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DAY 17 Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?
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I. 写出下列词汇的汉语释义
(1)第一组形容词1个(adj.):
1. ultimate
(2)第二组动词6个(v.):
1. step
2. strike
3. stoke
4. squeeze
5. withdraw
6. extract
(3)第三组名词8个(n.):
1. brink
2. condition
3. tension
4. asset
5. off-ramp
6. negotiation
7. administration
8. sanction
II. 词汇拓展积累
1. ultimate adj. 最后的,最终的→ n. 最后通牒
2. withdraw v.(使)撤回,撤离→ n. 撤走,收回,取回
3. negotiation n. 谈判,磋商,协商 → v. 谈判,磋商,协商
4. administration n. 管理,行政→ v. 管理,支配→ adj. 管理的,行政的
III. 重点短语英译汉
1. step right up to the brink of
2. a downed American drone
3. step back
4. in the face of
5. now that
6. on the surface
7. the Trump administration
8. focus on
9. a possible military conflict
10. a full-fledged military confrontation
IV. 翻译下列句子
1. The United States stepped right up to the brink of striking Iran over a downed American drone—and then abruptly stepped back. Yet the conditions that have stoked weeks of tensions remain fully in place, as does the question of what exactly President Donald Trump plans to do in the face of Iranian threats against American assets and interests.
翻译:
2. Now that the two countries have traveled so far down the road to war, is there any realistic off-ramp to the negotiations the U.S. president keeps saying he ultimately wants?
翻译:
3. On the surface, that path is nowhere to be found. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has repeatedly disavowed the idea of negotiating with the United States ever since the Trump administration withdrew la