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罗斯·高特莫勒就布拉格议程的看法

The United States continues to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. President Barack Obama laid out his vision for achieving this goal four years ago in Prague, and reaffirmed this goal this year in Berlin.

Today, the likelihood of a large-scale nuclear exchange has diminished through decades of cooperative disarmament work between Moscow and Washington. Nevertheless, said Acting¹ Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, nuclear dangers have not disappeared. 

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign START treaty. (File)

Indeed, the threat posed by the spread of nuclear materials and technologies remains². The possibility that terrorists or other non-state actors could acquire a nuclear weapon means that the nuclear “Sword of Damocles” still hangs over the world.

“While our nuclear arsenals³, have little direct relevance⁴ in deterring⁵ these threats,” said Ms. Gottemoeller, “concerted action by the United States and Russia, and indeed from nuclear states, to reduce their weapon stockpile and fissile material will strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime. A strong nonproliferation regime makes nuclear theft, unauthorized use and proliferation harder.”

The road to a world without nuclear weapons will be long and achieving success will require a step by step process in which nuclear stability is maintained while responsible reductions are pursued. This includes measures such as the New START Treaty signed in 2010. “Implementation is going smoothly⁶ behind the scenes,” said Ms. Gottemoeller, “providing for mutual⁷ predictability and stability on the nuclear front.”

Another accomplishment⁸ is the work that Russia and the United States have done to eliminate fissile material from warheads.

Over the past 20 years, the two countries have worked to together to eliminate the highly enriched uranium from approximately 20,000 warheads.

But that is not enough. The United States and Russia still possess over 90 percent of the nuclear weapons in the world. In Berlin, President Obama announced the next steps in the Prague Agenda in order to achieve additional nuclear reductions.

When New START is fully⁹ implemented¹⁰ in 2018, the U.S. and Russia will be at the lowest levels of deployed¹¹ strategic nuclear warheads since the 1950s. While that is quite a feat¹², there is more to do, said Under Secretary Gottemoeller. The future safety and security of the world depends on it.

 

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 arsenals   

n.兵工厂，军火库( arsenal的名词复数 )；任何事物的集成

参考例句：

• We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句
• Arsenals are factories that produce weapons. 军工厂是生产武器的工厂。 来自互联网

4 relevance   

n.中肯，适当，关联，相关性

参考例句：

• Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
• Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。

5 deterring   

v.阻止，制止( deter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• However, investors say are a number of issues deterring business. 然而，投资者表示，有很多问题让他们却步。 来自互联网
• It's an effective way of deterring potential does online, the logic goes. 逻辑上这是抑制潜在线上威胁的有效方法。 来自互联网

6 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

7 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

8 accomplishment   

n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能

参考例句：

• The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
• Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。

9 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

10 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

11 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

12 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。