2007年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Militants Bomb American School in G
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
Jerusalem
21 April 2007
Palestinian assailants have bombed an American-run school in the Gaza Strip, but there were no casualties. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there has been a breakdown 1 of law and order in the impoverished 2 territory since Israel pulled out more than a year and a half ago.
Palestinians check the damage at an American International School in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, 21 Apr 2007
Armed Palestinian militants 4 stormed into the American International School in Gaza City, setting off explosives that damaged the building. The attack occurred at 5 a.m. when the school was empty. Police say the attackers overpowered security guards and then set off bombs in several areas of the school.
The American school is one of the best private schools in Gaza and has more than 600 students. But all foreign teachers left a year ago, after the Dutch principal and an Australian teacher were briefly 5 kidnapped by Palestinian militants.
Palestinian officials condemned 6 the bombing. Fawzi Barhoum is a spokesman for the Islamic militant 3 group Hamas, the senior partner in a coalition 7 government.
"This is a type of violence and terrorism against the Palestinian people and against our foundation[s]," he said.
The attack underscores the growing lawlessness in Gaza since Israel pulled out of the territory in August 2005. Palestinian analyst 8 Wadia Abu Nasser says things took a turn for the worse after Hamas took power a year ago.
"We are witnessing a kind of unrest, a lack of security in Gaza, and I believe Hamas doesn't really bring any security, neither stability, to the population," he said.
Another sign of the deteriorating 9 security situation is the kidnapping of BBC TV journalist Alan Johnston. To mark the 40th day of his captivity 10, the group Reporters Without Borders demanded that Palestinian leaders step up their efforts to win his release.
- She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
- The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。