时间:2019-01-10 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)


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Early elections in Israel could bring a change in power and a change in direction for the Middle East peace process. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
 






A picture of former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as part of a promotion 1 for municipal election candidates, Jerusalem, 26, Oct. 2008



A new poll shows Israel's hawkish 2 right wing winning early elections in February. The Jerusalem Post poll has the right, led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, winning 64 seats in the 120-member Knesset, or parliament. The center and left, led by dovish Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, would win 56 seats, including 10 for the anti-Zionist Arab parties.

That would put Netanyahu in a strong position to form a new government. Netanyahu has vowed 3 to halt Livni's plan for the creation of a Palestinian state and says he will not negotiate on Jerusalem.

Israelis are divided over the peace process so the election is bound to be close. Polls throughout the week showed a virtual tie between Netanyahu and Livni, who hopes to become Israel's first woman prime minister in more than 30 years.

Jerusalem Post editor David Horovitz said Netanyahu, who served as prime minister from 1996 to 1999, has a key advantage over Livni: experience.

He added, "The concern that a lot of people have, which may be unfounded, is that she's relatively 4 unproven, that it's only nine years that she entered the Knesset, that she was only really tested as foreign minister during the Second Lebanon War when she arranged a diplomatic conclusion to the war on terms that have not held."
 






Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks following a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, 26 Oct. 2008




The Second Lebanon War two years ago was widely seen as a failure. A 34-day Israeli air and ground assault on Lebanon failed to deal a knockout blow to the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah, which has rearmed in violation 5 of the U.N. ceasefire resolution.

Horovitz said, "So I think there are genuine reasons for concern; [but] she may be capable of dispelling 6 them."

As Israel's chief negotiator in peace talks, Livni has offered the Palestinians at least 93 percent of the West Bank and parts of Jerusalem. So Israelis have a clear choice in the upcoming elections: to decide whether they want a Palestinian state in their backyard, or not.



n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
adj. 鹰派的, 强硬派的
  • My staff's advice that first day was amazingly hawkish. 在第一天,我的僚属们的意见是令人吃惊的鹰派意见。
  • Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet. 反战团体担心巴拉克·奥巴马可以创建强硬派内阁。
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说,那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
v.驱散,赶跑( dispel的现在分词 )
  • He succeeded in dispelling our suspicious and won our confidence. 他终于消除了我们的怀疑,得到了我们的信任。 来自辞典例句
  • Truth is a torch, which can pierce the mist without dispelling it. 真理是一个火炬,不用驱散大雾,其火炬即能透过。 来自互联网
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