2006年VOA标准英语-Israeli Prime Minister Says Israel Will Continu

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
17 July 2006

Israel's prime minister says Israel will continue to attack Lebanon until two Israeli prisoners are freed and Hezbollah militants² leave the area along Israel's northern border. Israel is continuing air strikes against targets in Lebanon, while Hezbollah militants continue to fire rockets into Israel.

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Ehud Olmert delivers speech before Israeli parliament, Monday  
  
Speaking in Israel's Knesset, or parliament, Ehud Olmert vowed³ to root out what he described as a terrorist infrastructure⁴ in Lebanon, and in the Palestinian territories, that he says is backed by Iran and Syria.

Israel's prime minister says Israel will search out and attack the terrorist infrastructure of both Hezbollah and the Palestinian militant¹ group Hamas. He accused the governments of Syria and Iran of backing both groups. Mr. Olmert says Israelis will no longer live under the threat of rocket attacks from Lebanon or the Palestinian territories, describing Israel's actions as "basic self-defense." 

Rescue workers at site of building directly hit by rocket fired from Lebanon into Haifa, Monday   
  
The Israeli prime minister's comments came on a day when Israel carried out scores of strikes against targets in Lebanon, focusing on the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah militants are based. Meanwhile, air raid sirens sounded across northern Israel as Hezbollah retaliated⁵ with rocket attacks, targeting Israel's third largest city, Haifa, which was struck repeatedly on Monday.

Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says Israel's attacks in Lebanon are aimed at eliminating the Hezbollah rocket threat.

"We are trying to pinpoint⁶ the different rocket fire and target them in Lebanon," she said. "There is no question that they (Hezbollah) have an advantage, being able to fire them. Israel will continue to attack any place we know that there are rockets or that rockets have been fired."

Israel on Monday also brushed aside a proposal from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to send an international peacekeeping force to Lebanon.

Spokeswoman Miri Eisen says Israel welcomes any plan to implement⁷ U.N. resolution 1559 on Lebanon, which calls for the deployment⁸ of the Lebanese military along the border and for the disarming⁹ of militant groups such as Hezbollah. But she says Israel does not believe international peacekeepers working under the auspices¹⁰ of the United Nations would help end the crisis.

"When it comes to the United Nations forces, let me point out that there has been a dissonance between the declared United Nations policy when it comes to Security Council resolution 1559 and the actions of United Nations forces in Lebanon who have been there since 1978," she noted¹¹.

Leaders of the world's largest industrialized nations, meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, have blamed the violence on Hezbollah and demanded that the militant group release the two Israeli soldiers it is holding. They also called for Israel to exercise restraint. 
 

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki  
  
Speaking after talks in Syria, Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said he believed a cease-fire and an exchange of prisoners could defuse the crisis. Following talks in Beirut, senior U.N. envoy¹² Vijay Nambiar traveled to Israel, saying he saw promising¹³ first efforts toward ending the crisis.

The Associated Press, quoting unnamed Israeli officials, reported Monday that Israel would agree to a ceasefire if Hezbollah militants pulled back 30 kilometers from Israel's border, and released the two Israeli soldiers. Israeli officials have not commented on the report.

Meanwhile, an Israeli soldier was killed and six others wounded in the West Bank city of Nablus, in an ambush¹⁴ by Palestinian militants. The attack followed an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip that destroyed the headquarters building of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian foreign ministry¹⁵ in Gaza City.

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 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 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。

4 infrastructure   

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。

5 retaliated   

v.报复，反击( retaliate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• When he once teased her for her inexperience, she retaliated. 有一次，他讥讽她没有经验，她便反唇相讥。 来自辞典例句
• The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen. 恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。 来自辞典例句

6 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

7 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

8 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

9 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

10 auspices   

n.资助，赞助

参考例句：

• The association is under the auspices of Word Bank.这个组织是在世界银行的赞助下办的。
• The examination was held under the auspices of the government.这次考试是由政府主办的。

11 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

12 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

13 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

14 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。

15 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。