时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)


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With tension running high on the Israel-Gaza border, the sides could be stepping back from the brink 1 of a major confrontation 2.
 






Palestinians line up to buy bread outside a bakery in Gaza City, 23 Dec 2008



The Islamic militant 3 group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip has offered to renew a cease-fire with Israel. The six-month truce 4 expired last week, and since then, Palestinian militants 5 have fired dozens of rockets at Israeli border communities.

Israel is threatening to launch a major military offensive in Gaza, but senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said that would be a mistake.

Zahar warned Israel that an invasion of Gaza would not accomplish anything and Hamas would remain in power. He said Hamas is offering Israel a last chance to renew the truce and prevent an outbreak of violence.

Israel is reluctant to invade Gaza, fearing high casualties among Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians 6, and in turn international condemnation 7. So Israel, too, prefers to renew the cease-fire.

Deputy Defense 8 Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel Radio that the best option is always to avoid war, though he added that Israel knows how to fight if it has to.

Both sides have conditions for a truce: Hamas wants Israel to open border crossings and ease its crippling blockade on Gaza; Israel says that depends on a complete cessation of Palestinian rocket and mortar 9 attacks.



n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束
  • 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。
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。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
n.谴责; 定罪
  • There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
学英语单词
3G
Aanulata
acute interstitial pneumonitis
air request
aleuk (a) emia
array mbira
atmospheric drag
attilas
Battle Born State
bird in hand
bismuths
Bond girls
breeze out
brown-leather
brussels sproutss
Cappeln
cheekbony
cicatricial hypertrophy
comprehensive display system
conditions of an action in the private prosecution
condyliform
continuous disc type coil
corybantes
CYH
Decca lattice chart
detuning phenomena
diamond valley l.
dipyrrins
direct problem
discontinuous furnace
double six array
entodon caliginosus
equilibrium shape
Euxine Sea
exobases
exposure limit
family clan
field-grey
fishway
foldure
forc-
frame-only
frover
Ganbogia
gaohu
gaspard
gemots
getrich
go commando
Gogebic, L.
government guarantee
gurtz
hallucinogenlike
hard macrogol
heater-drip pump
Helodemma
hexadactylia
homeobox gene
Jewell Ridge
knotter drive gear
Kührstedt
louis-heeled
Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory
messelle
miscodified
monommid
multiple melanosarcoma
Navstar Global Positioning System
Noss Head
occasional study
ocean liner
oil fuel pump
oligists
onside kicks
optical rotatory power
partial antibody
pinetorum
plant lice
Plica spiralis
prayer circles
Qūsheh Dāgh
rated temperature-rise current
rough soldier fish
sacrilegious
sans-culottides
scanning-electron microscopy (sem)
smart battery data
speleologist
stourdi
Taraktogenos annamensis
throw a lease
tight flask
to abound with sth
unexpired risk
unique factorization property
Villasrubias
water-sensitive
wavy mosaic tectonics
wonton soups
works-council
wrongful disposition
xerocolous