CNN News:9月11日当天美国降半旗纪念“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开始执政的时刻，在与海外盟友和美国国会讨论之后，现在我正式宣布美国将要对ISIS恐怖组织发起全面进攻消灭威胁。

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

奥巴马昨晚讨论了应对ISIL或者成为ISIS组织的战略计划，我们今天在新闻中讨论了很多次。这是一个恐怖组织，是伊拉克和大叙利亚伊斯兰国家的缩写。这就是它的最终目的。

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.

就是在自身极端宗教信仰的基础上建立伊斯兰国家，伊拉克和叙利亚正是伊斯兰组织占领土地的地方，并且已经控制了其国家的大部分领土。

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.

这个组织杀害了数百名无辜群众，并残忍杀害了两名美国记者，奥巴马总统一直就处理这个恐怖组织问题上被指责。两周以前奥巴马政府表示还没有制定出一个应对伊斯兰组织的战略计划，在昨天的电视讲话中，他想要向美国公民阐述自己计划的同时获得群众的支持。

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.

但是我希望你们能够理解的是，此次作战计划美国部队并不会到外国领土上作战，这与伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争不同。此次作战计划将会以消灭ISIS组织为目的，采用一切力量，无论他们在哪，在我们空军与支持者地面部队的合作下，争取一举将其拿下。

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.

总统唯一要求国会的事情就是向叙利亚提供武器和训练支持，他们是在内战中曾经与叙利亚政府做斗争的反叛部队，奥巴马想要帮助他们共同对抗ISIS。目前尚不清楚国会对此提议是否同意，尤其是在中秋选举临近的时刻。另外一个问题就是这个恐怖组织可能还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年前美国历史上最黑暗的一天，在2001年的9月11号，恐怖分子劫持了4架民航飞机，其中两架撞向了纽约世贸中心的双子塔，一架撞向了五角大楼还有一架撞向了宾夕法尼亚的尚克斯维尔。大约有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，国会准备了三枚奖牌，这是国会对公民的最高奖赏。每一枚奖牌将会颁发给每一个遭受袭击的地方。同样这还是国家纪念日，在每年的911国家纪念馆和纽约博物馆，所有2983名遇难者名字将会被诵读，他们的家人随后可以在博物馆参观。今晚整个博物馆将对外开放。

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.

美国降半旗为纪念爱国者日，每年的这个时候举办，这个日子铭记了苦难的历史，美国的决心和那些为了救助别人牺牲自己的英雄们。