广播电视英语短句 第 39 课：卓有成效-3

President Karzai said he hopes to reduce years of tension with Pakistan. 总统卡尔扎伊说，他希望减少多年来与巴基斯坦的紧张局势。

President Zardari said he shares a desire to support democracy and fight terrorism. 巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里说他同样希望支持民主反对恐怖主义。

Taliban and al-Qaida forces have made recent gains in Pakistan and Afghanistan. 塔利班和基地组织力量在巴基斯坦和阿富汗最近已经取得了收获。

On Friday American Defense Secretary Robert Gates completed a visit to Afghanistan. 周五美国国防部长盖茨完成了阿富汗的访问。

The United States is preparing for an increase of more than twenty thousand troops there in the coming months. 美国正准备在接下来的几个月中向阿富汗增加20000多名军队。

American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability. 美国官员称，想拥有一位美国官员说的有意义的使阿富汗朝向长期稳定的措施，这至少要耗时2年。