最近一次中东暴力冲突造成6人死亡
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2001-国际风云（4）
6 Reported Dead in Latest Mideast Violence
Ross Dunn
Jerusalem
19 Aug 2001 17:11 UTC
Earlier, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians in separate incidents, as efforts continued to mediate 1 an end to the violence. Israeli attack helicopters and tanks also fired on Palestinian security posts in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli soldiers shot a 14-year-old Palestinian stone-thrower in the southern Gaza Strip and, in a separate incident, killed a 38-year-old man in the West Bank.
In the first clash, Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian youths throwing stones toward Israeli tanks in Rafah on the 1)border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The second killing 2 occurred when Israeli soldiers shot at a group of Palestinians who were trying to by-pass a military 2)checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian hospital officials say the 3)victim had been out shopping for 4)schoolbooks for his children.
The Israeli Army had no immediate 3 comment and said they were still 5)investigating the shootings.
Israeli attack 6)helicopters also fired 7)missiles at an 8)outpost of Force 17, an 9)elite Palestinian security unit, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. The outpost was unoccupied at the time of the strike.
An Israeli army spokeswoman says the air 10)offensive was in response to a Palestinian mortar 4 attack on a Jewish settlement in the territory.
Earlier, Israeli tanks bombarded a Palestinian police station near the source of the 11)mortar attack. Three policemen were injured and the outpost was destroyed.
Heavy clashes were also reported in the West Bank city of Hebron between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen.
The fighting 12)raged despite new efforts by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to reinstate a cease-fire to end 11 months of bloodshed that has left nearly 700 people dead.
Mr. Peres says that he expects to meet soon with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the hope that the two sides can negotiate an end to the violence. But Palestinian cabinet ministers said that talks are unlikely to produce a diplomatic breakthrough.
Palestinian Cabinet Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo accused Mr. Peres of using his reputation as a world statesmen as a cover for what he called the Israeli army's "atrocities 5 against the Palestinian people."
(1) border[5bC:dE(r)]n.边界, 国界, 边境vt.与...接壤, 接近v.接壤
(2) checkpoint[5tFekpCInt]n.检查站
(3) victim[5vIktIm]n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品
(4) schoolbook[`skU:lbJk]n.教科书
(5) investigate[In5vestIgeIt]v.调查, 研究
(6) helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机
(7) missile[5mIsaIl]n.导弹, 发射物
(8) outpost[5aJtpEJst]n.前哨, 边区村落
(9) elite[eI5li:t]n.精华, 精锐, 中坚分子
(10) offensive[E5fensIv]adj.讨厌的, 攻击性的n.进攻, 攻势
(11) mortar[5mC:tE(r)]n. 迫击炮
(12) rage[reIdV]n.愤怒, 情绪激动vi.大怒, 狂吹, 风行
- The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
- They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》