时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(九月)


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Jews in Israel and around the world are observing Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
 
An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, before start the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, 29 Sept. 2008


Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the High Holy Days and marks the Jewish New Year 5769. For many Israelis, it is a time of repentance 1 and prayer, leading up to the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement.


A holiday poll shows that only 32 percent of Israelis expect peace this year, despite nearly 10 months of negotiations 2 with the Palestinians.


But Leora Eldad, a Jerusalem resident, says the holidays are a time of hope.


"I am praying that we can have peace to the extent that it is possible in these days," she said.


Security is tight: Fearing terrorist attacks, Israel has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip, barring Palestinians from entering the country.


But there is also a festive 3 side to Rosh Hashanah, and Israeli women are cooking up a storm.


Some prefer European-Jewish traditions like matzo ball soup and gefilte fish, but not the native-born Israelis.


"Traditional is boring, we are in the 21st century," says high school student Alona Chen.


Chen says that means a "hip 4" holiday dinner.


"I am making roasted cauliflower, chicken, beef, lettuce 5 wraps, sourdough bread," she said.


But one tradition is universal - apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year.


 



1 repentance
n.懊悔
  • He shows no repentance for what he has done.他对他的所作所为一点也不懊悔。
  • Christ is inviting sinners to repentance.基督正在敦请有罪的人悔悟。
2 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
3 festive
adj.欢宴的,节日的
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节,每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
4 hip
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
5 lettuce
n.莴苣;生菜
  • Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿,我好做色拉。
  • The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
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abrasive grinding
acorn flour
adamantine clinkers
aeolian erosion
alkaline-earth metal compound
Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen
angiokymography
approximately-estimated cost
area traffic control system
aurigal
Automatic Save Every
be a nine days' wonder
be occupied
bean tree
Besszonoff's reagent
bet our boots
bond investment value
Braun graft
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bubonocus
Bunny Bond
cavolinia tridentata
clary sages
continuous discharge
dispollute
dorsalis pedis
dysprosium bromide
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gasoline upgrading
gathering pallet
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Hausruck
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highfat
HP (hot particle)
indirect guilt
interseeding intersowing
intragenic suppressor mutation
iratsume orsedice suzukii
Karaginskiy Zaliv
Kohler's bone disease
krasnowitz
Lagotis brevituba
Liebermann-Burchard test
light-gauge wire
Lysimachia klattiana
make one's home
megacarpine
melilite-leucitebasalt
mildew-proofing finishing agent
mole fraction
Moussoro
move number
ms-basic
Musculus zygomaticus major
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Neanderthalians
neutrino line
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normalized number
one's fingers itch to do something
packed numeric form
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paraeuchaeta simplex
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placental villus
plastic powder coating
polyoxamide
prase opal
pulse limiting rate
revizinone
saltate
saturated intensity of magnetization
sekihan
Shigali
similar motion
skipper's daughters
sonic-nozzle carburetor
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standing electromagnetic wave
steelification
straight-line depreciation method
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tapirids
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time and date
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transport contract system
trialler
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uropathies
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Waldböckelheim
What-You-See-Before-You-Get-It