94 以色列发生汽车爆炸事件

94 以色列发生汽车爆炸事件

Car Bombs Explode in Israel
Meredith Buel
Jerusalem
2 Jul 2001 11:14 UTC

Israeli police say two car bombs have went off Monday in a town near Tel Aviv, but there were no serious 1)injuries. The bombings came a day after five Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank.
The car bombs 2)exploded in the central Israeli town of Yehud, a few kilometers from Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv.
The 3)blasts destroyed a number of cars, and some residents were taken to the hospital and treated for shock.
The radial Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 4)claimed 5)responsibility for the bombings.
The explosions came a day after five Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents in the West Bank.
Late Sunday Palestinian officials say three members of the 6)militant Islamic Jihad group were killed in a 7)missile attack by an Israeli combat helicopter.
The men were riding in a car near the northern West Bank town of Jenin when it was destroyed.
Israeli officials say the car was packed with explosives and the men were on their way to carry out a terrorist attack.
One of the men, Mohammed Besharat, was on Israel's most-wanted list of militants¹ who have 8)allegedly planned terrorist attacks against Israelis.
On Monday thousands of people attended the 9)funerals for the men and 10)vowed they would no longer observe the 11)truce².
Palestinian officials say Israel is carrying out a policy of 12)assassinations against Islamic militants. The Israeli military had no official comment on the incident.
Earlier, Israeli soldiers killed two members of the Islamic group Hamas. The army says the men were preparing a terrorist attack.
The latest violence is threatening a U.S. brokered³ cease-fire designed to end more than nine-months of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed.
An adviser⁴ to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Nabil Abu Rudeinah, told reporters if Israel continues its policy of assassinating⁵ Palestinian militants it will cause the truce to collapse⁶.
Also Monday, the Israeli military announced that its 13)chief of staff, Lieutenant⁷ General Shaul Mofaz, has cut short a visit to the United States.
The army gave no reason for his early return, but the decision came against the backdrop of the 14)upsurge in violence and hostilities⁸ along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
On Sunday, Israeli warplanes attacked Syrian positions inside Lebanon in retaliation⁹ for an attack by Hezbollah 15)guerrillas on the border.

(1) injury[5IndVErI]n.伤害, 侮辱
(2) exploded[Ik5splEJdId]adj.爆破了的, 被打破的
(3) blast[blB:st;blAst]n.一阵(风), 一股(气流), 爆炸, 冲击波
(4) claim[kleIm]vt.(根据权利)要求,声称, 主张, 需要
(5) responsibility[rIspRnsI5bIlItI]n.责任, 职责
(6) militant[5mIlItEnt]adj.好战的, 积极从事或支持使用武力的
(7) missile[5mIsaIl]n.导弹, 发射物
(8) allegedly[E5ledVIdlI]adv.依其申述
(9) funeral[5fju:5nEr(E)l]n.葬礼, 出殡
(10) vow[vaJ]n.誓约v.宣誓, 立誓, 发誓
(11) truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止
(12) assassination n.暗杀
(13) chief of staff n.(陆海空军的)参谋长,<美>(陆空军)司令
(14) upsurge[5Qps:dV]n.高潮
(15) guerrilla[^E5rIlE]n.游击战, 游击队

 

1 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。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 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

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

5 assassinating   

v.暗杀( assassinate的现在分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• They struck a blow for freedom by assassinating the colonial governor. 他们为了自由而奋力一博，暗杀了那位殖民地总督。 来自互联网

6 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

7 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

8 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

9 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》