奥巴马：伊朗核协议将走更远

 　　President Barack Obama said Saturday that the deal to get Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons does "more than anyone has done before" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

　　In his weekly Saturday address, Obama said Iran couldn not cheat on the deal because the verification process it set up was "comprehensive" and "intrusive¹."

　　The president said that if Iran reneged on the agreement, which calls for Iran to ship 98 percent of its nuclear material out of the country, the economic sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy would snap back into place.

　　He said without the deal, the world risks having another war in the most volatile² region in the world.

　　Earlier Saturday, Iran's supreme³ leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made his own comments on the deal, saying it did not signal cooperation with the U.S. and its allies on other issues.

　　Obama: Iran Nuclear Deal Goes Further Than Any Before

　　Khamenei spoke⁴ to Iranians on live television as the nation celebrated⁵ the end of the holy month of Ramadan. He said the deal to end development of nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting economic sanctions was an exception to Iran's usual dealings with the United States.

　　Khamenei called the U.S. "arrogant⁶" and said Iran would never bow to what he called "the enemy's excessive demands."

　　Saudi concerns

　　Saudi Arabia on Friday sent its foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, to the White House, where he received reassurances⁷ about the nuclear deal from Obama.

　　At a regular briefing after the private meeting, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that Obama and al-Jubeir talked about the Iranian nuclear agreement and how to boost security cooperation.

　　The spokesman did not give details of how the U.S. would increase military assistance, but he said the discussions built on talks Obama held with senior officials from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf⁸ Cooperation Council nations at Camp David in May. The president said at that time that the United States was prepared to work jointly⁹ with GCC states to deter¹⁰ and confront external threats to any member's territorial¹¹ integrity.

　　Overtures¹² criticized

　　Saudi leaders have criticized U.S. overtures to Iran, reflecting their concern that easing sanctions will enable Tehran to boost its financing of efforts to destabilize the region, including Yemen.

　　The Saudis also have expressed doubts that a deal would stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.

　　In a statement following Obama’s meeting with the Saudi foreign minister on Friday, White House officials said the two “welcomed” the agreement, which, “once fully¹³ implemented¹⁴, will effectively cut off all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon and verifiably ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful going forward.”

　　Next steps

　　The historic nuclear deal, reached between Iran and six world powers, is expected to be approved early Monday by the U.N. Security Council in Vienna, according to diplomats¹⁵.

　　The resolution will begin the process of lifting international sanctions imposed on Iran, with Tehran giving up its nuclear program in exchange.

　　In the United States, Congress has 60 days to review and, should it choose, vote to approve or reject the pact¹⁶.

　　Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Obama would have a “real challenge” getting the pact through a skeptical¹⁷, Republican-led Congress, and he criticized it as “the best deal acceptable to Iran, rather than one that might actually end Iran’s nuclear program."

　　Obama has promised to veto any congressional attempt to derail the initiative.

1 intrusive   

adj.打搅的；侵扰的

参考例句：

• The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
• Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。

2 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

6 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

7 reassurances   

n.消除恐惧或疑虑( reassurance的名词复数 )；恢复信心；使人消除恐惧或疑虑的事物；使人恢复信心的事物

参考例句：

• We have had some reassurances from the council that the building will be saved. 理事会保证会保留那座建筑，这使我们得到了些许安慰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everybody's reassurances have encouraged me. 大家的勉励鼓舞了我。 来自辞典例句

8 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

9 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

10 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

11 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

12 overtures   

n.主动的表示，提议；（向某人做出的）友好表示、姿态或提议( overture的名词复数 )；（歌剧、芭蕾舞、音乐剧等的）序曲，前奏曲

参考例句：

• Their government is making overtures for peace. 他们的政府正在提出和平建议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship. 最近他开始主动表示友好，样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。 来自辞典例句

13 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

14 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

15 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

17 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。