VOA标准英语2009年-Palestinian Rocket Attack Tests Shaky Gaza Ceas
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(二月)
Palestinian rocket fire at Israel is testing a shaky ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Palestinian militants 2 in Gaza fired a rocket at Israel that landed near the coastal 3 city of Ashkelon. There were no injuries or damage, but the attack raised the prospect 4 of further Israeli retaliation 5. Israel has vowed 6 to respond harshly to any Palestinian rocket fire and there have been a series of tit-for-tat attacks since a ceasefire ended the Gaza war two weeks ago.
Israeli analyst 7 Dan Schueftan says Israel needs to strengthen its new policy of deterrence 8.
"Every time they shoot a rocket, we should react without any proportion in a way that will not only hurt them but also humiliate 9 them," he said.
Egypt is trying to mediate 10 a long term ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant 1 group Hamas which rules Gaza. But Hamas says it will not stop the rocket fire and other attacks unless Israel opens border crossings into Gaza and lifts its crippling blockade. Israel says that cannot happen until Hamas releases a captive Israeli soldier held for two and a half years in Gaza.
The soldier, Gilad Shalit, is a powerful bargaining chip for Hamas. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya told a rally in Gaza that Israel must pay a high price.
He said "Shalit will not see the light of day" until Israel releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Israel says the problem is not with the numbers but the names. Hamas is demanding some top militants involved in bombings with mass casualties, and Israel says they will not be released.
- 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 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。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
- Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。
- What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
- They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。