2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Repeats Washington's Full Support for Karz

By Ayaz Gul
Islamabad
28 June 2006

U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reiterated¹ Washington's full support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and promised that resurgent Taleban forces in the country will be defeated.

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Condoleezza Rice, left, and Hamid Karzai arrive at press conference in Kabul, Wednesday  
  
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Mr. Karzai one the most respected leaders in the world.

She dismissed reports that a rise in insurgent² violence, an increase in the drug trade and allegations of corruption³ have undermined international support for President Karzai and his government.

"President Karzai is admired," she said. "He is admired for his courage, he is admired for his leadership. He is admired for what he has done to bring this country from civil war now to a democratically elected government."

The top U.S diplomat⁴ says a resurgence⁵ in violence by Taleban insurgents⁶ is a concern for the United States, but she says the violence will not erase⁷ democratic gains made in Afghanistan in the past several years.

At the news conference with Rice, Mr. Karzai acknowledged that Afghanistan has problems with drugs, weak institutions and fighters loyal to the former Taleban regime.

He said that he is not blind to these the challenges. But he described the achievements of his government and the international community since the fall of the Taleban nearly five years ago as immense.

Condoleezza Rice (left) with Pakistan President Musharraf   
  
On Tuesday, Rice was in Pakistan, where she, President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistani officials discussed ways to intensify⁸ the anti-terror campaign on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Nearly 80,000 Pakistani troops are deployed⁹ on their side of the mountainous and porous¹⁰ border, to prevent Taleban militants¹¹ from infiltrating¹² from the Afghan side.

After the meeting with Rice, Pakistani foreign minister Khursheed Kasuri told reporters that 10,000 more troops are being sent to the border area to strengthen security there.

Kasuri rejected Afghan allegations that the Taleban insurgency¹³ is being run from Pakistani territories. He challenged the Afghans to identify the terror hideouts that they claim exist in Pakistan, and said if the Afghans do, Pakistan will take action

1 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

2 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

5 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

6 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

7 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

8 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。

9 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

10 porous   

adj.可渗透的，多孔的

参考例句：

• He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
• The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。

11 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

12 infiltrating   

v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Be vigilant against the danger of enemy agents infiltrating the government and boring from within. 要警惕敌特渗入政府内部进行暗中破坏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The metastatic melanoma is seen here to be infiltrating into the myocardium. 图示转移性黑色素瘤浸润到心肌。 来自互联网

13 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网