2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Criticizes Russian Invitation to Ha

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
12 February 2006

Israel has sharply criticized Russia's decision to open a dialogue with the Islamic militant¹ group Hamas, following its victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections last month.  Israel is seeking an international boycott² of Hamas. 

Russia's decision to invite Hamas to Moscow for talks topped the agenda at Israel's weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.  The Cabinet warned Russia against granting legitimacy³ to a group responsible for suicide bombings that have killed hundreds of Israelis.

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Mark Regev, Israeli spokesman
  
  

Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by Israel, European Union and the United States, and Israeli officials charged that Russia is defying the will of the international community. 

"We actually think we see the emergence⁴ of a clear international consensus⁵ that if a group of extreme terrorists, and that is Hamas in its present form, is to take over the Palestinian government, then the international community will relate to that government as a pariah⁶ regime," said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev.

Russia says it does not see Hamas as a terrorist organization, and it plans to persuade the group to renounce⁷ violence and recognize Israel's right to exist.  Hamas rejects those demands.  But the group seeks international legitimacy, and it has welcomed the opportunity to open a dialogue with Russia, hoping that other nations will follow suit. 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains⁸ in critical but stable condition, a day after he was rushed into emergency surgery with a life threatening stomach problem.  Doctors removed part of his large intestine⁹.  Acting¹⁰ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed relief at the Cabinet meeting.

"We are encouraged by the results of the surgery," Mr. Olmert said.  But medical experts are pessimistic because Mr. Sharon has been in a coma¹¹ since a massive stroke five weeks ago.  They say his chances for recovery, which were already poor, are now even worse.

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 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

3 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

4 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

5 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

6 pariah   

n.被社会抛弃者

参考例句：

• Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.不一会儿，汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿。
• His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal,a pariah.房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。

7 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

8 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。

9 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

10 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。

11 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。