VOA标准英语2008年-90,000 Palestinians Attend Ramadan Prayers in J
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（九月）
There was tight security in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Robert Berger filed this VOA report from the Old City of Jerusalem.
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque 1 compound in Jerusalem's Old City, 05 Sep 2008
About 90,000 Palestinians attended Ramadan prayers at the Mosque of al-Aksa in Jerusalem-the third holiest place in Islam. The site is a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Jews it is the Temple Mount, the site of the two biblical Temples and the holiest place in Judaism.
Thousands of Israeli police deployed 2 in and around Jerusalem's walled Old City to keep order. Fearing a repeat of riots that have taken place there in the past, police barred Palestinian men under the age of 45 from entering the mosque compound.
Mahmoud Abu Ali, a Palestinian shopkeeper in the Old City, said Israel is offending Muslims by imposing 3 restrictions 4 at the Mosque of al-Aksa. "Every Moslem 5 person in Jerusalem, he is against the idea," he said.
Abu Ali told VOA that Israel is denying Muslims freedom of worship even though there haven't been riots at the site in years. "This is ridiculous," he said. "The Israeli government create problems. It's killing 6 Jerusalem."
Israel says its security measures prevent Palestinian militants 7 from stoking violence at a place that is holy to both Jews and Arabs. And on the first Friday of Ramadan, Muslim prayers passed quietly.
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- Moslem women used to veil their faces before going into public.信回教的妇女出门之前往往用面纱把脸遮起来。
- If possible every Moslem must make the pilgrimage to Mecca once in his life.如有可能，每个回教徒一生中必须去麦加朝觐一次。
- 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。