voa标准英语2008-Residents on Israel-Gaza Border Face Constant Ro
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
Israeli tanks positioned near the border with Gaza, 30 Dec 2008
Another day of air strikes, bombing runs and rocket attacks for Gaza and nearby areas of Israel.
Loudspeaker warnings, people rushing to take cover and then... an explosion. These have become familiar sounds here in Sderot.
Uri Reznik, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry 4 says dozens of Hamas-fired rockets and mortars 5 have hit Sderot in the past several days in what has become a grim reality.
"You will see people going about their lives. But, if you will notice every few meters in this town there are cement blocks, which are designated as secure points. Whenever there is an alarm of an imminent 6 rocket attack, people urgently have 15 seconds to get to one of these shelters."
Some residents have left the town to stay with relatives to escape the rockets. Others remain going about their daily routine, all the while listening for the next alert.
The rockets are fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza, just kilometers away are inaccurate 7, but some still hit their targets.
A house in the southern Israeli town of Sderot that took a direct hit from a Palestinian rocket, 30 Dec 2008
Several houses on nearby Sinai Street can attest 8 to that. People there pointed 9 out one house they said took a direct hit on Tuesday. There were no reports of casualties from that attack.
Leaving Sderot and driving closer to Gaza can be difficult as most of the areas along the border have been declared a "closed military zone" by the Israelis.
Not far in the distance lies Gaza city, its skyline clearly visible. The occasional Israeli warplane swoops 10 overhead, and here and there are plumes 11 of smoke.
Troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers have been positioned around Gaza, lending credence 12 to promises of further military action to come, including a possible ground assault.
Israeli officials vow 13 there'll be no let-up to the offensive until the militants' ability to fire rockets into Israel has been dealt with.
Those words were echoed in Sderot by Transport Minister and former Defense 14 Minister Shaul Mofaz.
"We are not going to discuss with the media what kind of military activity we should take," he said. "I believe that all options are on the table and we have to achieve our goal."
Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes over Gaza again on Tuesday for the fourth day in a row. Israel says it is targeting the infrastructure 15 of Hamas, the militant 2 Islamic group that controls the Gaza Strip. But Gaza is a very densely 16 populated strip of land and while Israel may be targeting the militants, its attacks have also killed dozens of Palestinian civilians.
And despite relentless 17 air attacks and rising casualty figures, the rocket attacks from inside Gaza continued.
- 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 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。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗? 来自教父部分
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确,而且夸大其词。
- She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。
- I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。
- These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
- 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。
- He fixes his eyes on the greyish spine of the old wolf as he swoops down. 他两眼死死盯住老狼灰黑的脊背。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
- An owl swoops from the ridge top, noiseless but as flame. 蓦地,山脊上一只夜枭飞扑直下,悄无声响而赫然如一道火光。
- The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
- The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头,那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。
- Don't give credence to all the gossip you hear.不要相信你听到的闲话。
- Police attach credence to the report of an unnamed bystander.警方认为一位不知姓名的目击者的报告很有用。
- My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿,每星期日都去做礼拜。
- I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
- A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
- We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。
- 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。