2006年VOA标准英语-Secretary Rice Back in Middle East as Fighting
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Sonja Pace
Jerusalem
29 July 2006
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived back in Israel Saturday for another round of diplomacy 1 to end more than two weeks of relentless 2 fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants 3 in Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem
Secretary Rice is here for her second visit in less than a week. Her talks with Israeli and Lebanese officials are expected to focus on a framework to bring over two weeks of fighting to an end, and pave the way for a broader resolution of the conflict.
Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner also said officials are eager to hear her proposals. "We want the attacks on Israel to cease. We want our soldiers freed. So, we are interested to hear Dr. Condoleezza Rice's ideas," he said.
An end to Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel, as well as the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah July 12, remain Israel's most immediate 4 conditions for stopping the conflict.
A longer-term demand and more difficult issue is the disarming 5 of Hezbollah's militia 6, possibly integrating them into the Lebanese military, and then ensuring a national Lebanese army is deployed 7 throughout the country.
There is widespread agreement an international force with a robust 8 mandate 9 will need to be sent to Lebanon to help in that process.
The Lebanese Cabinet, which includes Hezbollah loyalists, has backed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's call for an immediate cease-fire and the deployment 10 of an international force.
However, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has given that agreement only qualified 11 support. Speaking on Hezbollah television, Nasrallah said Israel was being defeated on the ground. He dismissed Rice's diplomatic mission, and threatened more rocket attacks farther south into central Israel.
As diplomatic efforts rev 12 up, the violence goes on. Israeli artillery 13 continued to shell southern Lebanon, even though the military announced its troops had withdrawn 14 from the fiercely fought over town of Bint Jbeil. Israeli air raids have been relentless, striking deep into eastern and southern Lebanon.
And, Hezbollah rocket attacks into Israel have not let up either, averaging about 100 a day.
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
- Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。
- 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。
- 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。
- He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
- China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
- It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
- Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。