VOA标准英语2008年-White House Expects Continuity From Medvedev

By Scott Stearns
White House
07 May 2008

The Bush Administration says it expects to have good relations with the new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the United States wants Russia to stop interfering¹ in the internal affairs of Georgia.

U.S. National Security Advisor² Steve Hadley says President Bush expects to have a good working relationship with President Medvedev and will talk about areas of common interest.

Hadley says Mr. Bush will also speak very plainly with the new Russian leader about areas where they disagree, including Russia's growing support for the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia.

"We expect continuity in Russian foreign policy," he said. That means there will be areas where we agree, and there will be areas where we disagree. And obviously we are very concerned with what Russia is doing in Georgia and a series of actions which we have labeled and said are provocative³.  And we think Russia need to back down from those items."

Russia is increasing its military presence along the border separating Georgia and Abkhazia and has withdrawn⁴ from a sanctions regime imposed on the breakaway province by former Soviet⁵ republics.

White House officials say Russia is increasing tensions between Georgia and the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Moscow denies Georgian allegations that Russia shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane over Georgian air space last month.

Georgia is just one of the issues on a US/Russia agenda that includes Israeli/Palestinian peace talks, a missile defense⁶ system in Europe, and nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran.

Mr. Bush and Mr. Medvedev met last month in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. White House officials say their first meeting as heads of state should come at the G8 summit in Japan in July.

1 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

5 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。