302 巴基斯枪杀一名阿拉伯籍以色列人

 

Palestinian Gunmen Kill Arab-Israeli

Meredith Buel

Jerusalem

7 Aug 2001 20:15 UTC

 

Palestinian gunmen have shot and killed an Arab-Israeli man as he drove his car near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.

Israeli security officials are 1)investigating the shooting to 2)determine if the Palestinian attackers targeted the Arab Israeli man, or if they killed him by mistake, believing he was a Jewish settler.

The man was driving toward the Jewish settlement of Tzofin, near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, when his car was 3)riddled with bullets by Palestinian gunmen hiding behind a 4)greenhouse along the side of the road.

Palestinian militants¹ have targeted Jewish settlers throughout the current 5)conflict, and police say the 6)assailants may have thought they were shooting a settler in Tuesday's attack. Palestinian security officials say the man was a 7)collaborator who left the West Bank and moved to Israel, receiving Israeli citizenship².

In neighboring Jordan, an Israeli diamond trader living in Amman was shot and killed. Both Israeli and Jordanian officials say the 8)motive for the killing³ is not clear. Two Arab groups claimed responsibility for the killing, but Jordanian 9)security officials say criminals could be behind the attack.

Two Israeli diplomats⁴ were slightly 10)injured in shooting incidents in Amman last year, forcing Israel to cut the number of staff at its embassy and to 11)evacuate families.

Meanwhile, Palestinians have sent letters to President Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, urging them to play a broader role in stopping the bloodshed.

An adviser⁵ to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said the United States should intervene in an effort to have both sides accept recommendations designed to end the violence made by an international commission led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. "We hope that the Americans and the Europeans and the world community will put enough pressure on the Israeli government to accept international observers and to accept the 12)implementation⁶ of the Mitchell recommendations," Mr. Rudeineh said. "Because the situation is very dangerous and the situation is unbearable⁷. The Israeli military 13)escalation is continuing. The assassination⁸ of the Palestinian leaders is continuing. The Israeli government is pushing the whole situation into a real catastrophe⁹."

Palestinian minister Ziyad Abu Ziyad is warning Israel will pay a price for its policy of targeted attacks against militants. He says the 14)assassinations are leading to growing support for radical¹⁰ groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and making it more difficult for the Palestinian Authority to govern in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 

 

(1)      investigate[In5vestIgeIt]v.调查, 研究

(2)      determine[dI5t:mIn]v.决定, 确定, 测定, 使下定决心

(3)      riddle[5rId(E)l]n.谜, 谜语, 神秘人物v.解谜, 出谜, 迷惑

(4)      greenhouse[5^ri:nhaJs]n.温室, 花房

(5)      conflict[5kRnflIkt]n.斗争, 冲突vi.抵触, 冲突

(6)      assailant[E5seIlEnt]n.攻击者

(7)      collaborator[ kE`lAbEreItE(r) ]n.合作者

(8)      motive[5mEJtIv]n.动机, 目的adj.发动的, 运动的

(9)      security[sI5kjJErItI]n.安全

(10)      injured[5IndVEd]adj.受伤的,受损害的,受委屈的

(11)      evacuate[I5vAkjJeIt]v.疏散, 撤出, 排泄

(12)      implementation n.执行

(13)      escalation[9eskE`leIFLn]n.扩大, 增加

(14)      assassination n.暗杀

 

 

1 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。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 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。

4 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

6 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

7 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。

8 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

9 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

10 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。