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智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景：国际干预马里战乱 With French troops driving back Islamist rebels in northern Mali, West African forces are expected to step in and help secure the country for new elections. This regional response has important implications for international efforts to fight terrorism. 法国向马里北部出兵，打得伊斯兰反政府武装节节后退，预计西非国家也将向马里派兵，帮助维持治安，准备新的选举。法国在马里的行动对国际反恐斗争会产生哪些影响呢? French troops advancing against Islamist militants in Mali say their fight is not over until the country is reunited and al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists are driven from the north. French President Francois Hollande says it is a campaign that requires the active support of international allies. 法国军队不断向马里境内的伊斯兰反政府武装发动攻势。他们说，他们会一直战斗到马里重新统一，反政府武装被赶出北部地区为止。法国总统奥朗德说，这一行动需要国际盟友的支持。 Our objective was to stop the terrorist offensive. That is done. It was to allow Malians to win back cities that had been occupied by terrorists. That is being done now. And then the objective is to allow an international force to take over to allow Mali to get back its territorial integrity, and we know that it will take some more time, said Hollande. 他说：“我们的目标是阻止恐怖主义攻势，这个已经做到了。我们要让马里人夺回被恐怖份子占领的城市，这个目标也在实现。我们还要让国际部队接管，让马里恢复领土完整，这个我们知道需要更长的时间。” ECOWAS gears up Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States - or ECOWAS - are moving to get that force going. 西非国家经济共同体成员国正在组建部队，准备向马里出兵。 Africa specialist Jennifer Cooke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said it is important to move quickly. 美国战略与国际问题研究所的非洲问题专家杰尼佛.库克认为，非洲国家派兵要快，这很重要。 This looks like it may be a longer-fought battle just pushing the militants back from their advance southward by the French. The ECOWAS troops will take some time to get up and deployed into northern Mali, said Cooke. “法国阻止不断向南推进的激进分子的战斗可能持续更长的时间。西非国家经济共同体部队组建和进驻马里北部也需要一些时间。” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there is strong international support for that deployment. 美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿说，国际社会坚决支持西共体在马里部署军队。 These are some of the most re