VOA标准英语2009年-US Secretary of State Clinton to Visit Turkey S

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visits Turkey Saturday, the final stop on a trip that has included stops in the Middle East and Europe.
　
US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a meeting of the EU-US Troika in Brussels, 06 Mar¹ 2009

Secretary of State Clinton's efforts to bring peace to the Middle East is expected to be at the top of her agenda in Ankara.

Analysts² note Turkey's ties with Hamas and with countries in the Arab world make the country an important asset, and Ankara is also reported to be mending fences with Israel after a war of words between the two counties over the recent Israeli military operation into Gaza.

Another difficult issue expected to come up during the Clinton visit will be Afghanistan, and the Secretary of State is expected to press Turkey to increase its military forces there.
　
A Turkish soldier salutes³ during the Regional Command Capital transfer of authority from Turkish to Italian forces at NATO-ISAF’s multi-national brigade in Kabul, (2007 file photo)

Turkish forces are currently engaged in peacekeeping in and around the Afghan capital Kabul, but the United States is hoping other countries contributing troops to Afghanistan will put additional efforts in the south, where the Taleban insurgency⁴ has shown growing strength.

International relations expert Soli Ozel of Bilgi University says that will be hard sell to Turkey's armed forces chiefs.

"Look if you do indeed have in Kabul have a situation where other country's soldiers are wearing Turkish soldiers uniforms because it is a lot safer in the streets that tells you something about the kind of the prestige that the turks enjoy in Kabul, would you really want to ruin this by sending fighting troops to the south," Ozel said.

But analysts say there is not only military opposition⁵ to such a move. The country's Islamic rooted government also has ideological⁶ concerns over the Turkish army being engaged in the war against the Taleban according to Ozel.

"There is this issue Turkish troops fighting Muslims they don't want to give this impression, how are going to explain the body bags that are inevitably⁷ going to be coming. It is the same kind of concerns that the Germans and others express with the added dimension of Islamic orientated⁸ government being in power the country being overwhelmingly Muslim and not seeing the operations in Afghanistan necessarily as legitimate⁹ as other NATO members do," said Ozel.
　
A general view shows the reactor¹⁰ building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in southern Iran (File)

Another hot button topic expected to be discussed during the Clinton visit is Iran's nuclear program, which the United States suspects is being used as part of a program to develop a nuclear weapons program, a charge Tehran denies.

Gokhan Cetinsaya is an adviser¹¹ to the Turkish foreign ministry¹² on Iran he says Ankara is well placed to help defuse tensions.

"There are good relations with Iran, there are good relations with the United states . I think Turkey is in that sense, Turkey is in a very unique position. Probably this is an unofficial role and in that case probably you can facilitate their communication their understanding and you can inform them about intentions and discourse¹³ of the other side," he said.

Another focus of Clinton's talks Saturday will likely be Iraq, where the United States is planning to draw down its forces. The Turkish foreign minister this month indicated that United States would be allowed to use Turkish territory for the withdrawal¹⁴. But that cooperative spirit could be compromised by the ongoing¹⁵ effort in the U.S. Congress to push through a motion to recognize the mass killings¹⁶ of Turkish Armenians in 1915 by then Ottoman forces as genocide - a charge Ankara strongly denies.
　
A 23 July 2008 file photo of a ruined church near the Turkish-Armenian border, in the now- uninhabited capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom

During his election campaign, then presidential candidate Barack Obama said he supports such efforts. But Turkish government minister Ergemen Bagis while predicting Mr. Obama will not honor such a commitment warns of far reaching consequences if he does.

"That would be seen as an insult to our efforts to make peace. There would be important implications. Turkey today provides 70% of all the logistical goods to all the US troops in Iraq. Turkey is an important player in NATO, we have the second largest military in NATO in the United States. We are together in most of the peacekeeping operations. But we have saying the head that wears the crown is wiser. Once the US president sits in their office and understand turkey's role in the security in this very difficult part of the world, they try not to interfere¹⁷ the local domestic issues," said Bagis.

During her meetings, analysts say Clinton will likely hear that Turkey is working hard to improve relations with Armenia including resolving historical disputes. She is also expected to again be made aware that anti-U.S. sentiment in Turkey is amongst the highest in the world. But analysts say with Mr. Obama's election is being overwhelmingly welcomed both in the country and in government, Clinton's visit comes at an opportune¹⁸ time.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 salutes   

n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
• A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句

4 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

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 ideological   

a.意识形态的

参考例句：

• He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
• He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。

7 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

8 orientated   

v.朝向( orientate的过去式和过去分词 )；面向；确定方向；使适应

参考例句：

• He orientated himself by finding a familiar landscape. 他寻见一处熟悉的景色，从而确定自己所处的方位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They orientated the tennis court north and south. 他们把网球场定为南北向。 来自辞典例句

9 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

10 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

11 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

12 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

13 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

14 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

15 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

16 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

17 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

18 opportune   

adj.合适的，适当的

参考例句：

• Her arrival was very opportune.她来得非常及时。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。