时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(三月)


英语课

Israel's outgoing government is pushing for what many describe as a lopsided prisoner swap 1 with Palestinian militants 3.


Israel has sent an intelligence chief and a top negotiator to Cairo in a last ditch effort to win the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Egypt is mediating 4 between Israel and the Islamic militant 2 group Hamas, which captured Shalit nearly three years ago in a cross-border raid. The soldier is being held in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip but has not been seen since his capture.
 
Ehud Olmert


Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is anxious to close a deal before a new Israeli government takes power in the next few weeks.


Mr. Olmert told the Cabinet he instructed Israeli negotiators to complete the talks in Cairo. He will convene 5 the Cabinet in special session on Monday, possibly to finalize 6 the agreement.


Under the emerging deal, Israel would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit. Israel has softened 7 its position and agreed to release top militants responsible for deadly suicide bombings.


There is broad speculation 8 in the Israeli media that a deal could be imminent 9, but Cabinet Minister Isaac Herzog urged caution.


Herzog said Israel does not know what Hamas's demands are and therefore "it would be appropriate to keep expectations realistic."


Hamas would not confirm the Israeli reports of progress.


Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Hamas has not received anything new from Israel and will not change its positions.


The prisoner swap is a source of hot debate in Israel. While many Israelis support bringing Gilad Shalit home at any price, others believe that lopsided prisoner swaps 10 will bring more terrorism and more terrorist blackmail 11.



n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易
  • I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
  • This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
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。
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。
调停,调解,斡旋( mediate的现在分词 ); 居间促成; 影响…的发生; 使…可能发生
  • So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
  • The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。
v.集合,召集,召唤,聚集,集合
  • The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
  • Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月,高级官员在伦敦会齐。
v.落实,定下来
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
交换( swap的名词复数 ); 交换物,被掉换者
  • He swaps his old car for a new motorcycle. 他用旧车换了一辆新摩托车。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
  • Swaps the anchor and end points of the current selection. 交换当前所选内容的定位点和结束点。
n.讹诈,敲诈,勒索,胁迫,恫吓
  • She demanded $1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
  • The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。
学英语单词
abrachial fetus
Abrosovo
acceptilations
adipositas cardia
allowable resources
altamira
ambulance party
annex
antichrist
basifixed anther
Berenice IV
bomohs
BPAG
brava
bubble-baths
budgetary requirement
bursters
clists
cocoplums
come Yorkshire over someone
contact symbol
copying drawing
cret-
cyclconic circulation
dentialveolar
differential scattering cross-section
directivity index of microphone
disk body
drafting iffice
dunkleosteid
earlids
edge retention
electrocaloric effect
elevation planning
esurients
fencepoles
fire-heating air pressure
foreign ministers
fractional exponent
friction member
fund audit
generation tree
GFWC
glaucous
goldarn
gwynfors
hat brush
hyalophanes
Indri indri
jib guy
jnopamil
Khilgaon
lead sb. by the nose
Leitrim
light liquor
loggery
meagry
motivational exhaustion
moyock
mozeliak
mujtabas
Muller's Fluid
multi-use hatchet
multigigabyte
muskhogean languages
neck curl
nonmetal material testing machine
off-line algorithm
officier
once-prosperous
optoelectronic digital logic
ordinary ammunition stowage
panadapter
pantisocratic
physeterids
pilot truss
pleurothecium recurvatum
polythematic
qsub
radioisotope level gage
re-presents
SCTD
sequential processing of multiple job
series reactor starting
service blister
signors
single-end amplification
situation board
sophists
Standard and Poor's Rating
straight laced
strata germinativum epidermidis
stretching pliers
talip
tansy-leaved rockets
Testacida
travelling field
unenjoyability
unhardiness
with gusto
work-shops
Xaghra