时间:2019-03-09 作者:英语课 分类:PBS访谈社会系列


英语课

   HARI SREENIVASAN: Tensions flared 1 again today between the Obama administration and the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The verbal fireworks came after the United States abstained 2 from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution which condemned 3 the continued construction of settlements on the West Bank.


  Today, Secretary of State John Kerry joined the fray 4.
  Margaret Warner begins.
  MARGARET WARNER: It was a parting warning shot that pulled no punches:
  JOHN KERRY, Secretary of State: Friends need to tell each other the hard truths, and friendships require mutual 5 respect.
  MARGARET WARNER: Secretary of State John Kerry today blamed Israel's — quote — "most right-wing government ever" for expanding Jewish settlements into Palestinian areas in a way that will make a two-state solution impossible to achieve.
  JOHN KERRY: Here is a fundamental reality: If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic. It cannot be both. And it won't ever really be at peace.
  MARGARET WARNER: That, he said, is why the Obama administration chose not to veto last Friday's U.N. Security Council condemning 6 settlement building.
  JOHN KERRY: The vote in the United Nations was about preserving the two-state solution. That's what we were standing 7 up for: Israel's future as a Jewish and democratic state, living side by side in peace and security with its neighbors.
  MARGARET WARNER: Kerry, who spent years trying to broker 8 Israeli-Palestinian peace, firmly denied Israel's charges that the U.S. helped draft the resolution.
  Kerry pointed 9 to the relentless 10 growth of Jewish settlements east of the 1967 border into formerly 11 Palestinian territory of the West Bank captured by Israel in the Six-Day War. There are 270,000 more Jewish settlers in the West Bank today than in the early 1990s, he noted 12, 100,000 more than when President Obama took office.
  国务卿克里告知以色列 朋友需要告诉彼此残酷的事实
  JOHN KERRY: It's not just a question of the overall amount of land available in the West Bank; it's whether the land can be connected or is broken up into small parcels like Swiss cheese that could never constitute a real state.
  MARGARET WARNER: Israel's prime minister fired back, saying the speech focused obsessively 13 on settlements.
  BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Prime Minister, Israel: I must express my deep disappointment with the speech today of John Kerry, a speech that was almost as unbalanced as the anti-Israel resolution passed at the U.N. last week.
  MARGARET WARNER: Earlier, a Jerusalem committee did delay approving nearly 500 new Israeli homes in its disputed eastern area.
  Today's exchange closes out a rocky eight years between the Obama administration and Netanyahu. This White House has given Israel more military aid than any other. Yet last year Netanyahu went around the White House to try to get Congress to undercut the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu is now counting on the next U.S. president.
  Last week, President-elect Trump 14 called for the U.S. to veto the U.N. resolution. And before Kerry's speech today, he tweeted: "We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain 15 and disrespect. Stay strong Israel. January 20 is fast approaching."
  DONALD TRUMP (R), President-Elect: I love Israel. I love Israel.
  MARGARET WARNER: Mr. Trump has pledged to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. And he plans to nominate David Friedman, a firm supporter of expanding settlements, as U.S. ambassador to Israel.
  For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Margaret Warner.

v.戒(尤指酒),戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 );弃权(不投票)
  • Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
  • They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.争吵;打斗;磨损,磨破;n.吵架;打斗
  • Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢?
  • Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
  • I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的
  • The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
  • Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。
adv.从前,以前
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
ad.着迷般地,过分地
  • Peter was obsessively jealous and his behaviour was driving his wife away. 彼得过分嫉妒的举止令他的妻子想离他而去。
  • He's rude to his friends and obsessively jealous. 他对他的朋友很无礼而且嫉妒心重。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑
  • Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
  • A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。
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