126 加沙地带发生自杀性人体爆炸

126 加沙地带发生自杀性人体爆炸

Human Bomb' Explodes in Gaza Strip
Ross DunnJerusalem
9 Jul 2001 10:50 UTC

An Islamic suicide bomber¹ 1)blew himself up in a vehicle near an Israeli 2)checkpoint in the Gaza Strip Monday. The attack is said to be the first in a series of "human bombs" that Palestinians have 3)vowed to 4)unleash on Israel, to avenge² the death of an 11-year-old Palestinian boy.
The military wing of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, claimed responsibility for the explosion. No Israeli soldiers died in the incident. The Hamas operative 5)detonated explosives in the car he was driving near the Kissufim crossing in the Gaza Strip.
The latest violence comes a day after angry scenes in Gaza at the funeral of an 11-year Palestinian boy. He died in a crossfire³, as Israeli soldiers fired back at Palestinian militants⁴ hurling⁵ 6)grenades at their outpost. Armed mourners fired shots into the air at the boy's funeral, as a masked man declared that Hamas had 10 suicide bombers⁶ ready to attack Israel.
In a separate incident, a 22-year-old Israeli soldier from an 7)elite undercover unit died Monday as a result of an overnight bombing near Hebron, in the West Bank. Another Israel soldier was lightly injured in the blast. A bomb exploded near their jeep as it 8)patrolled a road linking two Jewish settlements.
The latest violence threatens to derail the U.S. brokered⁷ Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire agreement, negotiated in the hope of ending almost 10 months of violence. At least 27 people have died since U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet drew up the 9)truce on June 13.

(1) blow up v.使充气, 爆炸, 放大
(2) checkpoint[5tFekpCInt]n.检查站, 车站的行李房
(3) vow[vaJ]n.誓约v.宣誓, 立誓, 发誓
(4) unleash[Qn5li:F]v.释放
(5) detonate[`detEneIt]v.引爆
(6) grenade[^rI5neId]n.手榴弹
(7) elite[eI5li:t]n. 精锐, 中坚分子
(8) patrol[pE5trEJl]v.出巡, 巡逻n.巡逻
(9) truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止

 

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 avenge   

v.为...复仇，为...报仇

参考例句：

• He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。
• He will avenge the people on their oppressor.他将为人民向压迫者报仇。

3 crossfire   

n.被卷进争端

参考例句：

• They say they are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government.他们称自己被卷进了教育机构与政府之间的争端。
• When two industrial giants clash,small companies can get caught in the crossfire.两大工业企业争斗之下，小公司遭受池鱼之殃。

4 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。

5 hurling   

n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的现在分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• The boat rocked wildly, hurling him into the water. 这艘船剧烈地晃动，把他甩到水中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Fancy hurling away a good chance like that, the silly girl! 想想她竟然把这样一个好机会白白丢掉了，真是个傻姑娘！ 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白