2006年VOA标准英语-Olmert: Israel Will Study Lebanese Offer to Dep

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
08 August 2006

Israel's prime minister on Tuesday gave a cautious welcome to Lebanon's proposal to deploy¹ its army in the southern part of the country - a Hezbollah stronghold. The comments come as three Israeli soldiers died in combat, and Israel warned the residents of the Lebanese city of Tyre they will strike any vehicles traveling south of the Litani River, which includes the city's port area.

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Speaking at an impromptu² news conference after meeting with Israel's president on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the Lebanese government offer to deploy 15,000 Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon is "interesting and worthy³ of further consideration." Mr. Olmert says however if the Lebanese Army does move south it will have to be backed up by a "combat-ready" force of international peacekeepers. 

Ehud Olmert talks to reporters before monthly meeting with president, Tuesday  
  
"The exact make up of this is something that needs to be discussed rapidly, and I hope it will," he said. "It will be compromised of combat units, it will not be a force of inspectors⁴, but rather a force of combat units that can be effective in helping⁵ to implement⁶ the content of resolution 1559."

Lebanon's offer to deploy its forces in southern Lebanon is backed by two Hezbollah members who sit in the Lebanese cabinet. Lebanon has rejected a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for a "cessation of hostilities⁷" because the resolution allows Israel to leave its forces in Lebanon until international peacekeepers arrive.

President Bush has acknowledged that Israel and Lebanon disagree over the draft resolution but says the resolution is a good first step to stop the violence.

Ehud Olmert says Israel will not support a cease-fire until Hezbollah militants⁸ release two Israeli soldiers they captured on July 12, sparking the current crisis.
 

Israeli soldiers stand next to their Armored Personal Carrier on Israel-Lebanon border, after returning from operation in southern Lebanon  
  
The Israeli leader also said Tuesday his cabinet will meet Wednesday to discuss the possible expansion of military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Mr. Olmert says despite widespread media reports, no decision has been made yet about whether to move Israeli troops north to the Litani River, about 20-kilometers inside Lebanon.

He also refused to comment directly on whether Israel supports the current draft of the U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at "ending hostilities" saying Israel is waiting for a final draft. However he says the "faster that Israel can leave south Lebanon, the happier it will be."

1 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。

2 impromptu   

adj.即席的，即兴的；adv.即兴的(地)，无准备的(地)

参考例句：

• The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
• The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。

3 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

4 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。