2006年VOA标准英语-Hamas Declared Official Winner of Palestin

By Jim Teeple
Ramallah, West Bank
26 January 2006
 
Palestinian election officials confirmed late Thursday that the Islamic militant¹ group Hamas had won an overwhelming victory based on partial results from legislative² elections held on Wednesday. Early results show Hamas won 76 seats in the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council, or parliament, compared to 43 seats won by President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party. The election results were announced in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where emotions ran high on Thursday. 

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Palestinian supporters of Hamas celebrate their victory in parliamentary elections in Hebron, Jan. 26, 2006  
  

Hamas supporters marched through the hilly streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday heading for the Palestinian Legislative Council to lay a symbolic³ claim to the building that Palestinians consider their Parliament. 

Just days ago, Ramallah was considered a stronghold of support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party. But in Ramallah, as elsewhere in the Palestinian territories,  Fatah suffered defeat.  Subdued⁴ Fatah supporters watched as the Hamas marchers paraded through Ramallah, and in a sign of potential trouble for the future, violence soon erupted.

Palestinian police fired into the air to disperse⁵ the Hamas supporters after clashes broke out between Hamas and Fatah supporters over an attempt by a Hamas activist⁶ to hoist⁷ their flag on top of the parliament building.  Most Palestinian police are considered Fatah loyalists and many were clearly angry at the Hamas activists⁸ on Thursday. 

Mohammed Hassan, the Hamas activist who organized the march to the parliament building sought to downplay the clash. 

Hassan called the violence a dispute between brothers saying it was not serious and had no bearing on the future. 

Just a short distance from the parliament building Palestinian election officials confirmed what had been evident since early in the morning - Hamas had won an overwhelming victory over Fatah, based on preliminary results. 

Hanna Nasser announces election results in Ramallah, Jan. 26, 2006   
  
Hanna Nasr, who heads the Palestinian Election Commission, tells election observers and journalists that, based on preliminary results from both national and district lists, Hamas had clearly won enough seats to form the next Palestinian government.  Nasr says final results in the election will probably be issued in a day or two, but the trend was clear; Hamas is now the dominant⁹ political party in Ramallah and across the Palestinian territories. 

1 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。

2 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。

3 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

4 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

5 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

6 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。

7 hoist   

n.升高，起重机，推动；v.升起，升高，举起

参考例句：

• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。
• Hoist the Chinese flag on the flagpole,please!请在旗杆上升起中国国旗！

8 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。