时代周刊:拜登系伊朗唯一希望(1)

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A TERRIBLE YEAR for Iran got worse when the country's top nuclear scientist was killed.
顶尖核科学家的遇害让今年本就不堪重负的伊朗雪上加霜。

As the architect of Iran's nuclear weapons program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a national hero, and his Nov. 27 assassination has ignited fury across the country.
穆赫辛·法赫里扎德高是伊朗核武器项目的设计师，是伊朗的民族英雄，11月27日穆赫辛·法赫里扎德遭遇暗杀，引发了伊朗的全民愤怒。

2020 began with the U.S. assassination in Iraq of General Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran's most powerful men,
2020年伊始，美国在伊拉克刺杀了伊朗最有权势的人之一卡塞姆·索莱马尼将军。

which was soon followed by Iran's military accidentally shooting down a passenger plane, setting off a round of antigovernment protests.
随后，伊朗军方意外击落了一架客机，引发了一轮反政府抗议。

Then came COVID-19. Iran became the first corona virus hot spot outside East Asia as Iranian officials lied about the severity of the outbreak
再之后是新冠病毒。伊朗的议会选举中多了一些颇具实力的强硬派候选人，

to protect voter turnout for parliamentary elections that boosted handpicked hard-line candidates.
为了维护投票率，伊朗官员谎报了疫情的严重程度，致使伊朗成为东亚以外的第一个新冠病毒热点地区。

Bungling by the government set off more demonstrations, and many more Iranians died than the government acknowledged.
政府的拙劣表现引发了更多的示威，伊朗的死亡人数比政府宣称的还要多。

The economic toll grew heavier when the pandemic forced down the global prices of oil and natural gas, vital Iranian exports.
石油和天然气是伊朗重要的出口产品，当疫情迫使全球石油和天然气价格下跌时，伊朗遭受了更加严重的经济损失。

In July, a fire at Iran's most important nuclear-fuel-enrichment site, which offi cials blamed on a bomb planted by Israel, inflicted enough damage to delay Iran's nuclear program by months.
今年7月，伊朗最重要的核燃料浓缩设施发生火灾，造成的破坏足以使伊朗的核计划推迟数月。官员们将火灾归咎于以色列安置的炸弹。

Nor can Iran be pleased to see its two main enemies—Israel and Saudi Arabia— taking steps toward better relations.
伊朗也不愿看到自己的两个主要敌人——以色列和沙特阿拉伯——关系改善。

According to Israeli offi cials, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in November—though the Saudis deny it happened.
据以色列官员称，去年11月，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼和以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡会晤了美国国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥——沙特对此表示否认。

The meeting is historic, even if they have little in common beyond a mutual need for regional stability and a shared antipathy toward Iran.
两国虽说除了在地区稳定和讨厌伊朗上有共同需求之外其它的共同点少之又少，但这次会晤仍具有历史性意义。

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1.a ray of hope 一线希望

They could provide a ray of hope amid the general economic gloom.

他们能在普遍的经济低迷中带来一丝希望yyS|40E|=t&I7。

2.set off 引起

Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.

股市恐慌引发了一轮抛售潮92X5&HWuJ3_。

3.pin the blame on sb 把责任推到某人身上

If you fail you may try to pin the blame on your teachers or the examiner, but in your heart you know there is no one else to blame but yourself.

如果你没通过，你可能会试图怪罪于你的老师或考官，但内心深处，你知道这件事不怪任何人，只能怪你自己4Gid^RMDNPN。

4.hard-line 毫不妥协的；立场坚定的；采强硬态度的

The United States has taken a lot of criticism for its hard-line stance.

美国因其强硬立场遭到众多批评LICx8IFfJjk。

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