VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Confident Diplomatic Crisis Wit
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(三月)
Israel's foreign minister says his country has no intention of halting the expansion of a settlement in East Jerusalem that is fueling what some officials say is the worst rift 1 in relations with Washington in decades.
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian demonstrators in East Jerusalem, throwing stun 2 grenades and firing tear gas to disperse 3 the mostly young Palestinians who pelted 4 police with rocks.
The sporadic 5 violence also spread to several villages and towns in the West Bank, including Ramallah and Nablus. Demonstrations 6 also took place in the Gaza Strip.
For a fifth consecutive 7 day, thousands of Israeli police deployed 8 around East Jerusalem, including the Old City. Israeli national police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told VOA authorities continue to restrict entry by Palestinians to the Old City.
"The age limit is all males from the age of 50 and upwards 10 are allowed on the Temple Mount area," said Rosenfeld. "Apart from that, the Temple Mount is closed to visitors, to Israelis, to Muslims, to foreigners. This is a measure that is necessary to be taken in order to prevent any disturbances 11 or any injuries around that area."
Tensions have been fueled by the belief among Palestinians that Israeli Jews are extending their claims over East Jerusalem. The latest clashes erupted after Jews re-dedicated a synagogue not far from the al-Aqsa mosque 12 compound, Islam's third holiest site.
Israel annexed 13 East Jerusalem years after capturing it from Jordan in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, in a move not recognized by the international community.
Tens of thousands of Jewish residents have since moved in, angering Palestinians who claim the east of the city as the capital of a Palestinian state.
The United States has demanded that Israel stop or restrict expansion of Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, pending 14 final status negotiations 15 with the Palestinians.
There was no sign of Israel backing down. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke 9 on Israeli radio and rebuffed Washington's demands, describing them as unreasonable 16.
The top Israeli diplomat 17 said he believes the diplomatic crisis with Washington will, over time, calm down. He said Israel will not accept a situation where only the Jews are not permitted to build in Jerusalem, while Arabs are allowed to build and buy.
The Obama administration condemned 18 Israel's decision last week to approve the construction of 1,600 housing units for Jewish residents in an East Jerusalem settlement. Israel angered Washington by announcing the decision as Vice 19 President Joe Biden was visiting Jerusalem.
U.S. Special Envoy 20 George Mitchell had been due in Israel in an effort to get Israelis and Palestinians to start indirect negotiations. Mr. Mitchell postponed 21 his visit to an unspecified date.
Israelis and Palestinians two weeks ago agreed to hold the talks, but the Palestinians say they might not engage in the negotiations as long as Israel keeps building settlements.
Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib laid out conditions for a return to talks.
He said the Palestinians want a guarantee from the United States that Israel will stop all kind of occupation activity, especially settlement expansion.
He said the Palestinians are also demanding that all issues, including the status of Jerusalem, be part of the negotiations, which he said should be carried out according to a timeline.
- He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
- The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。
- When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
- Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
- The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
- The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。
- The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
- You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚，而我听到的只是零星消息。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- 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 trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
- The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
- The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. 政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
- Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- Germany annexed Austria in 1938. 1938年德国吞并了奥地利。
- The outlying villages were formally annexed by the town last year. 那些偏远的村庄于去年正式被并入该镇。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
- They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。
- 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。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- 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。