2007年VOA标准英语-Israel's Supreme Court Orders Changes in West B
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
Jerusalem
04 September 2007
Israel's construction of a controversial separation barrier in the occupied West Bank has suffered a legal setback 1 in the nation's highest court. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel says the barrier is a security measure, while Palestinians describe it as a land grab.
Palestinian boy holds a flag in West Bank village of Bilin as an Israeli army vehicle passes by a section of separation barrier, 04 Sept 2007
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the state to redraw the route of its West Bank separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. When the decision was announced, residents came out to the fence to celebrate.
"They demolished 4 the Berlin wall, we want to demolish 3 the Bilin wall," the residents chanted.
Palestinian residents had petitioned the Supreme Court, charging that the barrier kept them from their fields and orchards 5. The court rejected the state's argument that the route of the barrier, through Bilin's lands, was necessary to protect a nearby settlement from Palestinian attacks.
Israeli lawyer Michael Sfarad represented the Palestinians. He says the victory belongs to many people, referring to the weekly and often violent protests at the village, which became a symbol of resistance to the barrier. Left-wing Israelis demonstrated alongside Palestinians.
One Palestinian villager said the great achievement is that Jews and Arabs worked together to bring justice.
But many Israelis are unhappy with the Supreme Court decision. Analyst 6 Dan Schueftan says the barrier keeps suicide bombers 7 out of Israel, and the sooner it is built the better.
"So when you prevent the Palestinians from perpetrating suicide terrorism, and this should stop most of them, not all of them, then you are succeeding in a major way to curb 8 terrorism," he said.
Israel began building the barrier during the height of Israeli-Palestinian violence in 2002. But legal obstacles and bureaucracy have slowed construction, and five years later, less than two-thirds of the project is complete.
- Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
- She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
- He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
- The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
- They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
- They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries. 他们把山坡变成了果园，把平地变成了粮仓。
- Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear. 有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了。
- 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。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》