VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Hails Draft Resolution for Iran

President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon hold a joint¹ news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, 19 May 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is pleased the United States has reached an agreement with other world powers on a U.N. draft resolution to impose tougher sanctions on Iran.

Speaking Wednesday at a joint news conference in Washington with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mr. Obama said the two leaders agreed on the need for Iran to uphold its international obligations or face increased U.N. sanctions.

Earlier Wednesday, Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh, a top adviser² to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rejected the draft resolution as "illegitimate" in interviews with Iranian state media.

The draft resolution being discussed by the Security Council would be the fourth round of U.N. sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program.  The resolution includes an arms embargo³, limits on Iranian ballistic missile activity, and more inspections⁴ of vessels⁵ suspected of containing cargo⁶ related to nuclear activities.

Iranian Vice⁷ President Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, also said Wednesday the U.S. and other world powers would discredit⁸ themselves if they passed what would be a fourth round of sanctions.

The United States announced Tuesday it had won crucial support for the draft resolution from Russia and China.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the resolution would build on existing sanctions against Iran and give them additional "teeth."  She said the measure aims to increase the cost to Iran's leadership for its refusal to stop enriching uranium.

The draft resulted from weeks of talks among officials from Germany and the five permanent Security Council members - the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia.  China and Russia have previously⁹ resisted imposing¹⁰ tough sanctions.

The resolution was introduced one day after Iran announced a plan to send much of its enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for nuclear fuel.  That deal was brokered¹¹ by Turkey and Brazil, two non-permanent Security Council members.

The United States and its Western allies accuse Iran of working to make a nuclear weapon.  Iran says its atomic program is for peaceful purposes.
 

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 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。

4 inspections   

n.检查( inspection的名词复数 )；检验；视察；检阅

参考例句：

• Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
• Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

7 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。

8 discredit   

vt.使不可置信；n.丧失信义；不信，怀疑

参考例句：

• Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
• They no longer try to discredit the technology itself.他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。

9 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

10 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

11 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白