VOA常速英语2019--特朗普对伊朗发动无人机袭击

This is VOA news. I'm David Byrd.

欢迎收听VOA新闻，我是大卫·伯德。

President Donald Trump¹ praised the drone strike that killed Iran's top general early Friday. AP's Sagar Meghani has more.

特朗普总统赞扬周五早些时候发动的无人机袭击，这次袭击导致伊朗高级将军死亡。下面请听美联社记者赛格尔·梅格尼发回的报道。

Sagar Meghani, at the Pentagon.

感谢收听赛格尔·梅格尼从五角大楼发回的报道。

The president says Qassem Soleimani was responsible for killing² Americans and has now been terminated. He's trying to tamp³ down fears that the strike will lead to more conflict in the Middle East.

特朗普表示，卡西姆将军是导致许多美国人死亡的罪魁祸首，现在他也终于结果了。特朗普试图缓解人们的担心——美国此次袭击会导致中东地区出现更多冲突。

We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.

我们昨晚的行动是为了终止战争，而非挑起战事。

The president tells reporters in Florida, he is not looking for "regime change" in Iran but that it must stop using proxy⁴ fighters to destabilize the region and he warns targets of possible retaliation⁵ have been identified.

特朗普在佛罗里达州接受记者采访时表示，自己不是希望伊朗有政权的变更，而是伊朗必须停止使用代理组织的战士来破坏该地区的稳定，特朗普警示称报复的可能目标已经都确认了。

... and I am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary.

我已经准备好采取所有必要行动了。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 tamp   

v.捣实，砸实

参考例句：

• Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.然后我用耙子的背将土壤拍实。
• Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe.菲尔波特往烟斗里塞了一卷碎烟叶。

4 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

5 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》