292 巴勒斯坦领袖逃过导弹袭击

 

 

Palestinian Leader Escapes Missile Attack

Meredith Buel

Jerusalem

4 Aug 2001 15:25 UTC

 

A leader of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah 1)faction 2)narrowly escaped with his life Saturday when the Israeli military fired missiles at his car. Israeli soldiers fired missiles at a convoy¹ of cars, including one carrying Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Mr. Barghouthi said the rockets were fired at two cars, but did not hit his vehicle.

The missiles were 3)apparently fired from the nearby Jewish settlement of Psagot.

Palestinians say the first rocket hit the road near the 4)convoy, allowing Mr. Barghouthi's bodyguard² and another Fatah 5)activist³ to escape. A second missile destroyed their car, reducing it to a frame of charred⁴ rubble⁵. Palestinian officials called the incident an "6)assassination⁶ attempt."

The remains⁷ of a car carrying Fatah activist Mohammed Abu Halaweh after it was hit by a missile in Ramallah Mr. Barghouthi has played a key role in the Palestinian "intifada," or 7)uprising, against Israeli occupation that erupted more than 10 months ago. Mr. Barghouthi called the attack an attempt to "silence the fires of the intifada." Mr. Barghouti said another Fatah activist 8)wanted by Israel, Mohammed Abu Halaweh, was riding in the car that was destroyed.

"I think this is a very dangerous 9)escalation from the Israelis. This is a new crime," Mr. Barghouthi said. "After days of the biggest crime which happened in Nablus. This will not stop the intifada. This will increase the intifada and increase and escalate⁸ the resistance against the Israelis. I think this crime which happened in front of my office, the Fatah office, failed and this is a big achievement for the intifada."

Earlier this week, Israeli combat 10)helicopters attacked the offices of the Islamic militant⁹ group Hamas in the West Bank town of Nablus. Six Hamas members were killed, including two senior officials. Two young boys also were killed in the assault.

The Israeli military has carried out repeated attacks against suspected Palestinian militants¹⁰ since the fighting began last September. Israel says it targets Palestinians who have carried out or planned 11)terrorist attacks against Israelis.

The raids have 12)provoked outrage¹¹ among the Palestinians and have been 13)condemned by the United States, members of the European Union and other countries.

Earlier in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say Israeli tanks and bulldozers destroyed a police post. The action came after Palestinians fired mortars¹² at the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, slightly injuring an Israeli man and his son. 

 

(1)   faction[5fAkF(E)n]n.派别, 小集团, 派系斗争, 小派系

(2)   narrowly[5nArEJlI]adv.勉强地

(3)   apparently[E5pArEntlI]adv.显然地

(4)   convoy[kRn5vCI]n.护送, 护卫vt.护航, 护送

(5)   activist[5AktIvIst]n.激进主义分子, 行动主义分子

(6)   assassination n.暗杀

(7)   uprising[Qp5raIzIN]n.起义, 升起

(8)   wanted adj.被通缉的

(9)   escalation[9eskE`leIFLn]n.扩大, 增加

(10)   helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机

(11)   terrorist[5terErIst]n.恐怖分子

(12)   provoke[prE5vEJk]vt.激怒, 挑拨, 煽动, 惹起, 驱使

(13)   condemn[kEn5dem]vt.判刑, 处刑, 声讨, 谴责

 

 

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 bodyguard   

n.护卫，保镖

参考例句：

• She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
• The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 charred   

v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦

参考例句：

• the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
• The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

6 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 escalate   

v.(使)逐步增长(或发展)，(使)逐步升级

参考例句：

• It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
• Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

9 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。

10 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。

11 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

12 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