2007年VOA标准英语-Israel Carries Out Airstrike in Gaza
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
Jerusalem
07 May 2007
Israeli aircraft have attacked a car in the Gaza Strip that Israeli military authorities say was carrying Palestinian militants 2 planning to launch rockets against southern Israel. One militant 1 was reported wounded in the attack that followed a warning from Israel's Defense 3 Minister that Israel would not tolerate continuing rocket attacks. VOA's Jim Teeple has more from our Jerusalem bureau.
The Israeli strike followed a recent spike 4 in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants against Sderot, the nearest Israeli town to the Gaza border.
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (Jan 2007)
Israel's Prime Minister warned Israel would no longer tolerate the attacks. Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Israel Radio that Israeli patience had run out.
Peretz, who also heads the Labor 5 Party, says while Israelis want peace they will not put peace before security.
The militant group Islamic Jihad is claiming responsibility for the attacks and vowed 6 to retaliate 7 for Israel's missile strike. The group did not sign a Gaza truce 8 agreement with Israel that other Palestinian armed factions 9 agreed to last November .
Meanwhile, U.N. officials say they are increasing security at U.N. facilities in Gaza, where Islamic extremists attacked a U.N. run school on Sunday. The group called a sports festival at the school that involved both boys and girls "un-Islamic" and warned of violence. A security guard was killed in the attack and seven others were wounded.
The senior U.N. official in Gaza, John Ging, says the problems with security there can be tied to problems with money.
"The bottom line is that security forces that we all rely on to uphold law and order have been without their regular salaries for well over a year. They are demoralized, de-motivated and it is basically down to that. This was predicted, it is predictable, and until there is a solution to the funding crisis that faces the Palestinian Authority and all elements of the public sector 10, we can expect deterioration 11 in public serves, including security services, to continue," he said.
Most international funding to the Palestinian Authority was suspended last year following the Hamas victory in Palestinian legislative 12 elections. A new Palestinian unity 13 government has managed to get some funding restored, but mainly for humanitarian 14 assistance.
Ging says despite the deteriorating 15 security situation, the United Nations has no plans to curtail 16 its extensive operations in Gaza. Palestinian security officials say the same group that attacked the U.N. run school appears to be behind a string of attacks on internet cafes, and video rental 17 stores.
More violence was reported when members of a Gaza clan 18 attacked the al-Aqsa University campus in Gaza City.
Monday also marked the eighth week of captivity 19 for the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston. He was the only western reporter permanently 20 based in Gaza. Despite global calls for his release there is no information about his condition or whereabouts.
- 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。
- 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。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
- It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age. 随着年龄的增长，心智和体力自然衰退。
- The car's bodywork was already showing signs of deterioration. 这辆车的车身已经显示出了劣化迹象。
- 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。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
- The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
- The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
- The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
- We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
- The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
- The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
- The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。