美国有线新闻 CNN 美国国务卿与俄罗斯外长就叙利亚问题会谈

 

I`m Carl Azuz. It`s good to have you watching.

我是卡尔`阿祖兹,欢迎您收看CNN学生新闻.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in the Russian capital yesterday. He`s meeting with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

美国国务卿雷克斯·蒂勒森昨日抵达俄罗斯首都,和俄外长拉夫罗夫会面.

The main subject: Syria`s ongoing<sup>1</sup> civil war. Last week, dozens of Syrians were killed by a chemical weapon, a poisonous gas. The U.S. blames Syria`s government for launching the attack and though Syria denied it, American ships later fired missiles at a Syrian air base, the base where the U.S. says the chemical attack was made from.

谈论的主要问题: 叙利亚内战.上周,由于使用化学武器,一种有毒的气体导致数十位叙利亚人死亡.美国谴责叙利亚政府使用化学武器,尽管叙利亚否认,但是之后,美国向叙利亚空军基地发射导弹,美国表示,此基地用于化学袭击.

This was the first time that America targeted a Syrian government position. Previously², it had only gone after ISIS terrorist positions in Syria.

这是美国首次明确针对叙利亚政府.以前,美国仅是针对在叙利亚的IS恐怖组织.

But here`s where it gets more complicated -- Russia supports the Syrian government and its president, Bashar al-Assad. And the U.S. does not.

但是现在形势变得更加复杂——俄罗斯支持叙利亚政府以及总统阿萨德。但是，美国却不支持。

So, America is trying to influence Russia to end its support for Syria`s leader.

所以，美国试图劝阻俄罗斯结束对叙利亚领导人的支持。

REX TILLERSON: We want to create a future for Syria that is stable and secure. And so, Russia can be a part of that future and play an important role. Or Russia can maintain its alliance with this group which we believe is not going to serve Russia`s interest longer term.

美国国务卿蒂勒森： 我们希望未来的叙利亚是稳定和安全的。因此俄罗斯是未来的一部分，同时也发挥着重要的作用。或者俄罗斯可以维持和叙利亚政府的盟友关系，但是我们认为这不利于俄罗斯长远的利益。

1 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。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。