글
(초급용 영어듣기) US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation
미국이 중국억제를 위해 태평양 동맹 강화에 나섰다는 기사입니다.
영어만을 위해 영어를 공부하는 것은 초보적인 방법입니다.
별 재미도 없고 영어공부를 유지할만한 충분한 동기도 되지 못합니다.
영어는 어디까지나 정보와 지식을 얻거나 표현하기 위한 도구입니다.
영어를 이용하여 다른 것을 얻으십시오.
그 다른 것이 영어공부에 대한 더 강한 동기유발이 될 수 있습니다.
그러면 그 다른 것도 얻고 덤으로 영어도 얻을 것입니다.
초보 때부터 이렇게 영어를 수단으로 다른 것을 얻는 훈련을 하십시오.
이것이 가장 정상적인 어학습득 방법이요 영어고수로 가는 가장 확실한 방법입니다.
VOA에서 초급자용으로 특별 제작하여 속도가 아주 느리므로
이해하는 데 별 어려움이 없을 것입니다.
스크립트는 아래에 있습니다만 가급적 보지 마시기 바랍니다.
그냥 음성만으로 이해하시기 바랍니다.
공부는 가급적 편하게 해야합니다.
복잡하면 오래하기 힘듭니다.
듣기공부가 좋은 것은 바로 이런 점입니다.
그냥 가만히 듣고만 있으면 되니 얼마나 편합니까.
최고로 편하게 해야 가장 오래 공부할 수 있고
안전하게 고수의 자리까지 갈 수 있습니다.
한 번에 이해가 안되면 반복해 들으시기 바랍니다.
얼마나 좋습니까. 듣기 공부되죠, 발음 좋아지죠,
이해하려고 반복하다보면 어떤 것은 저절로 암기가 되니
영작문이나 회화에까지 도움이 되죠.
1 석 4 조 인가요??
당근, 여기서 얻는 최고의 것은 바로 고급 정보와 지식이죠.
그럼 1 석 몇 조인가요??
수학이 쫌 약해서...
US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
This week, Barack Obama became the fourth American president to speak to Australia’s parliament. Mr. Obama noted the strong ties between the two countries. And, he described their security alliance as "unbreakable."
BARACK OBAMA: "From the trenches of the First World War to the mountains of Afghanistan, Aussies and Americans have stood together. We have fought together; we have given lives together in every single major conflict of the past one hundred years, every single one. This solidarity has sustained us through a difficult decade. We will never forget the attacks of nine-eleven that took the lives not only of Americans, but people from many nations, including Australia."
Mr. Obama spoke in Canberra a day after he and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced plans for expanded military cooperation. They said the goal of the expanded cooperation is to improve security in the Asia and Pacific area.
Reuters
President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard with American and Australian troops in DarwinMs. Gillard said the new cooperation would strengthen the sixty-year-old ANZUS Treaty. The treaty created a defense alliance linking Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
JULIA GILLARD: "We are a region that is growing economically, but stability is important for economic growth, too; and our alliance has been a bedrock of stability in our region."
Mr. Obama said the United States is now moving from the war on terrorism to economic and security issues in East Asia and the Pacific. He said the American message to the area is, "We are here to stay."
Under the new agreement, the United States will deploy up to two thousand five hundred Marines to Australia. There also would be closer cooperation between the two countries’ air forces.
Officials say a major goal of the agreement is to increase the ability of the United States to quickly assist countries in East and Southeast Asia. They say another goal is to train and exercise with those countries, in areas like reacting to attacks at sea or disasters.
Also this week, the United States and the Philippines restated their support for a defense treaty between the two sides. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a declaration expressing support of the treaty during a visit to the Philippines.
Security experts have described the American moves as an unmistakable message to China. In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed concern at the developments:
Chinese spokesman Liu Weimin called for discussions about the increased American troop deployment in East Asia. He said China has never taken part in any kind of foreign military alliance like those formed by the United States.
President Obama and other American officials have repeatedly said they welcome a China that is strong and successful. And they say the United States has no plan of containing China.
During the past eighteen months, China and some of its neighbors have criticized each other for claiming territorial rights in the South China Sea. China says it wants to settle territorial disputes one on one with the countries involved. However, this way of dealing with the issue has often increased tensions.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Go to voaspecialenglish.com for transcripts, MP3s and now PDF files of our stories. And follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and iTunes at VOA Learning English. I'm Christopher Cruise
출처:
http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/US-Australia-Expand-Military-Cooperation-134237168.html
