2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Says Ceasefire Must Come With Conditions
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, center, arrives at Rome's Ciampino military airport Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrived in Rome for an international conference on Lebanon on Wednesday, after two days of meetings in the Middle East with Lebanese, Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The meetings were a signal that diplomacy 1 is being stepped up, but they did nothing to end the violence.
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Throughout her 24-hour visit to the region, Secretary Rice's message remained much the same - yes, a cease-fire in Lebanon is urgent, but it must be sustainable and pave the way to resolve what Washington sees as the underlying 2 causes of the conflict, including Islamic extremism and the lack of democracy.
Speaking after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Rice stressed that point.
"It is time for a new Middle East, it is time to say to those who do not want a different kind of Middle East, that we will prevail, they will not," she says.
Later in the day, Rice met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking to journalists afterwards, she again stressed the long-term objectives, despite what she said were great concerns for the suffering of innocent civilians 3 caught up in conflict.
"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."
That is the kind of message Rice is expected to bring to the Rome conference as well, where she will meet with senior officials from Europe and moderate Arab states to discuss how to end the fighting and make it last. At issue are a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, the deployment 4 of an international force to southern Lebanon to ensure the truce 5, and immediate 6 urgent aid to some 700,000 Lebanese who have been displaced by the two-week old Israeli offensive.
Israeli leaders have made it clear they will continue their military operations and Rice's comments here are widely seen as having given Israel the green light to do so - at least for now.
Israeli warplanes continued air strikes into Lebanon, including 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 7 again sent dozens of rockets into northern Israel, including into the port city of Haifa.
Israel's Defense 8 Minister Amir Peretz said Israel will establish a security zone in southern Lebanon to guard against Hezbollah attacks until an international force is deployed 9 there to take over.
Israel established a security buffer 10 zone in southern Lebanon in 1982 and ended up bogged 11 down there for 18 years.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah warned Tuesday if peace efforts fail in Lebanon, the whole region could be drawn 12 into war.
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
- This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
- 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。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
- 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。
- 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 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。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- 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。
- A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
- Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
- The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》