VOA标准英语2009年-US Ready to Assist Gaza Truce Arrangement
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(一月)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continued telephone diplomacy 1 on the issue Thursday while a senior Israeli envoy 2 was in Washington.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (file)
Rice spoke 3 by telephone with top Israel leaders Thursday as she continued efforts for a Gaza truce 4 on the second-last business day of the Bush administration's term in office.
The Secretary spent three days in New York last week working on the as yet unheeded cease-fire demand by the U.N. Security Council, and has since been engaged in efforts to support truce mediation 5 between Israel and Hamas by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Rice had offered U.S. technical assistance in curbing 6 the arms smuggling 7 from Egypt to Gaza through tunnels, an issue that remains 8 a key obstacle to the diplomacy.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, (2009 file photo)
Israeli officials said Rice was ready to sign a memorandum 9 of understanding and that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni could fly to Washington to conclude it.
State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack declined to discuss details of the U.S.-Israel contacts but said the United States is ready in principle to provide assistance.
"We have in the past done assessments 10, offered to assist. Those offers remain. And we'll see how the Mubarak initiative proceeds. Certainly we would be ready to offer assistance," he said.
McCormack said Rice spoke early Thursday with Livni and Israeli Defense 11 Minister Ehud Barak and that the second-ranking official of the Israeli Foreign Ministry 12 - Director-General Aaron Abramowitz - was in Washington to meet acting 13 Assistant Secretary of State for near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman.
UN workers, Palestinian firefighters try to save bags of food aid after an Israeli strike on UN headquarters in Gaza City, 15 Jan 2009
McCormack said the discussion with Barak included the shelling incident Thursday in which Israel forces hit a U.N. warehouse 14 for humanitarian 15 relief supplies in Gaza, and that the Israeli official reiterated 16 what he had told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, that the attack had been a grave error.
The spokesman said Rice has repeatedly raised concerns with Israel about civilian 17 losses in Gaza.
"From the very beginning, and that continues to the present day, we have urged Israel to take very possible step to avoid the loss of any innocent life in combat operation, or any effect on innocent people just trying to live their daily lives," he said.
As the main political and military supporter of Israel, the United States has come under criticism from aid groups and others in connection with civilian casualties in Gaza.
Defending the Bush administration, McCormack said the daily cease-fires Israel has agreed to for relief efforts - the so-called humanitarian corridor - would not have occurred without Rice's personal intervention 18 with Prime Minister Olmert.
- 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。
- 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。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- 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。
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
- Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。
- A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation. 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- 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。
- The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
- The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
- He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句
- 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。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。