2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Meets With Palestinian President, Emphasiz
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Sonja Pace
Jerusalem
25 July 2006
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a joint 1 press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphasized the need for a sustainable cease-fire in Lebanon during a brief meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The secretary also spoke 2 of the need for a renewed focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, still raging in Gaza.
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Speaking to reporters in Ramallah, Secretary Rice said there is great concern for innocent civilians 3, be they in Lebanon, in Israel or in Gaza.
She said while a cease-fire in Lebanon is urgently needed, it must be enduring. That, she said is also the basis for any long-term peace in the region.
"We need to get a sustainable peace in this region," Rice says. "That is really the problem. There must be a way for the people to reconcile their differences and move forward toward peace."
President Abbas agreed, saying the violence is the result of the absence of peace.
Mr. Abbas also called for an immediate 4 cease-fire in Lebanon to stop the suffering of the Lebanese people. But, he also said his government is doing all it can to obtain a truce 5 in Gaza, where more than 100 people have died in an Israeli offensive during the past month.
Rice's visit in Ramallah briefly 6 turned attention back to the violence in Gaza and the ongoing 7 stalemate in dealing 8 with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rice said that issue must not be forgotten.
"We must remain focused on what is happening here in the Palestinian territories - our desire to get back on a course that will lead ultimately to President Bush's vision and the vision of President Abbas of two states living side by side in peace," Rice says.
As Rice met with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the fighting continued in Gaza and in Lebanon.
Israeli warplanes continued air strikes into Lebanon, including into southern Beirut. Fighting also continued in the south, just inside the Lebanese border, where Israeli forces are trying to push back Hezbollah guerrillas and establish control over that area. Hezbollah militants 9 again sent dozens of rockets into northern Israel, including into the port city of Haifa.
In Gaza, Palestinian militants fired homemade Qassam rockets into Israel and Israeli artillery 10 struck northern and southern Gaza.
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- 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。
- 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。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- 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 problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- 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。