2006年VOA标准英语-Diplomatic Efforts Intensify to End Israeli-Leb
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Challiss McDonough
Beirut
17 July 2006
The sixth day of Israeli bombardment of Lebanon on Monday killed more than 40 people, bringing the death toll 1 in the country to over 200, mostly civilians 2. Another 24 people have been killed in Israel, where the militant 3 group Hezbollah has been firing rockets at Israeli cities from southern Lebanon. Diplomatic efforts are intensifying 4 to end the crisis between Israel and Lebanon, even as casualty figures climb.
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Vijay Nambiar
A blizzard 5 of high-level diplomatic visits to Lebanon and Israel has so far produced no results, but attempts to end the violence continue. The U.N. secretary- general's political adviser 6, Vijay Nambiar, met with Lebanese officials Monday before shuttling off to Jerusalem.
"I can announce today that we have made some promising 7 first efforts on the way forward," said Vijay Nambiar. "My team has discussed concrete ideas with the Lebanese authorities. We leave shortly for Israel, where we will convey these ideas for further discussion. As developments warrant, it may become necessary for us to return to Lebanon to explore these ideas further."
France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (r) on board a Greek cruise liner in Beirut with French citizens waiting to be evacuated 8 to Cyprus
The Lebanese prime minister also met with French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, the highest-level international official to come to Beirut since the crisis erupted on Wednesday.
Mr. de Villepin called for an "immediate 9 humanitarian 10 truce 11" between Israel and Hezbollah, and backed a proposal to send some sort of international monitors to southern Lebanon. The U.N. already has peacekeepers in the south, but several EU nations and Russia say they could be willing to send more.
The foreign minister of Iran suggested a ceasefire and then a prisoner swap 12. He spoke 13 on a visit to Damascus. Both Syria and Iran are major backers of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which sparked the crisis by capturing two Israeli soldiers Wednesday in a brazen 14 cross-border raid.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicated some softening 15 of Israel's demands. He told the Israeli parliament that Israel would stop its military offensive in Lebanon after the soldiers were returned and the Lebanese army deploys 16 along the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is now the de facto authority.
Prominent Lebanese human rights lawyer Chibli Mallat told VOA that in his view, a binding 17 resolution from the U.N. Security Council is the only diplomatic path to a solution.
"The difficulty is to find a resolution that is acceptable to all parties, including Israel and Hezbollah, and if not, the sort of coercion 18 or the groundwork that this resolution will have to include in order to be effective," said Chibli Mallat.
Mallat, who has declared himself a candidate for the Lebanese presidency 19, said that despite their absolutist rhetoric 20, both Israel and Hezbollah probably realize that some kind of deal must be made.
"The compromise has to be clearly on what sort of long-lasting solution that makes the border between Israel and Lebanon impermeable 21 to military action," he said. "That is not easy, but that I think is the only possible solution to this crisis."
Two different news agencies on Monday quoted senior Israeli defense 22 officials as saying the military campaign in Lebanon will go on for at least another week, but will eventually have to end because of international pressure.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- 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 allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
- The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
- You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- 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 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。
- I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
- This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
- Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
- Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的，已经成了个软心肠的人了。
- It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
- But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。
- The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
- Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
- Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions.既不诱供也不逼供。
- He paid the money under coercion.他被迫付钱。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
- The canoe is made from an impermeable wood.独木舟由防水木头制成。
- The external layer of the skin is relatively impermeable to water.皮肤的外层不透水。