to land in an emergency.

1 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

2 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

3 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 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。

6 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

7 impulse   

n.（一时的）冲动，冲力，脉冲，神经冲动

参考例句：

• She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
• I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。