CNN News:美国召开国防部长提名听证会

CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to our viewers worldwide, including Chelsea High School in Eagles Landing Christian Academy. It was great seeing you all at CNN yesterday.

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We are starting with a confirmation hearing. This is Ashton Carter. He is the former U.S. deputy secretary of defense, he`s President Obama`s choice to be the next secretary of defense. Part of the Senate`s job is to give the president advice and consent about his cabinet nominees. So, a Senate committee opened a hearing yesterday. A kind of job interview for Ashton Carter. One subject he was asked about, ISIS, the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, recently murdered a captured fighter pilot from Jordan. The brutality, with which ISIS killed him and two Japanese hostages has stirred up rage around the world.

今天的新闻我们从一个听证会开始。这是阿什顿卡特，美国前国防副部长，美国总统奥巴马提名其为美国国防部长。参议院的部分工作是给总统提建议并通过内阁成员提名。所以坐台女参议院召开了一次委员会听证会。也是对阿什顿卡特的一次面试。其中设计到的一个问题就是在伊拉克和叙利亚的IS恐怖组织最近杀害约旦飞行员事件。IS恐怖组织残忍杀害了该飞行员，还有两名日本人质，该事件引起了世界范围的愤怒。

The Obama administration says it`s made progress in leading the fight against ISIS, but it`s been criticized for not having a clear strategy on how to defeat the terrorists. If Ashton Carter is confirmed as Defense Secretary, he`ll likely have some options in fighting ISIS.

奥巴马政府表示其正领导着对抗IS打击战取得进展，但是其因为没有明确的作战策略备受批评。如果阿什顿卡特被提名为国防部长，他很大程度上将就打击IS恐怖组织行动采取措施。