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2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Launches Air and Ground Assault on Gaza

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By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
28 June 2006

Israel has launched an air and ground assault on the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip. The offensive was prompted by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday.

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One of the three bridges in Gaza, destroyed by Israeli airstrikes  
  
Israeli tanks rumbled1 across the border into southern Gaza, while aircraft launched a series of strikes to cripple Palestinian civilian2 infrastructure3. A power station was destroyed, leaving most of the more than one million Palestinian residents without electricity. Since water is pumped with electricity, there is the prospect4 of a humanitarian5 crisis. The air force also destroyed three bridges to prevent militants6 holding the captive Israeli soldier from moving him.

Israel has warned that the offensive will intensify7 if the 19-year-old corporal is not freed.

Palestinian legislator Saeb Erekat said the targeting of infrastructure is collective punishment.

"I think this is the way for extremism, chaos8, lawlessness, violence and counter-violence because military solutions will produce no peace, no security, no sanity9, no wisdom for anyone," he said.

Israeli spokesman Gideon Meir says the rules of engagement have changed since Israel ended its 38-year occupation of Gaza last August.

"We withdrew from the Gaza Strip, we dismantled10 the settlements, not after 10 months to go back to Gaza," he said. "We are there to defend our people and to make sure that our serviceman will come back home safely and alive."

The Palestinian militants holding the Israeli soldier haven't budged11. They say the soldier will not be released until hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails go free.

Militants also claim to have kidnapped a Jewish settler in the West Bank and are threatening to kill him if the Israeli offensive continues. The army is taking the threat seriously because a West Bank settler is missing.


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1 rumbled e155775f10a34eef1cb1235a085c6253     
发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋)
参考例句:
  • The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。
  • Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on. 事情迅速平静下来了,然而,在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声,持续不断。
2 civilian uqbzl     
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
参考例句:
  • 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。
3 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
4 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • 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。
5 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
参考例句:
  • 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。
6 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
7 intensify S5Pxe     
vt.加强;变强;加剧
参考例句:
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
8 chaos 7bZyz     
n.混乱,无秩序
参考例句:
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
9 sanity sCwzH     
n.心智健全,神智正常,判断正确
参考例句:
  • I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
10 dismantled 73a4c4fbed1e8a5ab30949425a267145     
拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消
参考例句:
  • The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
  • The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
11 budged acd2fdcd1af9cf1b3478f896dc0484cf     
v.(使)稍微移动( budge的过去式和过去分词 );(使)改变主意,(使)让步
参考例句:
  • Old Bosc had never budged an inch--he was totally indifferent. 老包斯克一直连动也没有动,他全然无所谓。 来自辞典例句
  • Nobody budged you an inch. 别人一丁点儿都算计不了你。 来自辞典例句

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