VOA常速英语2008年-Israel Warns of Approaching Gaza Invasion
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
Jerusalem
29 February 2008
Israel is threatening to invade the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in response to escalating 1 Palestinian rocket attacks. Israel has already stepped up air strikes, killing 2 31 Palestinians, about half of them civilians 4, since Wednesday. An Israeli civilian 3 was also killed Wednesday in a rocket attack. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
Deputy Defense 5 Minister Matan Vilnai says Israel has no other choice but to launch a major military offensive in Gaza.
Vilnai told Army Radio that the more rocket fire intensifies 6 and reaches a longer range, the bigger the "holocaust 7" that the Palestinians will bring upon themselves. The use of the term "holocaust" outside of the Nazi 8 genocide of World War II is rare in Israel, and appeared to underscore the gravity of the situation. Vilnai said Israel is prepared to use all its military might to defend itself.
The sharpening rhetoric 9 follows Palestinian rocket attacks on Thursday on the major Israel city of Ashkelon, north of the Gaza Strip. Several Iranian-made Grad rockets slammed into the city, hitting an apartment and near a school. It was the deepest rocket strike ever on Ashkelon, and effectively redraws the frontline of the conflict. Until now, the coastal 10 city was largely out of missile range, and most rocket fire was directed at the small town of Sderot near the Gaza border.
The Islamic militant 11 group Hamas, which rules Gaza, says it targeted Ashkelon in response to escalating Israeli air strikes which are taking a heavy toll 12 on both fighters and civilians.
"So I think Israel tries to make Gaza sink in the ocean of blood and tears and suffering," said Hamas official Ghazi Hamad. "And maybe it tried to impose some collective punishment against [the] Palestinian people."
The Gaza crisis will be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits here next week. Rice has urged Israel not to invade Gaza, but Israeli officials will tell her they are running out patience.
- The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
- They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
- Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。