2006年VOA标准英语-Israel to Expand Offensive Against Hezbollah

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
09 August 2006
 
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An Israeli soldier looks at a U.N. position in Lebanon, on the Israel-Lebanon border 09 August 2006   
  
Israel's security Cabinet has approved a wider ground offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. Cabinet members agreed to send troops as far as 30 kilometers into Lebanon, to the Litani River.  Israel also shook up its military command on Wednesday replacing a key general responsible for ground operations in Lebanon.

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For the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel has replaced a top general during ongoing¹ combat operations.   The commander of the Israeli Defense² Forces, Air Force General Dan Halutz has appointed his deputy, Major General Moshe Kaplinsky to lead ground operations in Lebanon, effectively replacing the head of the Northern Command, Major General Udi Adam, who has been criticized in the Israeli media for poor deployment³ of ground troops.  

The action comes as Israeli ground troops appear to be increasingly bogged⁴ down in Lebanon, where Hezbollah militants⁵ have made effective use of sophisticated anti-tank missiles to inflict⁶ growing casualties on the Israelis.  

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (R) strides into the weekly cabinet meeting accompanied by an unidentified army general in Jerusalem    
  
Dozens of Hezbollah rockets also rained down on Northern Israel again Wednesday, but there were no immediate⁷ reports of injuries from the latest attacks.  Since the conflict began, Israeli officials say more than 3,000 rockets have landed in northern Israel.

Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser, who until last month was Director of Analysis for Israeli military intelligence says beating Hezbollah will not be easy.

"Crushing Hezbollah is not like ordering a pizza," Kupperwasser says. "It takes time. What we face is like an infantry⁸ division (approx. 10,000 troops) with state-of-the-art weaponry, including night vision equipped rifles. It is like a well-equipped infantry division made up of several brigades deployed⁹ along our border and totally guided with planning from Iranian revolutionary guards who are inside Lebanon."

Israeli newspapers say Wednesday's military shake-up is a sign that Israel will expand its ground operations in Lebanon. Israel's Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, a proponent¹⁰ of expanding ground operations, say Hezbollah's continuing ability to launch rockets into Israel can only be stopped by sending large numbers of ground troops into Lebanon as far north as the Litani River, and perhaps even beyond that, to a distance of about 20 to 30 kilometers inside Lebanon. 

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 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。

3 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。

4 bogged   

adj.陷于泥沼的v.（使）陷入泥沼， （使）陷入困境( bog的过去式和过去分词 )；妨碍，阻碍

参考例句：

• The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

8 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

9 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。

10 proponent   

n.建议者；支持者；adj.建议的

参考例句：

• Stapp became a strong early proponent of automobile seat belts.斯塔普是力主在汽车上采用座椅安全带的早期倡导者。
• Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.哈尔西被认为是进步教育价值观的主要支持者。