2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Gunmen Attempt Gaza-Egypt Bord
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
04 January 2006
Egyptian border police fired warning shots late Wednesday to prevent Palestinians from cutting through a fence that divides Egypt from the Gaza Strip. The incident occurred after a day of growing anarchy 1 and violence in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian gather around a concreate wall, after it was broken down by a bulldozer, in the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the town of Rafah
A mob of Palestinians rushed the border fence and tried to cross into Egypt after Palestinian militants 2 used two stolen bulldozers to smash through concrete barriers at the Rafah border crossing.
Earlier, the militants placed explosives at the border crossing and occupied several Palestinian government buildings in Rafah. The gunmen, who are affiliated 3 with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs 4 Brigade are seeking the release of one of their leaders who has been linked to the kidnapping of British aid worker Kate Burton and her parents last week. The three hostages were freed unharmed after being held for several days.
Meanwhile, gunmen broke into a house in Rafah and attempted to kidnap the parents of Rachel Corrie a young U.S. woman who was killed in 2003 when she tried to stop an Israeli bulldozer from demolishing 5 a Palestinian house in Rafah. Ms. Corrie's parents are frequent visitors to Rafah and the gunmen left after being told who they were.
Mohammed Dawwas, an independent Palestinian journalist working in Gaza says the growing violence and chaos 6 is especially acute in the Rafah area because Palestinian security officials have less control there than elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.
"The southern Gaza Strip is different from the northern or the middle area of the Gaza Strip. This area is close to the Egyptian border and there are more guns in that area than anywhere else in the whole Gaza Strip," he said.
Much of the growing violence in Gaza is being blamed on militants who belong to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a violent militia 7 affiliated with the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The group is cited by the State Department as a terrorist organization.
Mr. Abbas has condemned 8 the violence, but Palestinian security officials say they are unable to contain it. In recent days senior Palestinian security officials have said it will be virtually impossible to provide security throughout much of the Gaza Strip for scheduled Palestinian legislative 9 elections on January 25.
- There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
- The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
- 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 hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
- All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
- the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
- They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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
- 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。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。