VOA常速英语:For ISIS, the Party Is Over(翻译)

Next an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.
接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。
In 2014, although no one knew it at the time, ISIS had reached its high point. In June of that year, said Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk, “Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, fell to ISIS; and its leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi, declared a caliphate from the grand Mosque of Al Nuri in Mosul’s old city.”
在2014年，虽然那时没人知道，伊斯兰国组织发展达到了顶点。美国“全球反伊斯兰国联盟”总统特使布雷特·麦格克盖尔表示，当年6月“一个拥有近200万人口的城市摩苏尔落入了伊斯兰国组织的手中；而该组织首脑阿布·巴克尔·巴格达迪在摩苏尔旧城阿尔努大清真寺自封为哈里发。”
Supremely confident after a series of victories, and with foreign fighters streaming in from all over the world to join the group, ISIS began to march towards Baghdad.
在一系列胜利之后伊斯兰国组织信心极度膨胀，加之无数外国战士从世界各地涌来加入该组织，伊斯兰国组织于是决定向巴格达进军。
By the end of 2014, ISIS controlled territory the size of Lebanon spanning across Iraq and Syria, said Special Envoy McGurk, “with millions of people, entire cities, dual capitals in Raqqa and Mosul, generating revenue through oil and gas, taxes, antiquities trade, hostage taking, of more than a billion dollars per year.”
到2014年底，伊斯兰国组织控制了一块跟黎巴嫩差不多大小的领土、地域横跨伊拉克和叙利亚，特使麦格克盖尔说道：“他们控制着数百万人口，掌控连片的城市、以及拉卡和摩苏尔两个首府，通过石油天然气、税收、文物贸易、人质交易等获取了大量财富，每年超过10亿美元。”
Led by the United States, nations formed a global coalition to counter-ISIS in a military offensive that began with a series of airstrikes in September 2014. The Coalition has destroyed ISIS in its safe havens, denied its ability to recruit, move foreign fighters, move funds, and spread false propaganda over the internet and social media.
而在美国的领导下，2014年9月各国成立了一个反伊斯兰国组织全球联盟，对其采取军事进攻、开始了一系列空袭。该联盟已经消灭了安全区内的伊斯兰国组织，打击了其招募新人的能力，转移了其外国战士和资金，消除了互联网和社交媒体上的虚假宣传。
Today, supported by the Coalition, local forces have reclaimed about 70 percent of populated territory that ISIS once held in Iraq, allowing for more than 1.9 million people to return to areas liberated from ISIS. It has rolled back ISIS from 51 percent of the territory it previously controlled in Syria. As we pressure ISIS we are proving their so called “caliphate” is nothing more than a fraud.
时至今日，在联军的支持下，当地部队已经收复了伊斯兰国曾在伊拉克占领的70%人口领土，使得190多万人返回了从伊斯兰国手中解放出来的地区。而在叙利亚，伊斯兰国之前占领的领土也已经被收复了51%。随着我们逐渐向伊斯兰国组织施压，我们就是在证明所谓的“哈里发”不过是一个骗局。
“Our coalition is on a fixed course,” said Special Envoy McGurk, “with a sound and proven strategy, committed to the total destruction of ISIS, the destruction of the physical caliphate, while in parallel preparing for the day after.”
“我们的联盟有一个固定的路线，”特使麦格克盖尔说道，“采用切实有效的战略，致力于完全毁灭伊斯兰国组织、消灭哈里发，并同时对那之后的日子做好准备。”