190 阿拉伯国家外长就中东地区冲突寻求八国联盟帮助-英语课

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190 阿拉伯国家外长就中东地区冲突寻求八国联盟帮助

Arab Foreign Ministers Seek G-8 Help in Mideast Conflict
Sonja Pace
Cairo
18 Jul 2001 21:14 UTC

Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo Wednesday renewed their support for the Palestinians, strongly 1)condemned 1 Israeli action, and called on the G-8 group of industrialized nations to play a more active role in trying to stop the 10-month-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
During a one day meeting at Arab League headquarters in Cairo, foreign ministers and 2)delegates said they would ask the G-8 nations to take up the Israeli-Palestinian crisis during their meeting in Italy beginning Friday. The Arab ministers are calling on the G-8 to send international observers to the Palestinian territories to 3)monitor the situation.
The Palestinians have long called for such an observer force, but Israel has rejected the idea.
The Arab Ministers also strongly condemned Israel's policy of 4)assassinating Palestinian activists 2 and demolishing 3 Palestinian homes. They said Israel is being led by, what they called, a "rogue 4" government.
Ten months of Israeli-Palestinian clashes have left more than 600 people dead, most of them Palestinians.
A U.S. brokered 5 cease-fire, accepted by both sides a month ago, has yet to be implemented 6 and there is increasing concern the conflict will 5)escalate and lead to wider, regional unrest.
The crisis has already led to 6)strained relations between the United States and some of its Arab allies. There is a widespread 7)resentment among Arabs for what they consider Washington's "blind support" for Israel.
At the same time, Arab leaders have come under public criticism in their own countries for not taking a tougher line against Israel.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak struck a 8)pessimistic note about the future in an interview with the Chinese News Agency, Xinhua. Mr. Mubarak said he sees no 9)solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 10)conflict as long as Ariel Sharon holds power in Israel.

(1) condemn[kEn5dem]vt.判刑, 处刑, 声讨, 谴责
(2) delegate[5delI^Et]n.代表vt.委派...为代表
(3) monitor[5mRnItE(r)]n. 监听器,监控器vt.监控v.监控
(4) assassinate[E5sAsIneIt]vt.暗杀, 行刺
(5) escalate[5eskEleIt]vi.逐步升高, 逐步增强vt.使逐步上升
(6) strained[streInd]adj.紧张的, 矫饰的, 做作的
(7) resentment[rI5zentmEnt]n.怨恨, 愤恨
(8) pessimistic[pesI5mIstIk]adj.悲观的, 厌世的
(9) solution[sE5lu:F(E)n]n.解答, 解决办法, 溶解
(10) conflict[5kRnflIkt]n.斗争, 冲突vi.抵触, 冲突

1 condemned

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 demolishing

v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。来自《用法词典》
Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。来自辞典例句

3 rogue

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

4 brokered

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…