204 鲍威尔赞同派遣第三方监控力量的提议

204 鲍威尔赞同派遣第三方监控力量的提议

Powell Gives Nod to Middle East MonitorsDavid GollustState Department20 Jul 2001 16:36 UTC
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he thinks third party monitors might be "very useful" in helping¹ defuse the 1)confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians, though he says it is too early to say if the United States might take part in such an operation.
Mr. Powell's comments 2)reflect if not a change, at least 3)evolution, in the policy of the Bush administration, which originally had sided with Israel in strongly opposing the 4)insertion of outside monitors between the Middle East parties.
The Secretary of State spoke² to reporters here after his return late Thursday from Rome and a meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrial powers and Russia, who said in a joint³ statement "third party" monitors should help reinforce an Israeli-Palestinian 5)truce.
Mr. Powell said he believes such an observer force "might be very useful" during the cooling-off period that is supposed to 6)precede the two sides' 7)implementation⁴ of the peace 8)proposals of the U.S.-led Mitchell commission.
However the secretary made clear that the observers could not go in without the agreement of both parties: "To suggest that you can sort of impose monitoring on one side but not the other just doesn't make sense." Mr. Powell said. "So with the agreement of the parties, and if such an agreement can be reached, and as part of the Mitchell implementation, there could be a role for monitors the exact function they would perform and how they would work, is something we would have to work out."
Mr. Powell said the monitors need not be troops, but could be 9)civilian observers or representatives of the U.S.-led 10)trilateral security commission that has been seeking to bring into force the cease-fire negotiated last month by CIA director George Tenet.
He said decision on how the United States would 11)participate in monitoring if at all would not have to made until an actual cease-fire was in place.
Palestinian officials have welcomed the G-8 statement on monitors, while Israeli officials 12)reiterated their opposition⁵ to the idea and said they were pleased the ministers in Rome had stipulated⁶ that both Israel and the Palestinians should agree on the matter.
The peace plan of the commission led by former U.S. Senate majority leader George Mitchell 13)envisages third party monitoring of a six-week cooling off period by the parties. This would be followed by confidence building steps that would open the way to a renewal⁷ of talks on a final status peace agreement.

(1) confrontation[9kCnfrQn`teIFEn]n.面对, 面对面, 对质
(2) reflect[rI5flekt]v.反射, 反映, 表现
(3) evolution[i:vE5lu:F(E)n; (?@) ev-]n.进展, 发展, 演变, 进化
(4) insertion[In5s:FE]n]n.插入
(5) truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止
(6) precede[prI5si:d]v.领先(于), 在...之前, 先于
(7) implementation n.执行
(8) proposal[prE5pEJz(E)l]n.提议, 建议
(9) civilian[sI5vIlIEn]n.平民, 公务员, 文官adj.民间的, 民用的
(10) trilateral[traI5lAtEr(E)l]adj.三边的n.三边形
(11) participate in v.参加, 参与, 分享
(12) reiterate[ri:5ItEreIt]vt.反复地说, 重申, 重做
(13) envisage[In5vIzIdV]v.正视

 

1 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。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

6 stipulated   

vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的

参考例句：

• A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
• Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句

7 renewal   

adj.(契约)延期，续订，更新，复活，重来

参考例句：

• Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
• Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。