2007年VOA标准英语-Israeli PM Admits He's Unpopular but Rejects Ca
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
Jerusalem
16 March 2007
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is brushing off polls which show the vast majority of the public wants him to resign. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Mr. Olmert's political fortunes have plummeted 1 since the Lebanon War in July and August of last year.
Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that he has lost the support of the Israeli public.
"I'm an unpopular prime minister," Mr. Olmert said. "The polls say so and they are right. I am indeed an unpopular prime minister."
Mr. Olmert's approval rating has plunged 2 to single digits 3 in the wake of last year's Lebanon War, which was widely seen as a failure.
Despite a 34-day air and ground assault, the powerful Israeli army was unable to defeat 5,000 Hezbollah fighters entrenched 4 in South Lebanon.
The prime minister's political fortunes took a turn for the worse this week, when the official commission of inquiry 5 into the war announced that it would issue an interim 6 report next month on Mr. Olmert's "personal responsibility."
Israeli politicians and the media believe that means he will be condemned 7 for his handling of the war and could be forced to resign under the pressure of public opinion.
But Mr. Olmert said those seeking his downfall will have to wait.
"I know this is hunting season," he said, "but I'm here to work and to lead."
Mr. Olmert was speaking to his ruling Kadima party in a bid to boost sagging 8 morale 9. Polls show that if elections were held today, Kadima would win only 10 seats in the 120-member parliament, down from its current 29. The party enjoyed a meteoric 10 rise to power in a landslide 11 election victory a year ago, but now, it is in danger of a meteoric fall.
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
- A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
- If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地，我们就消灭他们。
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
- We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
- The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
- He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
- In my mind,losing weight is just something meteoric.在我眼中，减肥不过是昙花一现的事情。
- His early career had been meteoric.他的早期生涯平步青云。