VOA标准英语2008年-Despite Israeli Blockade, Palestinian President-英语课

时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（一月）

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By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
22 January 2008

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he remains 1 committed to peace talks, despite the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and heavy fighting there between Hamas militants 2 and Israeli forces. VOA's Jim Teeple reports international aid agencies have appealed for $462 million in aid for the Palestinians.

Speaking in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he will continue talks with Israel, despite the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Mr. Abbas says Palestinians should intensify 3 their contacts with Israel because that is the best way to end the suffering of the Palestinian people. He says Palestinians should not turn their backs on Israel, because that will end any chance of dialogue.

Mr. Abbas spoke 4 as Israel temporarily lifted its blockade of Gaza to allow emergency fuel, food, and medicine into the territory. He condemned 5 the rocket attacks against Israel launched by Palestinian militants, but he also called for Israel not to punish innocent civilians 6 in Gaza who he says are not responsible for the attacks.

Mr. Abbas also said his Fatah security forces could take control of the crossing points between Gaza and Israel, which he said could ease the crisis. Israel has not commented on the issue, but U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Mr. Abbas' proposal is worth studying.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is warning Gaza's fragile infrastructure 7 could collapse 8 if Israel does not allow regular deliveries of humanitarian 9 assistance in Gaza.

International relief groups - mostly U.N. agencies - have issued an appeal for $462 million in aid to the Palestinians this year. The deputy commissioner 10 of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, Filipo Grandi, says the aid is needed most in Gaza.

"We need to make sure that emergency assistance, food cash, for cash grants, fuel for generators 11, and for house consumption and hospitals, we need to make sure these basic items go in [to Gaza] no matter what the political situation," Grandi said. "These are emergency necessities that override 12 any other consideration."

Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinian protesters, mostly women, broke through the Gaza Strip's southern border into Egypt before being pushed back by Egyptian and Hamas police. About 60 people were injured in the incident - some severely 13. The protesters were demanding to be allowed into Egypt for emergency medical care.

1 remains

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 militants

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

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。

3 intensify

vt.加强；变强；加剧

We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说