CNN News:9月11日當天美國降半旗紀念“911”

So tonight with the new Iraqi government in place and following consultations with allies abroad, and Congress at home, I can announce that America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat.

在今晚伊拉克新政府開始執(zhí)政的時刻，在與海外盟友和美國國會討論之后，現(xiàn)在我正式宣布美國將要對ISIS恐怖組織發(fā)起全面進攻消滅威脅。

President Obama discussing a plan last night for dealing with ISIL, or what we call ISIS. We`ve talked about them a lot this year on CNN STUDENT NEWS. ISIS is a terrorist group. The name stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. That`s what it wants. Its own

奧巴馬昨晚討論了應對ISIL或者成為ISIS組織的戰(zhàn)略計劃，我們今天在新聞中討論了很多次。這是一個恐怖組織，是伊拉克和大敘利亞伊斯蘭國家的縮寫。這就是它的最終目的。

country based on its own severe interpretation of Islam. And Iraq and Syria are where ISIS has gained ground, taking over huge portions of land.

就是在自身極端宗教信仰的基礎上建立伊斯蘭國家，伊拉克和敘利亞正是伊斯蘭組織占領土地的地方，并且已經(jīng)控制了其國家的大部分領土。

They`ve killed hundreds of civilians, they`ve brutally murdered a pair of American journalists. President Obama has been criticized for how he`s handled the situation. Two weeks ago he said his administration didn`t have a strategy for dealing with ISIS. In last night speech to the American public, he wanted to both lay out a strategy and get American support for it.

這個組織殺害了數(shù)百名無辜群眾，并殘忍殺害了兩名美國記者，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)一直就處理這個恐怖組織問題上被指責。兩周以前奧巴馬政府表示還沒有制定出一個應對伊斯蘭組織的戰(zhàn)略計劃，在昨天的電視講話中，他想要向美國公民闡述自己計劃的同時獲得群眾的支持。

But I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a sturdy relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist using our air power and our support for partners` forces on the ground.

但是我希望你們能夠理解的是，此次作戰(zhàn)計劃美國部隊并不會到外國領土上作戰(zhàn)，這與伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭不同。此次作戰(zhàn)計劃將會以消滅ISIS組織為目的，采用一切力量，無論他們在哪，在我們空軍與支持者地面部隊的合作下，爭取一舉將其拿下。

One thing the president asked Congress for was the authority to give weapons and training to Syrian rebels. These are people who are fighting the Syrian government in that nation`s civil war. And President Obama wants to help them fight ISIS as well. It`s not clear whether Congress will vote to authorize that, especially so close to November`s midterm elections. Another issue is that some terrorists may be fighting alongside the rebels.

總統(tǒng)唯一要求國會的事情就是向敘利亞提供武器和訓練支持，他們是在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中曾經(jīng)與敘利亞政府做斗爭的反叛部隊，奧巴馬想要幫助他們共同對抗ISIS。目前尚不清楚國會對此提議是否同意，尤其是在中秋選舉臨近的時刻。另外一個問題就是這個恐怖組織可能還有很多其他力量在背后支持。

Today is the 13 anniversary of a very dark day in American history. On September 11 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airlines. They crushed two of them into the two World Trade Center towers in New York City, one of them into the Pentagon, one of them into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed.

今天是13年前美國歷史上最黑暗的一天，在2001年的9月11號，恐怖分子劫持了4架民航飛機，其中兩架撞向了紐約世貿(mào)中心的雙子塔，一架撞向了五角大樓還有一架撞向了賓夕法尼亞的尚克斯維爾。大約有3000人死亡。

Yesterday, three congressional gold medals were presented. These are the highest awards that the U.S. Congress can give civilians. One medal will go to each of the attack`s sites. There are also memorials nationwide today, and in anniversary ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, the names of 2983 victims will be read. Their families will be able to visit the museum afterward. And it will be open to the public tonight.

昨天，國會準備了三枚獎牌，這是國會對公民的最高獎賞。每一枚獎牌將會頒發(fā)給每一個遭受襲擊的地方。同樣這還是國家紀念日，在每年的911國家紀念館和紐約博物館，所有2983名遇難者名字將會被誦讀，他們的家人隨后可以在博物館參觀。今晚整個博物館將對外開放。

American flags flown at half-staff commemorate Patriot Day. It`s held every year on this date. It remembers the tragedy, the American resolve and the heroes who gave their lives to save others.

美國降半旗為紀念愛國者日，每年的這個時候舉辦，這個日子銘記了苦難的歷史，美國的決心和那些為了救助別人犧牲自己的英雄們。