VOA常速英语2008年-Palestinians Fire Rockets as Israel Reduces Ele
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Jerusalem
08 February 2008
Palestinian militants 2 have stepped up rocket attacks against Israel after a tightening 3 of Israeli sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
The electricity cuts are aimed at halting the daily Palestinian rocket attacks that have terrorized Israeli communities on the Gaza border.
"Israel is applying pressure on the terrorist organizations in Gaza," said Israeli spokesman Arieh Mekel. "We believe that no government would have acted differently; any government has the ultimate responsibility to protect its citizens."
The Islamic militant 1 group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said it would not be intimidated 4 by the sanctions. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel and it believes armed resistance is the only way to liberate 5 Palestine.
Israel has tightened 6 sanctions on Hamas since the group seized control of Gaza in June, defeating the Fatah forces of western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Abbas government in the West Bank, which is involved in peace talks with Israel, also condemned 7 the electricity cuts.
"This is a collective punishment that absolutely should not be tolerated by anyone in the international community," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
The tension in Gaza is overshadowing peace talks that resumed in December after a seven year break. Speaking in the United States, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said it is unlikely that President Bush will achieve his goal of a peace agreement by the end of the year.
Palestinian militants fired more than 20 rockets at Israel, hours after Israel cut electricity supplies to Gaza by about one percent. It was the first time that Israel reduced electricity from one of its own power plants to Gaza, though fuel cuts have prompted blackouts in the impoverished 8 territory in the past.
- 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。
- 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。
- We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
- The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
- This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。
- The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
- His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。