时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(一月)


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The unrest in Egypt is sending shock waves throughout the Middle East, including in neighboring Israel.




Israel is extremely concerned about the situation in Egypt because President Hosni Mubarak has preserved the peace treaty between the two countries for 30 years. Israel considers the treaty a strategic asset, and it fears that a regime change in Egypt could put the peace agreement in danger.


Israeli analyst 1 Yoni Ben-Menachem says an Egyptian government led by opposition 2 groups or the Muslim Brotherhood 3 would take a harder line on Israel.


"It might be a hostile regime to Israel that will not respect the peace treaty with Israel and will cancel it, abolish this agreement, and we will go back to a situation of hostility 4 between Israel and Egypt," said Ben-Menachem.


That would complicate 5 Israel's situation strategically, because it already shares two borders with hostile elements: Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. And Ben-Menachem believes neighboring Jordan could be next.


"This can create the domino effect, and this fall of the regime in Egypt can also continue to Jordan, and also with Jordan we have another peace treaty," added Ben-Menachem. "And if this will happen, if there will be a strategic change in the Middle East, that will not be for the benefit of the State of Israel."


While the treaty between Egypt and Israel is often described as a "cold peace," Ben-Menachem says Israel values its relationship with President Mubarak and sees him as a bridge between Israel and the Arab world



1 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
2 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
3 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
4 hostility
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
5 complicate
vt.使复杂化,使混乱,使难懂
  • There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
  • These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
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'Alī Mardan
agrarianizes
annualized return
arithmetic organ
automatic lap changing apparatus
auxiliary cardiac transplantation
banjo fixing
be at a standstill
berthing pier
bryner
Cadibarrawirracanna, L.
carp mouth
characteristic-value
cheap credit
chog
choonhavan
coloured woodcut
constabcy
coral-woods
corporation law
corrected data
crash-astern maneuver
cryophyllite
degh
dinitro naphthalene sulfonic acid
distorted shapes
downcoast
echo subjects
economic survey
eliyas
ethnocidal
five-core
flag bit
fork type washing machine
fortune favours the brave
from coast to coast
fuzzy orthogonal design
genus Forficula
gotten on someone's nerves
Half speed astern!
high density data
high-temperature neutron diffraction
honeybee pollination
hour-counting wheel bridge
hyprualia
impregnated bandage
INTEGER type
invt
kebap
khedival
khyber p.
kyanizes
laundry-woman
let someone down softly
loec
mains powered appliance
Mdj1p
mesonephridium
monoblock machine
multiple-head broaching machine
natronleucite (anhydrous analcime)
negative investment
Neoaplectana
niiiiice
oil orifice
organic theory
osco
pancreatico-duodenal artery
paradoxling
physical record and logical record
polygenous
population geography
port back land
prepericardial lymph nodes
profile template
Prono
psychological theory of exchange
range resolving power
ribbits
rubber sealing ring for pressure cooker
schisantherin
servo-computing element
shmutzy
shom
signal-to-noise ratio (signal noise ratio)
specific energy imparted
spiracular annulus
split plot
Stelliformia
stick something out
stuffing bulkhead
superlinear
swan song
synthetic proof
tumo(u)r morphology
Umpfer
under coat
unfair judgement
unrewarding
unsedated
up-beats
Volvocida