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Washington Watches Countdown on Iran Talks Deadline

The coming week could determine whether years of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program bear fruit - or not. Parties to the international talks are speaking out as an end-of-month deadline nears for a framework accord, while wary U.S. lawmakers plot Congress’s next move if a deal is reached.

Negotiations are making progress, but caution is warranted, according to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

“We are not rushing," said Kerry. "This has been a two-and-a-half-year or more process, but we recognize that fundamental decisions have to be made now and they don't get any easier as time goes by. It is time to make hard decisions. We want the right deal.”

That view was echoed hours later by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

“We’ve made some very significant progress in some areas of those discussions, but there are other areas where we do not have agreement, and the time has come now for Iran, in particular, to take some very tough decisions if we are going to see progress made,” Hammond said.

But while most parties speak in generalities about the status of the talks, Iran is dealing in specifics. Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says international sanctions must be lifted if and when an accord is reached, and pointed to dissension in the Republican-led U.S. Congress as a stumbling block. Even so, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani characterized differences as "nothing that cannot be resolved.”

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Corker, reaffirmed his belief that Congress should weigh in on any deal that is reached.

President Barack Obama says a negotiated settlement with Iran is the best outcome, but his CIA director, John Brennan, says options will remain if no deal is struck.

Brennan warned of “tremendous costs and consequences” for Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon, adding, "There are a number of things that the United States has available to it to prevent Iran from getting a bomb.”

 

詞匯解析

framework

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.框架；體系；結構

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用作名詞 (n.)

They established a basic framework of ground rules for discussions.

他們建立了討論的基本準則的基本框架。

All the cases can be considered within the framework of the existing rules.

一切情況都可依據現行章程的結構加以考慮。

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accord

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.協議；一致；符合

v.與...一致；給予；調解

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用作名詞 (n.)

The two countries reached an accord.

兩國簽訂了一項協議。

用作動詞 (v.)

Our information does not accord with his reports.

我們所了解的情況與他的報告不一致。

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belief

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.信念；信仰；相信

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用作名詞 (n.)

It bolstered my belief.

這增強了我的信念。

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settlement

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.解決；結算；協議；安置；殖民；定居

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用作名詞 (n.)

After much discussion the negotiators hammered out a compromise settlement.

雙方經多次談判達成一項折衷的解決辦法。

The long French sojourn in Canada before English settlement has left its marks.

在英國殖民者之前，法國人在加拿大的長期居留也留下了痕跡。

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mainly

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adv.主要地；大部分地

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用作副詞 (adv.)

Oats mainly grow in cool climate.

燕麥主要生長在氣候涼爽的地區。

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resident

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.居民；住客；住院醫生

adj.居住的

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用作名詞 (n.)

The residents of the town are proud of its new library.

該鎮的居民都為鎮上新建的圖書館感到自豪。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

This dove was resident with us all the year round.

這只鴿子一年到頭居住在這里和我們為伴。

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exposure

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.暴露；揭露；膠片；曝光時間；(在電視、報紙等媒體上的)亮相；挨凍

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用作名詞 (n.)

The girl is very pleased to take exposure on TV singing program.

這個女孩對在電視歌唱節目上露面非常高興。

He nearly died of exposure on the cold mountain.

他在寒冷的高山上差一點沒有凍死。

 

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