VOA慢速英语2014 US Is Hopeful for Nuclear Deal with Iran

 

US Is Hopeful for Nuclear Deal with Iran

Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator at nuclear talks with Iran, says she is hopeful for a final deal.

Ms. Sherman spoke¹ to VOA on Thursday. She said she believed the negotiators are making progress. But, in her words, “there are still some very crucial decisions that need to be made.”

Negotiators from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S. are trying to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran by November 24th. The so-called P5+1 negotiators held talks with Iran at the gathering² of the United Nations General Assembly.

Ms. Sherman said nuclear negotiations³ are central to her discussion with Iranian officials. But she said another important issue is the detention⁴ of Americans citizens in Iran, including reporter Jason Rezaian.

Obama warns about spread of Ebola virus

U.S. President Barack Obama warned world leaders in New York on Thursday that Ebola is becoming "a growing threat to regional and global security."

At the United Nations meeting on the outbreak, Mr. Obama said that public health systems in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are “near collapse” and "if this epidemic⁵ is not stopped, this disease could cause a humanitarian⁶ catastrophe⁷ across the region.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that up to 1.4 million people in West Africa could be infected with the Ebola virus by January 2015.

Boko Haram releases one of the 200 kidnapped girls

Police in Nigeria said Boko Haram has released one of the 200 females it kidnapped in April.

A Nigerian police spokesman said the 20-year-old hostage was found Wednesday in the village of Mubi in Adamawa state.

An leader from Chibok, where the girls were kidnapped, said the name the woman gave for herself was not on the list of kidnapped girls. He said the woman was traumatized and could not communicate clearly.

1 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。

2 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。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

7 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。