时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(一月)


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Israeli warplanes have been attacking the homes of Hamas leaders in Gaza, during the 17th day of Israel's assault. Palestinian medical officials say nearly 900 people have died in the attacks, which are showing no signs of letting up.
 






Palestinians run from the area during an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 12 Jan 2009



The fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas raged on, as thousands of Israeli reservists entered the Gaza Strip.

Israeli ground troops battled militants 1 in house-to-house combat, edging closer to the center of Gaza City.

Israel's attacks on Gaza appeared to be less intense, with military officials saying they carried out fewer than 20 bombings - compared to as many as 40 per night during the past few days.

Israel's aim is to end Hamas' ability to fire rockets at Israeli civilians 2 as it has been doing for years. A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister's office, Mark Regev, says Israel is close to reaching its goals as troops close in on areas of Gaza.

"We are approaching a situation where our goals are being achieved and we think we are approaching the end game," he said.
 






Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment over Gaza City as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, 12 Jan 2009




But even as Israel attacks Gaza on the ground, from the air and from the sea, Hamas is showing no signs of backing down. Militants fired more rockets into southern Israel, including what officials say was a military-grade rocket on the Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Diplomatic efforts are intensifying 3. Middle East envoy 4 Tony Blair, representing the Middle East Quartet made up of the United States, United Nations, European Union, and Russia, met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. He said they discussed details for a ceasefire agreement.

"I think the elements of an agreement for the immediate 5 ceasefire are there. I think they are now being worked on very hard in great detail," said Blair. "This is a sensitive and delicate time in that negotiation 6, but I hope they will bear fruit and I hope so soon."

Israel is not allowing international journalists to enter Gaza. From inside, residents said conditions are worsening as thousands of traumatized people leave their homes in search of safety.


 



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。
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的现在分词 );增辉
  • The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
  • The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • 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。
n.谈判,协商
  • They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判,他们的食糖生意成交了。
  • The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
学英语单词
.ccb
Adelostemma gracillimum
air defense
Aspergillus gliocladium
attorneys-at-law
Bosch, Carl
bromo-methyl-ether
Browning, John Moses
brummer
business-based
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Cisjordania
civil duties
clamp buffer
collura
crematoriums
detergences
didee
direct speech act
direct-examine
doubleedged
dual theory of light
empty container mileage
enclosed cockpit
fillups
fire-float
flavour
flooded type
focalized
follicular carcinonia
fracture control technique
frame pedestal thimble
free-space field intensity
genus chrysophryss
Gratiolet's optic radiation
handshake controller
heating hose coupling
high-q (high quality factor)
highly-rated
hollow-head set-screw
horseshoe life buoy U
huperzia phlegmaria
irmelas
Iroise, Mer d'
isogenies
Jacob's coat
Jangseongho
jobmaker
Konice
kusche
leafy powder
leurne
low blueberry
low refractive high dispersive glass
low-pressure purge
malformation syndrome
manual matching operations
mcui
melodeonists
metal-dielectric filter
midcolonial
miscarry
misphrase
Mlicrococcus mastitidis
multicaulis
mutato nomine de te fabula narratur
nitrogen solution boom
non-directional current protection
non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Norwegian elkhound
nuclei Spinalis nervi accessorii
phthalate anhydride
plastic injection moulding machine
polioencephalotropic
polypnea
pressure equipment
privacy network
prohibition sign
qizhi weitong granules
radar rating
ratchet wrenches
rectifier protection
red-eye special,the
reed type comparator
satellite navigational equipment
scarlet haw
scienticomic
sick-rooms
sotyl
strategic propaganda
Sólheimajökull
temperature-compensated equipment
trial-by-legislature
Trilobitae
tyropanoate
ur(o)-
Virgin Islands
walking over
width of panel
winninish
x-ray analysis (of crystals)