2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Objects to Russia-Hamas Talks

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
03 March 2006

Israel has expressed regret over talks in Moscow between Russian officials and the Islamic militant¹ group Hamas, which swept to power in Palestinian parliamentary elections five weeks ago.  Israeli officials accuse Russia of harming the war on terror.

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Ehud Olmert   
  

Israel's acting² prime minister, Ehud Olmert, called for a united international front against Hamas, as the group's leader, Khaled Mashaal, held talks with the Russian government in Moscow. 

Speaking to members of his Kadima Party at a closed-door meeting, Mr. Olmert was quoted as saying that Hamas should be isolated⁴, until it renounces⁵ violence, recognizes Israel and revokes⁶ its charter calling for the destruction of the Jewish state.

Hamas' suicide bombings have killed hundreds of Israelis, and as Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni put it:

"There is nothing to speak with the Hamas, to talk the Hamas, to meet the Hamas, and the message should be clear and only one message."

Livni said the international community should treat Hamas as a pariah⁷ state.

"The Hamas is a terrorist organization, it is a designated terrorist organization, and here comes the conclusion: I mean when an entity⁸, a state, is being led by terrorists, the meaning is that this entity, this authority, is going to transfer into a terror state," Livni said.

Israel wants to squeeze Hamas politically and financially.  It has cut off $50 million monthly tax payments to the Palestinian Authority, and it hopes that the international community will follow suit.  But Israeli officials were dismayed by a European Union decision to transfer $143 million in emergency aid to the Palestinians.  That, along with Russia's decision to talk to Hamas, has Israel worried that the international consensus⁹ it seeks to isolate³ Hamas is gradually eroding¹⁰ away.

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 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。

3 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 renounces   

v.声明放弃( renounce的第三人称单数 )；宣布放弃；宣布与…决裂；宣布摒弃

参考例句：

• Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores. 日本放弃对福尔摩沙（台湾）及澎湖的一切权利，主张（名称）及所有权。 来自互联网
• He renounces Christianity, temporarily straining his relationship with his parents. 他放弃了基督教信仰，从而与父母的关系暂时变得紧张。 来自互联网

6 revokes   

v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• NTFS file system allocates and revokes the storage by cluster. It manages by MFT. NTFS文件系统以簇为单位分配和回收外存空间，通过主文件表来进行管理。 来自互联网

7 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。

8 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

9 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？

10 eroding   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
• Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。