40 布什政府将最终摒弃反弹道导弹条约

 

Administration to Eventually Abandon ABM Treaty

David Swan

Washington

17 Jun 2001 15:41 UTC

 

The Bush administration has 1)reaffirmed it will 2)abandon the 3)Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty once the landmark¹ accord becomes a barrier to new missile defenses. This was among the issues aired at the president's first face-to-face 4)encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday.

In the wake of the meeting, Mr. Bush's aides sought to emphasize what they call the cordial relationship emerging between the two presidents. At the same time, officials say there was little movement on issues, including the future of the ABM accord.

National Security Advisor³ Condoleeza Rice says the United States will not let the treaty stand in the way of an anti-missile shield. Speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press" she said the 1972 5)pact is outdated⁴. "It kept the Soviet⁵ Union and the United States from blowing each other to smithereens in what was a very 6)hostile relationship," she said. "That is not the relationship now and I would dare anyone to say that what keeps the United States and Russia from going to war is the ABM treaty. " But Saturday, President Putin called the treaty the 7)cornerstone of international security. The NATO allies also voiced doubts about the president's missile defense² proposal during his European trip.

In Washington, the plan is meeting resistance from many Democrats⁶. Senator Joseph Biden, the new chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, says breaking the ABM accord would 8)touch off a new global 9)arms race. "You are going to have a fundamental shift in what every other nation does in terms of building more weapons," he said. "You are going to see China go from 18 ICBMs to 300 to 400 immediately, you will see India respond to them and eventually you will see within five-years in my view Japan becoming a nuclear power."

Another topic of the Bush-Putin meeting was Moscow's trade with Iran. U.S. officials fear Russian goods and technology most recently, a shipment of high-grade aluminum⁷ are helping⁸ the Tehran government build weapons of mass destruction. Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking on "Fox News Sunday," made clear the sides still disagree on this question. "We have to keep talking about this to make sure that we are of a common mind on this and we have a unified⁹ 10)approach to this," he said. "They sell for the purpose of generating hard currency. And we are troubled by some of the sales that have taken place in the past."

Mr. Powell says the administration will enforce the law that calls for 11)sanctions on any Russian 12)entity helping Iran's weapons program.

 

 

(1)      reaffirm[ri:E5f:m]vt.重申, 再肯定

(2)      abandon[E5bAndEn]vt.放弃, 遗弃n.放任, 狂热

(3)      Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 反弹道导弹条约

(4)      encounter[In5kaJntE(r)]v.遭遇, 遇到, 相遇n.遭遇, 遭遇战

(5)      pact[pAkt]n.合同, 公约, 协定

(6)      hostile[5hRstaIl; (?@) 5hBstl]adj.敌对的, 敌方的n.敌对

(7)      cornerstone[5kC:nEstEJn]n.墙角石, 基础

(8)      touch off v.触发, 使炸裂, 激起, 勾划出

(9)      arms race n.军备竞赛

(10)      approach[E5prEJtF]n.接近, 方法, 步骤vt.接近, 动手处理vi.靠近

(11)      sanction[5sANkF(E)n]n. v.批准, 同意, 支持, 制裁, 认可

(12)      entity[5entItI]n.实体

 

 

1 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

4 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

5 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6 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》

7 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。