美国立法者保证协助恐怖袭击事件的调查

  

US Lawmakers Pledge to Help Investigate Attacks

Deborah Tate

Washington

11 Sep 2001 23:39 UTC

 

U.S. lawmakers are vowing¹ to provide the resources necessary to 1)investigate the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and to bring those responsible to justice.

Members of the House Intelligence Committee held a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol building to 2)condemn the incidents.

Congressman² Saxby Chambliss is a Republican from Georgia. "I think we can agree as members of Congress there can be no more 3)dastardly attack on the United States of America then what we have seen today," he said. Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida called the attacks 'a 4)despicable act of terrorism.' "Quite frankly⁴, what has transpired⁵ has been the taking advantage of the freedoms we share in this great country of ours," he said.

Committee members are 5)pledging cooperation with other branches of government in the investigation⁶ of the attacks.

Republican Congressman Jim Gibbons of Nevada said, "America is a battle-born nation. Americans today have been attacked. Americans will find an answer to these problems. We will bring those responsible to justice. This committee is going to commit itself, its resources, its abilities to helping⁷ out, every agency committed to this problem, to finding the answers. We want America to know that as a nation whose flag still flies over the Capitol, that we will not shut government down in the face of a terrorist act. We want Americans to know that freedom and 6)democracy are still flying high over our capital."

Democrat³ Tim Roemer of Indiana agrees. "We can see why intelligence, good intelligence, is important to protect this country, and why a 7)vibrant intelligence budget is needed out there to further protect the integrity of the homeland in this country," he said. "We will be 8)assessing what went wrong, what we need to do in the future from this committee, in the days, hours and weeks ahead."

Meanwhile, California Republican Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, expressed anger that U.S. intelligence failed to stop the attacks. "For our national security 9)apparatus to have missed this is one of the biggest 10)blunders in my lifetime, probably the biggest intelligence blunder in any of our lifetimes," he said. "This is a disgrace. The people who we have paid billions of dollars to protect us, have left us 11)at the mercy of this type of major terrorist operation."

Congressman Rohrabacher is calling for major reforms in U.S. intelligence agencies.

The U.S. Capitol was among key federal buildings 12)evacuated following the attacks in New York and Washington.

 

 

(1)      investigate[In5vestIgeIt]v.调查, 研究

(2)      condemn[kEn5dem]vt.判刑, 处刑, 声讨, 谴责

(3)      dastardly[5dAstEdlI]adj.懦弱的, 卑鄙的

(4)      despicable[des5pIkEb(E)l]adj.可鄙的, 卑劣的

(5)      pledge[pledV]n.保证, 誓言vt.保证, 使发誓, 抵押

(6)      democracy[dI5mRkrEsI]n.民主政治, 民主主义

(7)      vibrant[5vaIbrEnt]adj.振动

(8)      assess[E5ses]vt.估定, 评定

(9)      apparatus[ApE5reItEs]n.器械, 设备, 仪器

(10)      blunder[5blQndE(r)]v.跌跌撞撞地走, 犯大错n.大错, 失误

(11)    at the mercy of adv.受...支配

(12)      evacuate[I5vAkjJeIt]v.疏散, 撤出, 排泄

 

 

1 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

2 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

5 transpired   

（事实，秘密等）被人知道( transpire的过去式和过去分词 )； 泄露； 显露； 发生

参考例句：

• It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
• It later transpired that he hadn't been telling the truth. 他当时没说真话，这在后来显露出来了。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 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。