VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Boat Carryi
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(九)月
The vessel 1, a small British-flagged catamaran, was carrying what is being described as symbolic 2 quantities of toys, musical instruments and prosthetic limbs. Its passengers included a Holocaust 3 survivor 4, a former Israeli fighter pilot and an Israeli man whose daughter died in a Palestinian suicide bombing in 1997.
Organizers say Israeli navy vessels 5 approached the boat on Tuesday before a soldier boarded and handcuffed the captain. The boat has been towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel criticized the activists 6' attempt to break the blockade.
Brigadier General Avi Benayahu, a spokesman for the Israel Defense 7 Forces, told Israeli radio that there were no casualties.
He said the boat had nothing to do with humanitarian 8 aid. He accused the organizers of staging a media stunt 9 and creating a provocation 10. He called the incident "especially regrettable" because it pitted a group of Jews and Israeli citizens against the Israeli armed forces.
Organizer Naomi Wayne says the group's aim was not only to call attention to the blockade, but also to tell Gaza's residents that many people among the world's Jewish population oppose Israel's policies toward Gaza.
"You can either sit down under injustice 11 or you can stand up to be counted," Wayne said. "We had a very faint hope that the Israeli authorities might look at our tiny boat with its elderly passengers and its peaceful crew and let us through and we thought it was worth trying."
Israel has come under international criticism for its raid on a Turkish flotilla in May, in which nine activists were killed.
Israel maintains its blockade on Gaza to deter 12 the members of the militant 13 Islamist group Hamas that rules the enclave, and whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
- Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。
- He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
- They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。