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Sharon Remains¹ Opposed to International Observers

Paula Wolfson

Washington

5 Aug 2001 16:05 UTC

 

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he remains opposed to the use of international observers to monitor a cease-fire with the Palestinians. And during an appearance on American television, Mr. Sharon also defended his policy of targeting Palestinian militants².

The Palestinians want an international observer force, and the United States says it is willing to go along if all parties agree. But Israel's Prime Minister flatly rejects the idea, saying "Israel will not accept any international 1)intervention here. Israel will not accept any international observers."

Mr. Sharon told the "Fox News Sunday" program that Israel had a bad experience with the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon. He said he is 2)convinced an observer force made up of Israelis and Palestinians, with assistance from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA), would be 3)sufficient to 4)monitor any cease-fire.

The Israeli leader stressed he wants peace. But he said 5)negotiations can not resume until all 6)hostilities cease. He said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has refused to arrest suspected 7)terrorists, forcing Israel to take action.

"It is not a cycle of terror here," said Mr. Sharon. "On the one hand we have murderers, killers³, suicide bombers⁴. On the other hand, we ourselves are taking defensive⁵ counter-terrorist measures. That is what we are doing."

Prime Minister Sharon rejected other countries' 8)criticism of his policy of targeted attacks on militants. He said any nation would act to intercept⁶ terrorists and protect its citizens.

"I think that what we are doing is, of course, exercising our right of self defense⁷," he explained. I am against killing⁸, I do not want to kill anyone. Every casualty is a tragedy. But we have to avoid, I would say, massive 9)tragedies."

The Israeli Prime Minister spoke⁹ shortly after a Palestinian gunman opened fire at soldiers standing¹⁰ near the Defense Ministry¹¹ in Tel Aviv. He did not 10)refer directly to the incident. But he said the Palestinian strategy is one of terror, added that Israel cannot 11)abide by this.

 

 

(1)      intervention[IntE5venF(E)n]n.干涉

(2)      convince[kEn5vIns]vt.使确信, 使信服

(3)      sufficient[sE5fIF(E)nt]adj.充分的, 足够的

(4)      monitor[5mRnItE(r)]n.监听器, 监视器, 监控器vt.监控

(5)      negotiation[nI^EJFI5eIF(E)n]n.商议, 谈判, 流通

(6)      hostility[hR5stIlItI]n.敌意, 恶意, 不友善, 敌对, 对抗, 反对

(7)      terrorist[5terErIst]n.恐怖分子

(8)      criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判

(9)      tragedy[5trAdVIdI]n.悲剧, 惨案, 悲惨, 灾难

(10)      refer[rI5f:(r)]vt.提交, 归诸于, 使求助于vi.提到, 查阅, 咨询

(11)      abide[E5baId]vi.坚持, 遵守vt.忍受, 容忍

 

 

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 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。

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• 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》

5 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

6 intercept   

vt.拦截，截住，截击

参考例句：

• His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
• Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。

7 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。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• 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。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

11 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。