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2020考研英语时事阅读:伊朗击落美国无人机

【原文节选】

Iran has shot down an US drone in the strait of Hormuz, accusing Washington of breaching Iran’s national sovereignty and trying to deepen tensions in the region. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had used a surface to air missile to shoot down what they called a US “spy” drone they claimed was flying in the country’s airspace.

Tensions in the Gulf have been heightened since 13 June, when the US accused Iran of attacking two tankers in the the Gulf of Oman with mines. The US military released footage it said showed the Iranian military removing an unexploded mine from the side of one of the tankers. There have also allegedly been Iranian-inspired attacks on US oil and military assets in Iraq, and increasingly sophisticated weaponry being fired into Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels.

Both Washington and Tehran insist they are intent on avoiding a war as tensions build over the consequences of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018, but fears that an accidental chain of events will lead to escalation and finally a military confrontation are growing.

文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)

版块：Patrick Wintour

 

【重点单词】

drone

英 [drəʊn] 美 [droʊn]

n. 嗡嗡声;持续低音(如风笛等发出的持续音);持续音音管(或弦等);雄蜂

v. 嗡嗡叫;嗡嗡响

missile

英 [ˈmɪsaɪl] 美 [ˈmɪsl]

n. 导弹;发射物;投掷物

release

英 [rɪˈliːs] 美 [rɪˈliːs]

v. 释放;放出;放走;放开;松开;使自由移动(或飞翔、降落等);发泄;宣泄

n. 释放;获释;公开;发行;发布;新发行的东西;(尤指)新激光唱片，新电影

chain

英 [tʃeɪn] 美 [tʃeɪn]

n. 链子;链条;锁链;一系列，一连串(人或事);连锁商店

v. 用锁链拴住(或束缚、固定)

【参考翻译】

伊朗在霍尔木兹海峡击落了一架美国无人机，指责华盛顿(华府)违反伊朗国家主权并试图加深该地区的紧张局势。伊朗革命卫队周四表示，他们曾使用地对空导弹击落他们所称的美国“间谍”无人机，他们声称这架无人机在该国领空飞行。

自6月13日美国指责伊朗袭击阿曼湾的两艘油轮时，海湾地区的紧张局势有所加剧。据美国军方发布的视频显示，伊朗军方从一艘油轮旁边拆除了未爆炸的鱼雷。据称还有伊朗袭击美国在伊拉克的石油和军事资产，以及胡塞叛乱分子向沙特阿拉伯发射越来越尖端的武器。

华盛顿和德黑兰双方都坚称他们意在避免战争的爆发，特别是随着美国在2018年5月退出伊朗核协议之后的局势开始变得紧张，但担心意外的连锁事件将导致升级并最终导致军事对抗不断增加。

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