2007年VOA标准英语-US Defense Secretary Says Failure in Iraq Will
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
Cairo
18 April 2007
The U.S. secretary of defense 1 has warned that the implosion 2 of Iraq would have dire 3 consequences for the entire Middle East. He spoke 4 on a visit to Cairo, the second stop on his current Middle East tour. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from the Egyptian capital.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Cairo, 18 Apr 2007
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle Eastern countries to help stabilize 5 Iraq, warning that Iraq's collapse 6 would harm this region long before its effects reach Washington or New York.
He acknowledged that many in the region disagreed with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and he said some might be "cheering for failure" in Iraq. He called that dangerously short-sighted and self-destructive.
Gates said chaos in Iraq would harm the security and prosperity of every state in the Middle East.
Analysts 8 have said that is already happening, and they cite recent terrorist bombings in Algeria and Morocco.
The U.S. secretary of defense was speaking to the American Chamber 9 of Commerce in Cairo after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Gates' trip to the Middle East is aimed at shoring up regional support for Iraq's government, and also at countering Iran's growing influence in the region. He and other U.S. military officials have recently stepped up criticism of Iran.
On Tuesday, the chairman of the Joint 10 Chiefs of Staff, Marine 11 Gen. Peter Pace, said coalition 12 forces in Afghanistan recently intercepted 13 Iranian-made weapons headed to Taleban fighters.
While acknowledging that the links to Iran are murky 14, Gates told reporters this is a troubling development.
"We don't know at what level this has been approved by the Iranian government, in the Iranian government. We don't know the magnitude of the assistance," he said. "It's obviously troubling and worrisome that the Iranians may be deciding to counter the efforts of some 42 nations in Afghanistan trying to help the Afghan government establish a strong democratic state. So we'll watch it very closely."
Analysts in the past have said it is unlikely that Shi'ite Iran would aid the Sunni fundamentalists of the Taleban because the two have little in common, ideologically 15.
Gates told the chamber of commerce that the U.S. and its allies should "have no illusions" about the Iranian regime: its goals for its nuclear program, its intentions in Iraq or its ambitions in the Gulf 16.
After his talks in Cairo, the defense secretary left for Israel.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The population explosion is accompanied by a population implosion.人口爆炸还伴随着人口爆聚。
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
- His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- 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。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- 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。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。
- She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
- She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。
- Ideologically, they have many differences. 在思想意识上，他们之间有许多不同之处。
- He has slipped back ideologically. 他思想退步了。