2006年VOA标准英语-Assassination Prompts Renewed Calls for Interna
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十一月)
By Peter Heinlein
21 November 2006
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the killing 1 of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel underscores the need for establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon.
Pierre Gemayel
The assassination 2 of Pierre Gemayel overshadowed a previously 3 scheduled Security Council meeting on the Middle East.
It also gave new urgency to negotiations 4 that have been dragging on for days on how to endorse 5 a special tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
As he entered the Council chamber 6, Washington's U.N. Ambassador John Bolton called Pierre Gemayel's murder a "terrorist assassination."
He said it highlights the need for immediate 7 action to create an international tribunal for Lebanon.
"We have to support the democratic forces in Lebanon against this politically motivated assassination," he said. "This is not a way to change a government. It shows why we need to establish a tribunal as soon as possible."
Bolton bristled 8 at a reporter's suggestion that some Council members might favor postponing 9 creation of the tribunal because of fears that trying suspects might fuel instability in the region.
John Bolton
He said, "How incredibly wrong that would be. How incredibly wrong that would be. Instability. They're killing people in Lebanon."
"They're assassinating 10 political leaders. Not the time to seek justice? There may be those on the Security Council who say it. Let them step forward and say it," he added.
Bolton noted 11 that investigators 12 have developed links between the Hariri assassination and high-ranking Syrian officials, and suggested Syria could be involved in the Gemayel murder and other political killings 13 in Lebanon.
Syria has staunchly denied involvement in all of the assassinations 14. Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar al-Jaafari, Tuesday noted that his government immediately issued a statement condemning 15 Gemayel's killing.
He said, "Syria had nothing to do this. Syria is affected 16 directly or indirectly 17 by such horrible crimes committed and perpetrated on the Lebanese scene."
"We have been working very seriously with those who have good faith toward encouraging the Lebanese to sit together and find ... a solution to all their problems around the table of national reconciliation," he continued.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan also condemned 18 what he called the "cold-blooded-murder of Pierre Gemayel," as did a long list of diplomats 19 around the Security Council table.
In a report to the Council last week, Mr. Annan called for agreement between the world body and the Lebanese government to create a special court outside Lebanon to try suspects in the Hariri assassination.
The tribunal would have more international than Lebanese judges and an international prosecutor 20. The secretary-general said having a non-Lebanese majority on the tribunal would help to ensure its independence.
- 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。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
- I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- 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。
- He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。 来自辞典例句
- I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。 来自辞典例句
- They struck a blow for freedom by assassinating the colonial governor. 他们为了自由而奋力一博，暗杀了那位殖民地总督。 来自互联网
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- Most anarchist assassinations were bungled because of haste or spontaneity, in his view. 在他看来，无政府主义者搞的许多刺杀都没成功就是因为匆忙和自发行动。 来自辞典例句
- Assassinations by Israelis of alleged terrorists habitually kill nearby women and children. 在以色列，自称恐怖分子的炸弹自杀者杀害靠近自己的以色列妇女和儿童。 来自互联网
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
- They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。