2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Begins Forming New Government
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（四月）
By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
02 April 2006
Acting 1 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, right, and Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer, April 2, 2006
Israel has formally begun the process of forming a new government, following last week's elections. A center-left coalition 2 is emerging with a sweeping 3 plan to relinquish 4 large parts of the West Bank.
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Israeli President Moshe Katzav opened talks with political parties presenting their choices for the country's next prime minister.
Mr. Katzav is expected to appoint acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to form the next government. Mr. Olmert's Kadima party won the most parliamentary seats, with 28. Since that is far short of a majority in the 120-member Knesset, or parliament, he will have to form a coalition with other parties.
Mr. Olmert should be able to cobble together a coalition with dovish, left-wing parties that support his plan for unilateral withdrawals 5 from large parts of the West Bank during the next four years.
Mr. Olmert says that, with the recent election of the Islamic militant 6 group Hamas, Israel does not have a Palestinian peace partner. So, Israel would draw its own borders unilaterally.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began the process when he pulled Israel out of the Gaza Strip last August and dismantled 7 all 21 settlements there. Mr. Sharon is in a coma 8, after suffering a stroke in January, and now Mr. Olmert is picking up where he left off.
"We are going in the area of conflict management," said Israeli spokesman Dore Gold. "This conflict, at present, with Hamas in power, cannot be resolved. The best way we can manage it may be with unilateralism, but, most importantly, from my perspective, it is maintaining something, which is really the Sharon tradition and the Sharon legacy 9. And that is defensible borders for Israel."
Palestinians reject the plan, because those borders include Israeli annexation 10 of big West Bank settlement blocs 11.
"If Israel does not choose to evacuate 12 the West Bank the way it has evacuated 13 the Gaza Strip, and decides not to opt 14 for negotiations 15 with the Palestinians, that will pose a problem, definitely," commented former Palestinian legislator Sabri Saddam.
Hamas says the Israeli plan is a land grab that will lead to confrontation 16, not peace.
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
- He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句
- 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 plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
- The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
- He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
- He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
- I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。
- The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
- Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？
- 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。
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。