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By Paula Wolfson
White House
26 November 2007

President Bush has met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the White House to set the stage for Tuesday's Mideast Conference in nearby Annapolis, Maryland. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says he is optimistic about the chances for progress in the peace process.


The three days of intensive Mideast diplomacy 1 began with a handshake at the White House, as President Bush sat down for one-on-one talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.


The president said he is looking forward to working with both Mr. Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to advance the peace process.


"I am looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the president of the Palestinian Authority to see whether or not peace is possible. I am optimistic. I know you are optimistic. And I thank you for your courage," he said.


White House officials say the president called the Mideast conference because he feels there are now leaders in place in Israel and the Palestinian Authority who are determined 2 to tackle the tough issues and move forward. They say his goal in Annapolis is to create a launch pad for renewed negotiations 3, and to mobilize international support for the process.


Prime Minister Olmert said the presence of so many delegations 4 in Annapolis is sure to make a difference.


"This time it is different, because we are going to have lots of participants in what I hope will launch a serious process of negotiations between us and the Palestinians," he said. "This will be a bilateral 5 process, but the international support is very important for us."


Later, at the start of a separate meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, President Bush reaffirmed he does not see his role as that of a peacemaker. Mr. Bush stressed - as his aides have in the past - that he has no intention of imposing 6 a solution but hopes to act as a facilitator.


President Abbas welcomed the gesture, and said he is hopeful about the prospects 7 for peace.


"We have a great deal of hope that this conference would produce permanent status negotiations - expanded negotiations - over all permanent status issues that would lead to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people - an agreement to secure security and stability," Mr. Abbas said.


The Annapolis Conference will mark the first time in more than a decade that Israelis will sit around a table with representatives of 16 Arab nations and the Arab league.


Among the Arab states pledging to attend the conference are Saudi Arabia and Syria - neither of which recognizes the state of Israel.


Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has condemned 8 the meeting, as has the government of Iran, which has predicted it will end in failure. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says she is not surprised that a country like Iran that benefits from chaos 9 would be concerned about a process that brings moderate forces together to establish a Palestinian state and set the stage for peace between Israel and Palestine.




n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • 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。
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • 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。
n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 );委托,委派
  • In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来,中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法,但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
adj.双方的,两边的,两侧的
  • They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
  • There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题,两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
学英语单词
A-point
acute parametritis
Allium ramosum
ammonia-potassium water regime
amnicolous
an hourglass figure
anaxipha pallidula
anti-clash key
Aphredoderoidei
assimilations
barness
bepenised
Boldrewood Rolf
box diagram
boxesful
brake camshaft
by product recovery gas producer
car yard
cardiac electrophysiology
checkmates
chemical microencapsulation process
chromite sand
cielo
collapsed face
crooning
cynophile
deaphragm gas meter
delivered cost
die-locking toggle
duty of alcoholic liquor
Euphorbia helioscopia
expanding subspace theorem
fast firing kiln
fire-enhancing grasses
first pylon
fly half
gas-forming property
Gorillas in the Mist
Grezzana
hard nickel
heart disease prevention program
hemicompatible
index of ripple mark
Iron County
irradiation swelling model
irregular articulation
jacket water
jamul
keyna
killingly
kiln site
l-block type wharf
latitude of an observer
lift lug
Ligusticum elatum
linnorm
Lopokino
loungingly
macrosporocyte
marker mark
maximum transverse force
maximum work
mcpc (multiple channel per carrier)
MDMP
microthermal type
morbid physiology
moulded resin
Mumcular
naviss
nuclear magnetic induction
Ortilis vetula macalli
over order
part learning
physical chemistry of electrolytic solution
polyethylene balloon
rasamala
salesclerk
shoring beam
signeted
silence signal
simple chain
social resource
spin paramagnetism
suspension of transit period
tank engine oil
tapered leading edge
territorial limits
Theotiscan
TIC (transfer in channel)
traffic-choked
trail car
tree pie
trunk movement
tutela legitima
ureogenesis
urethral polyp
USSS
wave height coefficient
web former
write against
xylosylation
yao