2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Says It Will Not Tolerate a Nuclear

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
17 January 2006

Israel's acting¹ prime minister, Ehud Olmert on Tuesday warned that Israel will not tolerate a nuclear armed Iran. Mr. Olmert also says he hopes to get Israeli-Palestinian peace talks back on track after Palestinian and Israeli elections take place.

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Ehud Olmert  
  

In his first news conference since taking the reins² of power following Ariel Sharon's stroke and cerebral³ hemorrhage, Ehud Olmert said that Israel regards Iran's nuclear program as its top priority. Israel's acting prime minister says Israel cannot allow what he described as "countries with hostile intentions" to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

Olmert says Israel, European Union and U.S. negotiators are in direct contact with each other, and are trying to find a solution. He says he promises Israelis that weapons of mass destruction will not be in the hands of countries that can threaten the world.

A team of Israeli security experts traveled to Russia on Tuesday in a bid to secure Russian backing for referring Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council.

Israeli officials say Iran is their greatest security threat. They cite recent comments by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that have called for Israel's destruction, as proof of the danger that Iran poses to the region.

Iranian officials say their nuclear program is intended only for peaceful energy production. Last week Iran resumed nuclear research at three sites, sparking the latest crisis over its nuclear program.

Britain, Germany and France have said they plan to call for an emergency board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss Iran's recent work on uranium enrichment.

Mr. Olmert also says that he hopes to resume talks with Palestinians after both Israelis and Palestinians go to the polls over the next few weeks. Mr. Olmert and the centrist Kadima Party he heads are heavily favored to win Israeli elections on March 28.

Palestinians go to the polls on January 25 to vote in legislative⁴ elections.  Olmert says he believes that he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, could start final status negotiations⁵ towards a peace settlement once Israelis and Palestinians emerge from the polls.

Olmert says however that a condition to begin such talks would be for the Palestinian Authority to disarm⁶ militants⁷ in the Palestinian territories, as stipulated⁸ by the U.S - backed "road-map peace plan."

Under the plan, which was supposed to result in the establishment of a Palestinian state last year, Israelis are to halt settlement activity in the West Bank, and Palestinians are to disarm militants and end attacks against Israelis.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 reins   

感情，激情； 缰( rein的名词复数 )； 控制手段； 掌管； （成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的）保护带

参考例句：

• She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
• The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。

3 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

4 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。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

7 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。

8 stipulated   

vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的

参考例句：

• A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
• Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句