2006年VOA标准英语-US Secretary of State Reaffirms Commitment to A

By Leta Hong Fincher
Washington
29 June 2006
 
Watch Afghanistan Report

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has promised victory over a resurgence¹ of Taleban forces in Afghanistan. Rice reaffirmed U.S. support for Afghanistan during a visit to Kabul, where she met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday.

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Condoleezza Rice    
  
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised continued U.S. support for Afghanistan, during her five-hour visit to Kabul. After a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Rice said that the Taleban forces responsible for a series of attacks will be defeated. 

"Afghanistan has determined² enemies and they are ruthless but they will not succeed in undermining or in rolling back the democratic gains of the Afghan people,” she said.

Taleban insurgents³ have sharply increased bombings and ambushes⁴ against Afghan and coalition⁵ troops.

Rice said in a radio interview with VOA that the recent rise in violence is not as important as the fact that the whole world is engaged in rebuilding Afghanistan. More than 10,000 coalition soldiers are hunting Taleban militants⁶ across southern Afghanistan.

Some terrorism experts say Taleban forces have been more successful in their attacks recently because they are using suicide operations learned from insurgents in Iraq. 

 
Peter Bergen
  
Peter Bergen is a terrorism analyst⁷ at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.  

"I think the situation is beginning to look a little bit like Iraq six months after the invasion, where things started to begin to look not very good,” he said. “Suicide attacks, a lot of non-governmental organizations or charities having to sort of rethink what they're doing, travel around parts of the country basically becoming impossible and the Taliban have adopted a lot of the tactics from Iraq."

Bergen says some Afghans are concerned about the U.S. decision to withdraw some 3,000 of its soldiers just as violence in Afghanistan is increasing.

 
Karl Eikenberry
  
At a congressional hearing on security in Afghanistan on Wednesday,  the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Army Lieutenant⁸ General Karl Eikenberry, said the U.S. military has made progress in training and equipping the Afghan National Army. 

"This force at this point in time has become a much more resilient force than it was in 2002," he said. "They believe in themselves, they're fighting well side-by-side with us." 

The United States has some 25,000 troops in Afghanistan, but it is handing over operations in southern Afghanistan to NATO

1 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。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 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

4 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 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。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。