时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(八月)


英语课

America's top diplomat 1 is heading back to the Middle East for a new peace mission, but there are few expectations for a major breakthrough, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
 
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (File)


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is still pushing for a peace agreement by the end of the year. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to resign next month over a corruption 2 scandal, but under Israel's complicated system of government, Mr. Olmert could remain in office for many months as caretaker prime minister, even after his Kadima party chooses a new leader in September.


Mr. Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev, says Israel will do all it can to reach a peace deal before U.S. President George Bush leaves office in January.


"We're focused on what needs to be done, and we're very committed to trying to reach a historic agreement by the end of this year, and we're working to see that that can happen," he said.


As a goodwill 3 gesture to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel plans to free 199 Palestinian prisoners on Monday to coincide with Rice's arrival. In a change of policy, this will include the release of two prisoners involved in deadly attacks on Israelis.


While Palestinian officials have welcomed the prisoner release as an important step, they are pessimistic about the chances of a broader peace deal.


"Palestinians are extremely skeptical 4. I think, deep down, the Palestinians feel that this isn't anything that is substantive 5 or serious," said Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian legislator.


Gaps remain wide on the core issues of the conflict, including Jewish settlements, Palestinian refugees, final borders and the status of Jerusalem.



n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉
  • His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
  • We paid £10,000 for the shop,and £2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店,两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
adj.怀疑的,多疑的
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
adj.表示实在的;本质的、实质性的;独立的;n.实词,实名词;独立存在的实体
  • They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
  • A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议,但也需要感情上的支持。
学英语单词
-acal
2-phenylethanol
aids to navigation radio control
alfassi
all-but-certain
Angelica wilsonii
arteria tympanica posterior
asbestic tile
audiovisual-tactile stimulation
azoic dye
bitchwads
boghead
butterfly bomb
caraway seed
Cheboksary
clericalize
close-up cloud chart
coil transformator
collecter shoe
consumer information processing
cooling chute
coordinate repression
corporacion
CPU cooler
decrypts
deliberate defence
deuterium line radiation
dielectric diode
double filament lamp
down the track
dvorkin
el (elevation)
false gromwells
family bittacidaes
filter-feedings
fishery zone
fosterhood
fruit texture
ganglands
get in on the ground floor
Globigerinacea
holocost
horrendously
Howland I.
hypnopompic hallucination
hypophysiotropic hormone
I lived in California until seventeen
included phloem
integrated switched digital network
international quarantine regulations (iqr)
interrupted fern
iron reduction process
kinetics of chemical change
kolkwitzia amabilis graebn.
laser electroplating
Lilium concolor
list directed firmware
living will code
mach pendulum
main weld
master spirit
multipolarity of gamma decay
non-hydrated
nop-bed
oblege
once-through cooling
osag
packet assembly and disassembly
pagani
passenger quarters
post-tanslational modification
potlatches
prefile
price of lot
prohoc
put ... down to
radioactive indicator method
recoil angle
reinforced brick structure
release ampere-turns
Rosoman
sea sturgeon
seville orange flower
shore patrols
small machine
snibel
soft loans
solar space
specified substandard instrument
stop salary
synthesis map
talk business
tax cost basis
transport protocol data unit
tro-tro
two-axle semitrailer
ultrasonic film thickness gauge
under great excitement
unshuffle interconnection
vvt
welding rate
YHLC