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BBC News with Mary Small.

Israel has dropped leaflets on the Gaza Strip, warning residents that it will use escalating¹ force to attack Palestinian militants³ across the territory. Medical officials in Gaza say more than 820 Palestinians have now died in the Israel’s two-week / assault, including 235 children. 13 Israelis have died in the conflict so far. / / is in Gaza.

We are inside Jabaliya Refugee Camp. It's the biggest refugee camp in Gaza Strip where hundreds of thousands of people are living here. Not far from here, in the edge of the camp, Israeli army is fighting militants from Hamas and other Palestinian group [groups] where / / many, many casualties were arrived to the main hospital called Kamal Adwan. The Israeli army have [has] dropped leaflets and displayed saying / that the third stage of the operation will start very soon. The leaflets are saying to the people in the camp that Israelis are not targeting civilians⁴, they are targeting Hamas, but these people are worried.

A top Hamas leader has said the war in Gaza has meant the end of any chance for settlement and negotiations⁵ with Israel. Khaled Meshaal, who is based in Syria, said that the Israeli offensive will increase resistance against Israeli occupation. Natalia Antelava reports.

This was an address broadcast to millions of homes across the Arab world. Khaled Meshaal said that Israeli had killed any chance of compromise and settlement, and that the war in Gaza had brought / resistance to every Palestinian household. Khaled Meshaal's speech comes as Hamas teams are in Cairo, negotiating the Egyptian-proposed ceasefire to end the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. But he said the breakthrough would come only if Israel immediately stopped the bombardment, lifted the blockade of Gaza, opened all crossings and withdrew its troops.

The government of Slovakia has said it's to reopen one of its Soviet-era nuclear power reactors⁷ because of the dispute between Russia and Ukraine that’s cut / gas supplies to much of Europe. The unit is in Jaslovske Bohunice, near the capital, Ljubljana. Rob Cameron reports.

Bohunice/ nuclear power plant is a complex of five Soviet-type / reactors. Three older reactors have been decommissioned under the terms of Slovakia's accession agreement with the European Union. But Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico announced after a special cabinet meeting on Saturday that his country would now restart the reactor⁶. The reason he said is that Slovakia's gas-fired electricity generating stations have been cut off from Russian natural gas. Slovak officials say the situation is now so bad [that] Slovakia is close to a nationwide blackout.

In Moscow, the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the flow of Russian gas to Europe will resume once Ukraine has signed a gas monitoring deal with international / experts and they are in place to monitor the pipeline/ through Ukraine.

World News from the BBC.

The United States vice⁸ President-elect Joe Biden has been meeting the Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss US help in Afghanistan's reconstruction⁹ and the fight against / militants. Earlier, Senator Biden met the Commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan .

South Africa's governing African National Congress has launched its election manifesto¹⁰ with the promise of / massive public spending on health, education and jobs. An estimated 60,000 people crowed into a stadium in Eastern Cape¹¹ Province to hear the ANC leader Jacob Zuma promise/ new efforts to improve life for the poor.

“We have identified five priority areas for the next five years. / Creation of decent work and sustainable livelihoods¹², education, health, rural development, food security and land reform, the fights against crime and corruption¹³.

The authorities in Pakistan say they have extended the house arrest of the leader of a charity linked to a militant² group which India blames for Last November’s attack in Mumbai. Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, will be held for another sixty days. He denies any involvement.

The Sri Lanka authorities say all citizens must register their details with the government because of what they described as the prevailing¹⁴ situation in the country. The Ministry¹⁵ of Defense¹⁶ said on its website that the measure would help to ensure public security, it did not elaborate. The government has previously¹⁷ said / Tamil Tiger rebels are using the influx¹⁸ of people from the north to infiltrate¹⁹ the capital and plant bombs.

Zambia Airways²⁰ says it has suspended operations because of high / fuel costs. Passengers were left stranded²¹ at the airport. The privately²² owned airline was operating flights to major Southern African cities.

BBC News.

1 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• 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。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• 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。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

7 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

10 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

11 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

12 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。

13 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

14 prevailing   

adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的

参考例句：

• She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
• This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。

15 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

16 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

17 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

18 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

19 infiltrate   

vt./vi.渗入，透过；浸润

参考例句：

• The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
• It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。

20 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

21 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

22 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。