2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Violence Continues as Bush Defends New Sec

By Barry Newhouse
Irbil
05 February 2007

President Bush is defending the new joint¹ security operation aimed at reducing sectarian violence in Iraq by putting more troops on Baghdad's streets. Meanwhile, several bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital have killed at least 20 people. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil, Iraq.

 
An Iraqi army soldier secures scene of a double car bomb attack in southern Baghdad, 5 Feb 2007
Bombers² targeted Sunni and Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, detonating explosives at a children's hospital, a gas station, and a garage.

A man at the al-Kindi Teaching Hospital held up a bloodied³ shirt and vented⁴ his frustration⁵. "We the people can solve this problem," he said.

The bombings occurred the same day American and Iraqi forces opened a command center for their new joint security operation. The plan calls for 90,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces to patrol Baghdad's neighborhoods, where violence has surged since the plan was first announced by President Bush. Some Iraqi critics of the plan say the slow implementation⁶ of the strategy has left neighborhoods more vulnerable to attacks like Sunday's bloody⁷ bombing that devastated⁸ a Shiite market in Baghdad.

 
President George Bush, 5 Feb 2007 
Speaking in Washington, President Bush responded to Iraqi criticism that the operation is not starting soon enough.

"I appreciate the fact that the Iraqi government is anxious to get security inside the capital of the country," he said. "That is a good sign. It is a good sign that there is a sense of concern and anxiety. It means that the government understands they have a responsibility to protect their people."

U.S. and Iraqi officials have recently been cracking down on radical⁹ Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, and they announced that Iraqi forces killed a Mahdi Army commander on Sunday. He was blamed for organizing kidnappings and attacks on coalition¹⁰ forces.

Groups such as the Shi'ite Mahdi Army have been blamed for much of Iraq's worsening sectarian violence, but the militias¹¹ have also been credited with preventing attacks on neighborhoods of their supporters.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bloodied   

v.血污的( bloody的过去式和过去分词 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• His pants leg was torn and bloodied when he fell. 他跌交时裤腿破了，还染上了血。 来自辞典例句

4 vented   

表达，发泄（感情，尤指愤怒）( vent的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He vented his frustration on his wife. 他受到挫折却把气发泄到妻子身上。
• He vented his anger on his secretary. 他朝秘书发泄怒气。

5 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

6 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

7 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

8 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

10 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

11 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网