2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Warns Iran About Support for Militants in

By Scott Stearns
White House
09 August 2007

U.S. President George Bush says Iran will pay a price for what he says is a continuing effort to supply Iraqi militants¹ with weapons to attack American troops. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Thursday wrapped up two days of talks in Tehran.

President Bush gestures during a news conference at the White House in Washington, 09 Aug 2007

President Bush says he presumes Prime Minister Maliki is trying to get Iran to play a more constructive² role in Iraq. But Mr. Bush says when he catches Iranian leaders playing a non-constructive role, there will be a price to pay.

"One of the main reasons that I asked Ambassador Crocker to meet with Iranians inside Iraq was to send the message that there will be consequences for people transporting, delivering EFP's, highly sophisticated IED's that kill Americans in Iraq," he said.

Iran denies repeated U.S. allegations that it is training Shi'ite insurgents³ in Iraq and supplying them with armor-piercing roadside bombs that have been used against U.S. forces.

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Iran's Vice President Parviz Davoudi (R) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) walk to review the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony in Tehran, 8 Aug 2007

Iran's state-run news agency says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday told Prime Minister Maliki that their countries share a heavy responsibility in establishing peace and security in the region.

The report says Mr. Maliki told the Iranian leader that he appreciates Iran's "positive and constructive" role in helping⁵ the Iraqi government improve security.

Asked about that report at a White House news conference, President Bush said he is confident that the Iraqi prime minister understands that Iran is destabilizing Iraq by sending weapons there.

"If the signal is that Iran is constructive, I will have to have a heart-to-heart with my friend the prime minister because I do not believe they are constructive. I don't think he, in his heart of heart[s], thinks they are constructive either," he said.

President Bush says Americans should be concerned about Iran enriching uranium for what he says is a nuclear weapons program. Iran says those activities are only meant to generate electricity.

"We ought to be very concerned about Iran. They are a destabilizing influence," he said. "They are a government that's declared policy is very troubling obviously when Ahmadinejad has announced that the destruction of Israel is part of his foreign policy. That's something obviously we can not live with."

President Bush called on Prime Minister Maliki to continue working toward political reconciliation⁶ in Iraq.

Iran's Vice President Parviz Davoodi told Mr. Maliki Thursday that peace and security in Iraq depends on the withdrawal⁷ of what he called "occupying forces."

There are currently more than 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

3 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 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。

6 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

7 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。