2007年VOA标准英语-Rice Begins Peace Mission as Israel Declares Ga
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
Jerusalem
19 September 2007
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun a two-day peace mission to the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, her visit coincided with an unexpected Israeli announcement of a tightening 1 of economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem as Israel's Cabinet declared Gaza an "enemy entity 2." The decision, which came in response to Palestinian rocket attacks, means that Israel could restrict the flow of vital supplies to Gaza, including electricity, water and fuel. The aim is to pressure the ruling Islamic militant 3 group Hamas in Gaza to halt the rocket attacks.
Rice was asked about the decision at a Jerusalem news conference.
"It's no secret that the United States declares Hamas a terrorist organization, and that we've been troubled by the fact that Hamas did what they did in the Gaza against the legitimate 4 institutions of the Palestinian Authority," she said.
Rice was referring to the violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, three months ago, by the Islamic militant group, which routed the forces of the rival and more moderate Fatah faction 5, led by Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas.
Rice spoke 6 after meeting with Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who said the new measures against Hamas are justified 7 because Israel pulled out of Gaza two years ago.
"Even though we hoped that while taking our forces out of [the] Gaza Strip that this can be the beginning of the creation of a Palestinian state which I hope will live in peace with Israel, what we got in return are terror attacks, daily terror attacks, on Israeli citizens," Livni said.
Hamas described the Cabinet decision as a declaration of war, and said the Palestinian people would not bow to Israeli attempts to starve them into submission 8.
The feud 9 overshadowed the original purpose of Rice's visit, getting Israel and the Abbas government in the West Bank to hammer out a joint 10 document on Palestinian statehood.
"We want to be as supportive as possible of this bilateral 11 dialogue. We are hopeful that it can move forward to common understandings of a way forward to the creation of a Palestinian state so that two states can live side by side in peace and freedom," Rice said.
The gaps remain wide. Israel wants a vague declaration of principles on Palestinian statehood. The Palestinians want a binding 12 agreement on core issues such as Jerusalem, refugees and final borders.
- 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。
- The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
- As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。
- 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。
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
- Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
- I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
- 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。
- She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
- The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
- The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
- No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。
- How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
- The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- 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。