阿拉伯联盟召开紧急会议

 

Arab League Holds Emergency MeetingGreg La

Motte

Cairo

22 Aug 2001 09:57 UTC

 

At the request of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Arab foreign ministers are gathering¹ in Cairo Wednesday for another emergency meeting.

It is the fifth such meeting for the ministers since the Palestinian 1)uprising began last September.

The ministers are expected to discuss how they can best help the Palestinian cause.

None of the past high-level meetings have led to anything other than public 2)condemnation² of Israel and pledges for financial support, and no one is publicly saying this latest meeting will produce anything much different.

So far Arab officials have 3)pledged about $1 billion in support of the Intifada but have stopped short of demanding the Arab world 4)break off all ties with Israel.

Egypt, Jordan and Mauritania have peace 5)treaties with the Jewish state and maintain political ties, although Egypt recalled its ambassador to Israel last November and Jordan's new 6)ambassador has not yet taken up his post.

Wednesday's meeting is expected to produce condemnations of Israel's 7)blockade of Palestinian territories, the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians' Jerusalem headquarters known as the Orient House and Israel's policy of assassinating³ suspected militants⁴.

 

 

(1)      uprising[Qp5raIzIN]n.起义

(2)      condemnation n.谴责, 指责, 定罪

(3)      pledge[pledV]n.保证, 誓言, 抵押vt.保证, 使发誓, 抵押

(4)      break off v.中断, 折断, 突然停止, 脱落, 暂停, 断绝, 解除

(5)      treaty[5tri:tI]n.条约, 谈判

(6)      ambassador[Am5bAsEdE(r)]n.大使

(7)      blockade[blR5keId]n.阻塞vt.封锁

 

 

 

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

3 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

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。