2006年VOA标准英语-Olmert Tours Front-Line Areas, Consults With No

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
07 August 2006
 

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Israeli warplanes struck the cities of Beirut and Tyre, as well as small villages along the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday. At least 20 people were killed in the Israeli strikes, bringing the death toll² in Lebanon to 925 people, mostly civilians³. At least 94 Israelis have died since fighting began more than three weeks ago.  Israel's defense minister says Israel will expand its ground offensive, if diplomatic efforts to end the fighting fail.

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert toured front-line areas with senior defense officials, and held consultations⁴ with officers in the Northern Command, who are directing Israel's ground campaign in Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Monday that Israel will expand its ground offensive soon, if diplomatic efforts to end the conflict fail to make progress.

Peretz says he has already given an order to the army to be ready for a major war, if negotiations⁵ to end the current fighting fail.  

Israeli air strike hits the area of al-Hosh, north of Tyre, Monday

Israeli newspapers say military planners have asked Mr. Olmert for permission to expand their targets in Lebanon, and examine whether to have Israeli troops push north to the Litani River, about 20 kilometers inside Lebanon.

Israel has about 10,000 ground troops deployed⁷ in the fight against the militant⁸ group Hezbollah in Lebanon, but they have so far not been able to significantly deter⁹ Hezbollah rocket launches, which have increased in recent days.

President Bush says the U.S. and its allies will work in the U.N. Security Council to quickly approve a draft resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities¹⁰ in Lebanon. The draft allows Israel to respond, if attacked by Hezbollah militants¹¹ and to keep its forces inside Lebanon, until a possible deployment¹² of international peacekeepers.

Israeli Foreign Ministry¹³ spokesman Yigal Palmor says Israel believes only international peacekeepers can end the crisis.

"Lebanon cannot control Hezbollah. The central government is too weak," he said. "This is why they need to be assisted by the international community, not only in words, and in Security Council resolutions, but in facts, with deeds on the ground. That means an international military force that will deploy⁶ wherever it is needed in the south, or along the Lebanon-Syria border to assist the Lebanese army and the Lebanese police in enforcing law and order."

Lebanese leaders have so far said the U.N. plan is unacceptable, because it allows Israel to keep its forces inside their country, until the peacekeepers arrive. Lebanese leaders have asked that the U.N. demand that Israeli forces leave Lebanon immediately once a ceasefire takes effect.

1 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。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

7 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

8 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。

9 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

10 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

11 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。

12 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。

13 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。