中东－以色列军队开始正式撤离加沙地区
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--国政军事聚焦
Israel Set to Implement 1 Gaza Pullout
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has cleared the last major legislative 2 hurdle 3 to the planned withdrawal 4 from the Gaza Strip. Mr. Sharon has won enough support to pass the state budget this week, despite stiff opposition 5 from hawks 6 who oppose the Gaza pullout.
Failure to pass the budget would have toppled the government and put the Gaza withdrawal on hold. Now, it appears that the army will begin dismantling 7 21 Gaza settlements in July.
Mr. Sharon got another boost, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated 9 American support for Israel's plan to hold on to big West Bank settlement blocs 10 in any final peace agreement with the Palestinians.
she said on Israel Radio, "While we will not prejudice the outcome of final status negotiations 11, the changes on the ground, the existing major Israeli population centers will have to be taken into account in any final status negotiations."
That position infuriates the Palestinians, who have long insisted that all West Bank settlements be dismantled 13.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, "The choice at the end of the day is between settlements or peace, and I hope the choice will be peace."
But Prime Minister Sharon doubts that Israel and the Palestinians can reach a final peace agreement resolving thorny 14 issues like the status of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, and final borders. Mr. Sharon has made no secret of his strategy, to get rid of overpopulated, impoverished 15, and violent Gaza, while tightening 16 Israel's grip on the Biblical heartland of the West Bank.
Robert Berger, for VOA News, Jerusalem.
注释:
legislative [5ledVis7leitiv] adj. 立法机关的
state budget 国家财政预算
topple [5tCpl] v. 推翻
dismantle 12 [dis5mAntl] v. 拆除
boost [bu:st] n. 帮助
reiterate 8 [ri:5itEreit] vt. 重申
infuriate [in5fjuErieit] vt. 激怒
thorny [5WC:ni] adj. 棘手的
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
- She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- Two hawks were hover ing overhead. 两只鹰在头顶盘旋。
- Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
- The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。
- Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
- I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。
- "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。
- The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
- The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。
- The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
- The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
- The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
- The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
- It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。