VOA标准英语2010年-Palestinian Rocket Hits Israeli City o
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
Israeli police officers remove the shell of a Grad rocket fired by Palestinian militants 2 from the Gaza Strip and landed in the southern city of Ashkelon, 30 Jul 2010
A rocket attack is raising tensions on the Israeli border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military says Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket that hit the Israeli coastal 3 city of Ashkelon 12 kilometers away. The Grad rocket landed near high-rise apartment buildings, causing damage but no injuries.
An eyewitness 4 gave this account to Israel Radio: "Suddenly there was a boom, as if the rocket was falling on my head," he said. The man went out on his balcony and saw smoke. He said the blast blew out the windows of apartments and cars.
Rocket attacks have been rare since Israel's massive three-week assault on Gaza a year and a half ago. But with school due to resume in just one month after summer vacation, parents are already getting worried.
Sofi Chotobeli heads the Parents Committee in Ashkelon. She said the committee decided 5 that children will not be sent back to classes in the city until all schools are equipped with portable bomb shelters.
There was no immediate 6 claim of responsibility from any Palestinian group, apparently 7 to avoid being targeted by Israeli retaliation 8. But Israeli officials said they hold the Islamic militant 1 group Hamas, which rules Gaza, responsible.
Israel's policy since the Gaza War has been to retaliate 9 for every attack, usually with air strikes on tunnels allegedly used by Hamas to smuggle 10 weapons. The foreign ministry 11 said Israel reserves the right to respond in the appropriate time and place.
- 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。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
- It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。