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1、Unit 4 Statements and CommentsSection A1. The US has （ ）following the completion of a two-billion-dollar arms deal between Venezuela and Spain.2. The former American presidential candidate John Kerry has （ ）for controversial （ ）he made about US troops in Iraq. On Monday Senator Kerry warned students
2、 at a university in California that if they neglected their education they might get stuck in Iraq.3. An Iranian government spokesman has（ ） that Iran is aiding the Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah. He also（ ） Isreal of dire consequences if it attacks Syria.4. The US has（ ） Tuesdays military cou
3、p in Thailand and called for the restoration of democracy as quickly as possible.5. The US anti-drug chief has（ ） a strong military action by NATO forces to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan.6. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has （ ）to cut off oil exports to the US. Speaking at a y
4、outh festival in Caracas, Mr. Chavez accused the US government of aggression against Venezuela.7. The US says its （ ）by Irans Guardian Council decision to bar more than 1000 presidential candidates form running in next months elections.8. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told repo
5、rters Tuesday the （ ）that money was diverted from charities to terror groups are completely（ ）9. Iran has （ ）its determination to develop nuclear technology for peaceful uses.10. The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have （ ）of raising international awareness
6、of the threat posed by climate change.Section B1. The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military facilities in the Arctic and a move to assert his countrys sovereignty over the contested region, which is estimated to contain billions of dollars of oil and ga
7、s deposits.2. A speaker purporting to be al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is accusing the US and the European Union of backing a war against Islam.3. The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on the Middle East are flawed because democracy
8、is not something that can be exported.4. The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.5. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country is taking tough new measures to fight extremism following last
9、 months deadly terrorist attacks in London.Section CItem 1Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to help Kyrgyzstans new leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion with Kyrgyzstans oppos
10、ition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government. Kyrgyzstans new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.Item 2British officials in Iran have deni
11、ed allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several
12、Iranian officials have made statements implicating British troops stationed across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people. Item 3For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation
13、 of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC TV interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of th
14、e insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New York Times.Section DIrans president is denying reports he gave an interview to an Arab newspaper in which he threatened to halt oil sales if Tehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council
15、. Irans president Media Department made that denial in a statement issued today in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times .Earlier today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported the that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stop oil sales if Iran is s
16、ent to the council for its nuclear activities. the reports from a French news agency say the reporter is astonished by the denial, but the news agency also says, the publisher of the newspaper says the confusion may be due to the report not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.Item2South Korea Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm north Ko
