2006年VOA标准英语-Top Islamic Jihad Commander Killed in Gaza

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
01 March 2006

A senior Islamic militant¹ has been killed in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a Jewish settler was killed by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank.  

Palestinians gather around burning car of Khaled al-Dahdouh, after he was killed when vehicle exploded in Gaza City  
  
The top military commander of the Islamic Jihad group, Khaled Dahdouh, was killed when an explosion ripped through his car in Gaza City. The circumstances of the blast are unclear. Witnesses say the car blew up as Dahdouh opened one of its doors, and that an Israeli military aircraft was flying overhead at the time.

The Islamic Jihad said he was the victim of an Israeli missile strike.

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the hospital where Dahdouh was taken and called for revenge.

Israel has vowed² to track down the leaders of Islamic Jihad, in response to six suicide bombings carried out by the group during the past year. But the Israeli military says it was not involved in the explosion.

Violence also spilled into the West Bank, where Palestinian gunmen shot and killed a 48-year-old Jewish settler in a roadside ambush³. The Al Aksa Martrys' Brigades, a militant group linked to the Fatah Party of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Just a few kilometers away, a second Israeli was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting.

West Bank ambushes⁴ have been rare since the Israel-Palestinian cease-fire was declared a year ago. But the prospects⁵ for peace have dimmed since the Islamic militant group Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections in January. Israeli parliamentarian Tommy Lapid.

"The Palestinian people chose a war path, which will be very difficult to extricate⁶ ourselves from," he said.

Hamas has not participated in attacks since the election. But the group, which seeks Israel's destruction, says such attacks are legitimate⁷ resistance and it will do nothing to stop them.

1 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。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

4 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

5 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

6 extricate   

v.拯救，救出；解脱

参考例句：

• How can we extricate the firm from this trouble?我们该如何承救公司脱离困境呢？
• She found it impossible to extricate herself from the relationship.她发现不可能把自己从这种关系中解脱出来。

7 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。