以色列前总理沙龙安葬在南部家庭牧场

以色列前总理沙龙安葬在南部家庭牧场 　　

JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, was laid to rest in his ranch¹ in southern Israel on Monday.

　　This was the final part of a funeral procession which started in Jerusalem on Monday morning, and continued with a private military ceremony near Jerusalem and then with the burial itself in Sharon's Havat Hashikmim (Sycamore Farm) plot.

　　The burial ceremony was conducted in a military fashion and was attended by family, friends and 400 officials from Israel and around the world and 1,500 citizens who came to pay their last respects to the former statesman and general.

　　First to eulogize Sharon was the military's chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, who remembered Sharon as a military man.

　　"I came here to solute you as the chief of staff of the Israeli Defense² Forces, as a commander who followed you through the different stops on the way even when you no longer had the military ranks on your shoulders," Gantz said.

　　"I want to tell you that the army protecting the people of Israel, who were so precious to you, would carry on in your image for many years to come."

　　Both of Sharon's sons, Gilad and Omri Sharon, also gave eulogies³ and said the prayer of Kadish, a traditional Jewish prayer which is often recited at funerals.

　　"Look around, Ariel, and see the people gathered around the hill. How they are grateful that you've protected them, how they love and miss you. You were worthy⁴ of your people," Omri said.

　　His other son Gilad stressed that despite personal hardships, Sharon maintained his "courage and fighting spirit."

　　"In the year 1967, our elder brother Gur died in a weapons accident. This was, without a doubt, the event that influenced my father the most. My father kept on living and didn't hurt himself, and said that the intensity⁵ of the pain does not diminish over the years," he said.

　　He praised his father's fights in Sinai in 1956 and the Yom Kippur war and his operation Defense Shield, aimed to curb⁶ a wave of Palestinian militant⁷ attacks in the early 2000's, while Sharon was prime minister.

　　Gilad continued extolling⁸ his father's work in a variety of fields including agriculture, industry, construction, immigration and foreign affairs, adding that Sharon had erected⁹ more communities in Israel "than anyone else," directing his words to the former prime minister's right-wing critics who slammed him for evacuating¹⁰ settlements in the 2005 Disengagement Plan from Gaza.

　　Other critics of Sharon and his legacy¹¹ include many Palestinians and human rights organizations who say Sharon, as Israel's defense minister during the Lebanon War in 1982, is accountable for the massacre¹² in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila, in which hundreds of Palestinians were killed by Lebanese militias¹³.

　　Following the eulogies given at the service, top Israeli leaders and the foreign delegates who attended the funeral, placed wreaths of flowers on the newly dug grave.

　　Prior to the burial ceremony, members of the military held a private ceremony in his memory in Latrun, where Sharon was injured during the 1948 War of Independence.

　　Earlier, on Monday morning, an official memorial ceremony was held in Jerusalem in front of the Knesset (parliament) building, attended by friends, family members, politicians from Israel and across the world.

1 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

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 eulogies   

n.颂词，颂文( eulogy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her latest film has brought eulogies from the critics. 她最近的这部电影获得影评界的好评。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

6 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

7 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。

8 extolling   

v.赞美( extoll的现在分词 )；赞颂，赞扬，赞美( extol的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He never stops extolling the virtues of the free market. 他不停地颂扬自由市场的种种好处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They kept extolling my managerial skills. 他们不停地赞美我的管理技能。 来自辞典例句

9 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

10 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

11 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

12 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

13 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网