美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-30

 We're starting this Monday in Syria. More than 100,000 people had been killed since the civil war started there 2011. The United Nations aimed to maintain global peace, so sometimes it gets involved in conflicts like this. This weekend, the Syrian official said the government would give UN inspectors¹ access to any site of the suspected chemical weapons attack. The Syrian government and rival forces are accusing each other of using chemical weapons. CNN's Fred Franken asked Syrian official about that. 

 

＂There are of course more and more videos popping up, and more and more people are accusing the government of using chemical weapons here on Wednesday. Did you use them ?＂

 

＂Absolutely not. This is a big lie, and in Syria we had a responsible government, but at the same time, we had the irresponsible enemies. These are enemies who are spreading such rumors².＂

 

US official says it's nearly certain that the Syrian government is responsible for any chemical weapons use. President Obama has called the use of chemical weapons a red line, meaning a line that could lead to US action. The president talked about it with CNN's Chris recently.

 

“When you start saying chemical weapons used on a large scale and, again, we're still gathering³ information about this particular ban. But it's very troublesome.”

 

“The strong proof used in them already in the past.”

 

“And that starts getting to some core national interests that United State has. Both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating⁴ as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region. ”

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 proliferating   

激增( proliferate的现在分词 )； （迅速）繁殖； 增生； 扩散

参考例句：

• Computerized data bases are proliferating fast. 计算机化的数据库正在激增。
• Crown galls are cancerous growths composed of disorganized and proliferating plant cells. 冠瘿是无组织的正在不断增殖的植物细胞所组成的癌状物。