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美國(guó)國(guó)家安全是奧巴馬的新難題

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新聞背景　　

2010年5月27日，美國(guó)發(fā)布了新版《美國(guó)國(guó)家安全戰(zhàn)略》報(bào)告。這是奧巴馬上任以來首次發(fā)布這一戰(zhàn)略，也是美國(guó)四年來的第一次。新戰(zhàn)略仍以維護(hù)美國(guó)“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位”為戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)，但在戰(zhàn)略手段方面強(qiáng)調(diào)立足國(guó)內(nèi)與開展國(guó)際合作，與美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)布什的“先發(fā)制人”戰(zhàn)略形成對(duì)比。布什在任期間，曾在2002年、2006年兩度推出這一報(bào)告。時(shí)隔四年后，最新版報(bào)告的推出，被外界視為觀察美國(guó)戰(zhàn)略最新動(dòng)向的重要風(fēng)向標(biāo)。對(duì)于任何一份安全戰(zhàn)略報(bào)告來說，開列出安全威脅是首要任務(wù)。在這份新戰(zhàn)略中，除了傳統(tǒng)的威脅外，還包括了經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)與“本土恐怖分子”這兩大來自美國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)的安全威脅。

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(U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a betterjob of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboarda commercial flight en route to Detroit. Opposition Republicans have been critical of theadministration’s handling of the incident, and political experts have been assessing the fallout.)The failed terror bomb plot constitutes Mr. Obama’s most serious national security testto date, and the president has been quick to acknowledge that there is plenty of room forimprovement.

“So we have to do better, and we will do better he said.” And we have to do it quickly.

詞匯加油站1 U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that has todo a better job of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failedbomb plot aboard a commercial fl ight en route to Detroit.

2 Which statement about the opposition Republicans is right? ( )A. Opposition Republicans have been critical of the administration’s handling ofthe incident.

B. Opposition Republicans see an opening in the administration’s flawedhandling of the failed attack.

C. Opposition Republicans appear eager to highlight the incident as a potentialcampaign issue for the November midterm congressional elections.

D. All of the above are right.

3 Which following statement is true? ( )A. The failed terror bomb plot constitutes Mr. Obama’s most serious nationalsecurity test to date, and the president has been quick to acknowledge thatthere is plenty of room for improvement.

B. Darrell West is with the Brookings Institution in Washington.

C. That confi dence will likely be put to the test as the administration’s review ofits handling of the failed bombing attack unfolds in the weeks ahead.

D. All of the above are right.

American lives are on the line.”

Opposition Republicans see an opening in the administration’s flawedhandling of the failed attack, and appear eager to highlight the incident as apotential campaign issue for the November midterm congressional elections.

Darrell West is with the Brookings Institution in Washington.

“President Obama continues to inspire great confi dence from the Americanpublic, especially when you compare him to other political leaders,” said West.

That confi dence will likely be put to the test as the administration’s review ofits handling of the failed bombing attack unfolds in the weeks ahead.

administrationn. 管理，行政en route ad.

在途中opposition n.

反對(duì)，敵對(duì)fallout n.

后果，余波acknowledge n.

承認(rèn)congressionala. 議會(huì)的review n.

回顧unfold v.

顯露，呈現(xiàn) Listening Comprehension聽力理解

1. his administration; Christmas Day2. D 3. D Key1 U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a better job ofdealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboard acommercial flight en route to Detroit.這個(gè)句子主語是U.S. President Barack Obama，謂語是said，賓語是that引導(dǎo)的這個(gè)從句，this week是時(shí)間狀語，in the wake of是尾隨, 緊跟, 仿效的意思。

2 Opposition Republicans have been critical of the administration’s handling of the incident, andpolitical experts have been assessing the fallout. have been為現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)表示一個(gè)動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)一直持續(xù)著?！癮ssessing the fallout”是評(píng)估損失的意思。

3 Darrell West is with the Brookings Institution in Washington.句中be with something,表示同意支持，其同義詞為be for something反義詞為be against something。