美国国家公共电台 NPR 拜登和以色列新总理会晤

President Biden had hoped to spend much of Thursday hosting the new prime minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett.

拜登总统原本希望在周四的大部分时间里接待以色列新总理纳夫塔利·贝内特。

That was before the fatal bombings in Kabul, and Biden postponed¹ the meeting till today.

这是喀布尔致命爆炸发生之前的计划，爆炸发生后，拜登将会谈推迟到了今天。

Israeli officials were already concerned the Afghanistan withdrawal² might distract attention from this historic first meeting between the new leaders of both countries.

以色列官员已开始担心，从阿富汗撤军的行动可能会分散人们对两国新领导人首次历史性会晤的注意力。

NPR's Daniel Estrin traveled from Jerusalem with Bennett. He's here now. Hey, Daniel.

NPR新闻的丹尼尔·埃斯特林陪同贝内特从耶路撒冷出发。他现在将和我们连线。你好，丹尼尔。

Hi, Mary Louise.

你好，玛丽·路易斯。

Welcome to Washington, for starters. Thank you.

首先欢迎来到华盛顿。谢谢。

And start with just how this all played out because it's pretty unusual for a big meeting like this to be delayed so last minute.

请先介绍一下这一切是如何发生的，因为这种大型会议在最后一分钟被推迟是很不寻常的情况。

Yeah, it was not like the Israelis would have liked.

好，这并不是以色列所希望的。

We reporters were in place at the White House, and then 15 minutes before the meeting in the Oval Office was supposed to begin yesterday,

会谈原计划昨天在椭圆形办公室举行，当时我们这些记者已在白宫就位，但就在会议开始前的15分钟，

the White House postponed the meeting because of the Kabul attacks.

由于喀布尔发生袭击事件，白宫推迟了会议。

And so the meeting happened instead today. And afterwards, we reporters met with Bennett and his staff.

会谈改在今天举行。会谈结束后，我们记者采访了贝内特及其的工作人员。

Bennett said he was very appreciative³ of the two hours that Biden devoted⁴ to him today and that Biden was very friendly and attentive⁵.

贝内特表示，他非常感谢拜登今天与他进行了两个小时的会面，拜登非常友好，也很周到。

Now, this delay means that Bennett and his delegation⁶ have to stay two extra days in the U.S.

这一延迟意味着贝内特和他的代表团不得不在美国多停留两天，

because Israeli prime ministers traditionally do not travel on the Jewish Sabbath, which begins tonight.

因为传统上，以色列总理不在今晚开始的犹太安息日旅行。

But the Israelis — just one other thing is that they really didn't want to bring up Afghanistan on this trip,

但以色列——还有一件事，他们真的不想在这次访问中提到阿富汗问题，

but an Israeli official told us that the chaotic⁷ withdrawal from Afghanistan reinforced Israel's conviction that the U.S. should not pull out of Iraq and Syria.

但一位以色列官员告诉我们，阿富汗撤军的混乱局面强化了以色列的信念，即美国不应撤出伊拉克和叙利亚。

What is Bennett seeking from this visit?

贝内特这次访问的目的是什么？

I think the most important thing is that he wanted to establish a direct personal relationship with President Biden

我认为最重要的是，他想与拜登总统建立直接的个人关系，

because that was his predecessor⁸, Benjamin Netanyahu's, strong point.

因为这是他的前任本杰明·内塔尼亚胡的强项。

He was a veteran close with Trump⁹, which Israeli voters appreciated, a known quantity in Washington.

他是与特朗普关系密切的老兵，以色列选民对此表示赞赏，这在华盛顿是众所周知的事情。

And Bennett never met Biden at all before today, so he tried to establish a personal rapport¹⁰.

贝内特在今天之前从未见过拜登，因此他试图建立个人关系。

It was a bit of a reach. He commented on how he used to live in the U.S. for a while and take the same Amtrak line that Biden would take.

这似乎可以达成。他评论说，他曾在美国生活过一段时间，乘坐过拜登会搭乘的同一条美铁路线。

Biden seemed to like that. You know, he loves the Amtrak.

拜登似乎会喜欢这一点。因为他喜欢美国铁路公司。

But both leaders want a new chapter after the rocky Netanyahu years where he favored Trump and angered Democrats¹¹. This is how Bennett put it.

但在内塔尼亚胡支持特朗普并激怒民主党的坎坷岁月之后，两位领导人都希望翻开新的篇章。以下是贝内特所说。

I bring with me a new spirit — a spirit of goodwill¹², a spirit of hope, a spirit of decency¹³ and honesty, a spirit of unity¹⁴ and bipartisanship.

我带来了新的精神——善意的精神、希望的精神、正派和诚实的精神、团结和两党合作的精神。

A lot of spirit. In terms of matters of substance, we know that Iran is Israel's top concern.

真是很多精神。就实质问题而言，我们知道伊朗是以色列最关心的问题。

Biden's trying to restore the nuclear deal with Iran. Israel really doesn't want that to happen. Did they make any progress on that front?

拜登正试图恢复与伊朗的核协议。以色列真的不希望这种情况发生。他们在这方面有什么进展吗？

Well, Bennett said he was very happy when Biden said this today.

贝内特表示，拜登今天发表下列言论时他很高兴。

We're putting diplomacy¹⁵ first. We're seeing where that takes us. But if diplomacy fails, we're ready to turn to other options.

我们把外交放在首位。我们要看看这会把我们带到哪里。但如果外交手段失败，我们准备转向其他选择。

So what are those other options? Well, Bennett said that the U.S. has agreed to work on a joint¹⁶ strategy with Israel on countering Iran.

还有哪些其他选择？贝内特表示，美国已同意与以色列共同制定对抗伊朗的战略。

They're keeping the details in the shadows, though.

不过，他们对细节保密。

And just briefly¹⁷, what about the other big point of tension, the policy on the Palestinians?

请简单回答一下，另一个重要的紧张点，对巴勒斯坦人的政策呢？

Well, Bennett, in every meeting he had with — as U.S. officials said, he laid out his policy.

正如美国官员所说，贝内特在每场会谈中都阐述了他的政策。

He would not annex¹⁸ the West Bank. He will allow settlements in the West Bank to expand steadily¹⁹.

他不会吞并约旦河西岸。他将允许约旦河西岸的定居点稳步扩大。

And he will not enter peace talks with Palestinians, but he will do improvements to give — improvements to Palestinians' lives.

他不会与巴勒斯坦进行和平谈判，但他会改善巴勒斯坦人的生活。

Thank you, Daniel.

谢谢你，丹尼尔。

You're welcome.

不客气。

NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting tonight in Washington.

以上是NPR新闻的丹尼尔·埃斯特林今晚从华盛顿带来的报道。

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 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。

3 appreciative   

adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的

参考例句：

• She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
• We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。

4 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

5 attentive   

adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的

参考例句：

• She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
• The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

6 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

7 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

8 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

9 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

10 rapport   

n.和睦，意见一致

参考例句：

• She has an excellent rapport with her staff.她跟她职员的关系非常融洽。
• We developed a high degree of trust and a considerable personal rapport.我们发展了高度的互相信任和不错的私人融洽关系。

11 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

13 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

14 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

15 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

16 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

17 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

18 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

19 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。