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Macedonia Accuses Rebels of Deadly Attack

Jeff Bieley

Skopje

8 Aug 2001 15:26 UTC

 

In Macedonia, ethnic-Albanian rebels are being 1)blamed for an attack against a military 2)convoy¹ that killed ten government soldiers Wednesday. The attack has further complicated efforts to end months of fighting in Macedonia.

The government soldiers were killed when their convoy was 3)ambushed on a road linking the capital with the western city of Tetovo.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski accused ethnic-Albanian 4)rebels of carrying out the attack, which took place 15 kilometers west of the capital, near the village of Bojane.

In response, the army sealed off the main highway leading west out of Skopje and sent attack 5)helicopters to strike rebel groups in the area.

After the attack, Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski's party withdrew from peace talks between ethnic-Albanian and Macedonian political leaders. The talks had been scheduled to 6)resume later on Wednesday. A spokesman said the prime minister's party would decide soon whether it would stay in the talks.

A joint² statement by international 7)envoys 8)mediating the peace talks strongly condemned³ the attack, saying it is now "all the more important to conclude the discussions" on a political deal.

The prime minister's spokesman said it appeared that the rebels are mounting a new offensive to 9)capture more 10)territory in the north of the country, where they already control several villages.

The rebel attack occurred one day after Macedonian police killed five Albanians rebels in a raid in Skopje.

 

 

(1)      blame[bleIm]n.过失, 责备vt.责备, 谴责

(2)      convoy[kRn5vCI]n.护送, 护卫vt.护航, 护送

(3)      ambush[5AmbJF]n.埋伏, 伏兵v.埋伏

(4)      rebel[5reb(E)l]n.造反者,叛乱者adj.造反的, 叛逆的, 反抗的v.造反,叛乱

(5)      helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机

(6)      resume[rI5zju:m; (?@) -5zu:m]vt.再继续, 重新开始, 恢复

(7)      envoy[5envCI]n.外交使节, 特使

(8)      mediate[5mi:dIeIt]v.仲裁, 调停,居中调停

(9)      capture[5kAptFE(r)]n.捕获, 战利品vt.俘获, 捕获, 夺取

(10)      territory[5terItErI; (?@) -tC:rI]n.领土, 版图, 地域

 

 

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。