群贤厦大考研网：英语阅读-美国再次表态会负责日本的安全.docVIP

2015考研英语阅读：美国再次表态会负责日本的安全 来源：?作者：群贤厦大考研网?浏览：143 次?发布时间：2014/4/10 On a visit to Tokyo, the US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has promised his country will stand by its security commitments to Japan. One of the reasons that Im here is to reassure our allies that yes, we are going through budget restraints, yes, we are drawing down some of our force. Were not retreating from the world. Chuck Hagel, the US Defense Secretary and his comments come after Russias annexation of Crimea caused concern in East Asia because of territorial disputes there. As our East Asia editor Michael Bristol explains. Japans main concerns are the same concerns of many of their countries in Southeast Asia. Thats China. Japan has a Pacifist Constitution which limits its military involvement. And America stepped in. That was after the Second World War. America stepped in to guarantee safety. It said all along that it will do that. And it said so with other countries as well as in regions, Taiwan, for example. It has to sell its arms to defend itself against China. But because of what happened in Crimea, many people in Southeast Asia think of what happens if China does that, for example, to Taiwan or some of the islands which it contests in the South China Sea. 美国国防部长查克·哈格尔在对日本的一次访问时承诺美国将遵守对日本的安全承诺。我此行的目的之一就是向我们的盟友再次承诺，我们将突破预算限制，我们将减少兵力。我们不会从世界大局中撤退。克里米亚入俄使东亚成为关注的焦点，因为那里存在不少领土争端。上面一段话是美国国防部长查克·哈格尔对此的评论。本台东亚撰稿人迈克尔·比理斯托对此进行了解读。日本最关心的问题也是东南亚国家最关心的问题，那就是中国。日本的《和平宪法》限制其军事参与，导致美国插足。二战后，美国插手日本安保问题。美国始终坚称将一直这样做，包括在其他国家和地区，如台湾。美国不得不向台湾出售武器使自己与中国大陆抗衡。但鉴于克里米亚的情况，东南亚许多人会想到，如果中国大陆收复了台湾或其宣称主权的南海岛屿，情况又会怎样呢？ Now the world of classical music is set to be in turmoil after comments made by a famous conductor about the potential of women in the industry. Women couldnt be as good as men for biological reasons. One of his pupils is making her conducting debut in a sold-out concert in Amsterdam this weekend. 一著名指挥家对女性指挥潜力的评论使古典音乐界一片哗然。由于生理原因，女性在指挥方面不如男性。本周末，他的一个学生将在阿姆斯特丹一场卖座演唱会上进行指挥首秀。 We are standing just behind the str