VOA标准英语2009年-UN Agency Suspends Aid Deliveries in Gaza Becau
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(一月)
Palestinians gather to receive flour at a United Nations food distribution center in Gaza City, 08 Jan 2009
A local U.N. driver was killed as he was loading humanitarian 3 supplies onto trucks at a border crossing. In another incident a clearly marked U.N. convoy 4 in Beit Hanoun came under fire in what U.N. officials described as deliberate targeting.
Two days ago Israeli forces fired on several U.N. run schools in Gaza, in one instance killing 5 more than 30 people.
U.N. spokesman, Christopher Gunness said the organization had no choice but to suspend operations in Gaza.
"And, they are suspended until the Israeli army can guarantee the safety and security of our personnel, of our convoys 6 and of our installations," he said.
Israel also came in for heavy criticism from the International Red Cross and stands accused of hampering 7 ambulance access to civilians 8.
ICRC Deputy Director for Operations, Dominique Stillhart described an instance of ICRC and Palestinian Red Crescent Society workers having to wait four days to reach a group of bombed houses.
"We reached it and finally found in one house four children still alive next to their dead mothers, in another house 15 survivors 9, many of them wounded and yet in another house more corpses 10 that we finally managed to evacuate," said Stillhart.
Fire and smoke are seen from Israeli military bombing in Gaza City, 08 Jan 2009
Israel's military offensive is nearing the end of its second week amid daily air, ground and naval 11 bombardments against what Israel says are Hamas related targets.
The aim, Israel says is to stop Hamas rocket fire into Israel and in the longer-term keep Hamas from being able to rearm.
Hamas has continued to fire rockets into southern Israel. And at least three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, raising initial fears that Lebanon's Shiite militant 12 group Hezbollah may be trying to open up a second front of fighting.
But, Hezbollah says it had nothing to do with the attack and the general view now is that it was an isolated 13 incident, likely the work of a splinter Palestinian group in Lebanon.
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- 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。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句
- So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
- Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- 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。