2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Gunmen Attempt Gaza-Egypt Bord

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
04 January 2006

Egyptian border police fired warning shots late Wednesday to prevent Palestinians from cutting through a fence that divides Egypt from the Gaza Strip. The incident occurred after a day of growing anarchy¹ and violence in the southern Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian gather around a concreate wall, after it was broken down by a bulldozer, in the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the town of Rafah   
  

A mob of Palestinians rushed the border fence and tried to cross into Egypt after Palestinian militants² used two stolen bulldozers to smash through concrete barriers at the Rafah border crossing.

Earlier, the militants placed explosives at the border crossing and occupied several Palestinian government buildings in Rafah. The gunmen, who are affiliated³ with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs⁴ Brigade are seeking the release of one of their leaders who has been linked to the kidnapping of British aid worker Kate Burton and her parents last week. The three hostages were freed unharmed after being held for several days.

Meanwhile, gunmen broke into a house in Rafah and attempted to kidnap the parents of Rachel Corrie a young U.S. woman who was killed in 2003 when she tried to stop an Israeli bulldozer from demolishing⁵ a Palestinian house in Rafah. Ms. Corrie's parents are frequent visitors to Rafah and the gunmen left after being told who they were.

Mohammed Dawwas, an independent Palestinian journalist working in Gaza says the growing violence and chaos⁶ is especially acute in the Rafah area because Palestinian security officials have less control there than elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.

"The southern Gaza Strip is different from the northern or the middle area of the Gaza Strip. This area is close to the Egyptian border and there are more guns in that area than anywhere else in the whole Gaza Strip," he said.

Much of the growing violence in Gaza is being blamed on militants who belong to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a violent militia⁷ affiliated with the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The group is cited by the State Department as a terrorist organization.

Mr. Abbas has condemned⁸ the violence, but Palestinian security officials say they are unable to contain it. In recent days senior Palestinian security officials have said it will be virtually impossible to provide security throughout much of the Gaza Strip for scheduled Palestinian legislative⁹ elections on January 25.

1 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

2 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。

3 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。

4 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 demolishing   

v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
• Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句

6 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

7 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

8 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

9 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。