【英音模仿秀】空袭的悲剧

模仿文本：Despite the evidence pointing towards an Israeli air strike, some have suggested it might have been a misfired Hamas rocket. But at that time, so soon after the launch of Israel's operation, Israel's military says mortars² had been launched from Gaza but very few rockets. Mortar¹ fire would not cause the fireball that appears to have engulfed³ Jehad's house. 

 

Others have said that the damage was not consistent with powerful Israeli attacks, but the BBC visited other bomb sites this week with very similar fire damage, where Israel acknowledged carrying out what it called "surgical⁴ strikes". 

 

译文：尽管有证据表明是以色列的空袭造成了这场悲剧，还有一些人认为可能是由于哈马斯的火箭弹走火。不过，以色列当时才刚刚开始军事行动，以色列军方称加沙向其发射了数枚迫击炮，并没有关于火箭弹的报道。而且，迫击炮的炮火并不能把吉哈德的房屋完全吞噬。 

 

另一些人说这次袭击造成的破坏和以色列一向强有力的袭击不符。但在这周，英国广播公司的记者走访了数个被以色列所谓的“外科手术”式空袭袭击的地点。 

 

1 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

2 mortars   

n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 )；砂浆；房产；研钵

参考例句：

• They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗？ 来自教父部分

3 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。