时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(六月)


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Israel says it won't change its settlement policy despite new demands by the President of the United States. The settlers have announced their own response to U.S. pressure.
 
Jewish settlers wash cement off their feet after laying foundation of new building in West Bank outpost of Maoz Esther, 28 May 2009


Israel says it will not halt construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, despite President Barack Obama's insistence 1 on a settlement freeze. Mr. Obama most recently made the demand Thursday in his Cairo speech to the Muslim world.


The issue has raised tensions between the new, right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S. administration, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.


Government spokesman Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington, says Israel reserves the right to build in existing settlements to accommodate "natural growth."


"No democratic government can be expected to stop people, hundreds of thousands of people, living legally and under the law, wherever they live, of having children or putting up additional buildings. Look, this is not a dispute; this is a fact of life," he said.


As a concession 2 to Washington, Israel has begun dismantling 3 some small, illegal settlement outposts as part of its commitment under the "roadmap" peace plan, but with little success. On Friday, settlers returned to the outpost of Oz Yonatan near the Palestinian-ruled city of Ramallah, after it was dismantled 4 by the army earlier this week.


"Our message is very clear: Obama, no you can't. You can't give away the land of the Bible that belongs to the people of the Bible," said settlement activist 5 Nadia Matar.


Palestinian officials say Mr. Obama's call for a settlement freeze is a good start. But they say the test will be converting words to deeds.



n.坚持;强调;坚决主张
  • They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
  • His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。
n.让步,妥协;特许(权)
  • We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
  • That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
(枪支)分解
  • The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
  • The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。
拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消
  • The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
  • The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
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advocacy policy
assembler list
atoothfairyists
Banī Khawāt
black masculinity
Blanco, L.
Blonville-sur-Mer
Brovst
buuelos
caporegime
carotid artery stenosis
casing sizing
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classification yard
cold-cocked
coloured leaf
conductivity measuring apparatus
deditions
disappearance of outcrop
Dubovitsy
Easter Sunday
enamel matrix
evilest
extraspinal
first line switch
flashing light signal
flight data recorder
fruit farming
gelatinous tumor
glutethimide
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guomindangs
helminthosporium marantae
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hop-o-my-thumb
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hydrospire
impassable trench
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jump boat
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latint image
lead and leave edges
liver-blood
located in welded joint
loure
Macrocycline
Management Tools
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microbrachia
milk analysis
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navicula cincta
nominal pull-in torque
odle
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price of the privilege
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sequential network
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spectacle flange
squamous cell carcinoma of nasopharynx
standby transformer
statute laws
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ultramarine ashes
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walk out of
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whittering
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