2006年VOA标准英语-Blair Calls for Foreign Troops Along Lebanese B

By Scott Stearns
St. Petersburg
17 July 2006

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says an international force is needed to end Israeli and Hezbollah attacks across the Lebanese border.The prime minister met with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Tony Blair    
  
Prime Minister Tony Blair says the situation in the Middle East is obviously critical. And while he thanked fellow Group of Eight leaders for calling for an end to hostilities¹ across the Lebanese border, Mr. Blair said Monday that will only happen with the deployment² of foreign troops.

"It isn't going to stop now unless we create the conditions in which there can be such a cessation," he said. "And for that to happen in the north, as between Lebanon and Israel, the only way in my view that we are going to get a cessation of hostilities is if we have the deployment of an international force into that area that can stop the bombardment coming over into Israel and therefore gives Israel the reason to stop its attacks on Hezbollah."

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he will discuss the need for a stabilization³ force in the area with other world leaders at the G8 summit.

Kofi Annan    
  
"I hope once that is put together, the parties will accept cessation of hostilities, as I said, to give diplomacy⁴ time for the (U.N. Security) Council to act," Annan said.

The secretary-general appealed to all parties to bear in mind their obligations under international humanitarian⁵ law to spare civilian⁶ lives and civilian infrastructure⁷.

G8 leaders are calling on Lebanon's Hezbollah militant⁸ group to free Israeli soldiers kidnapped last week and to stop launching rockets into Israel. Their statement calls for the end of Israeli military operations, an early withdrawal⁹ of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of detained Palestinian ministers and members of parliament.

They did not call for an immediate¹⁰ ceasefire but instead asked Israel to exercise utmost restraint by avoiding casualties among civilians¹¹ and any acts that would destabilize the Lebanese government.

The leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations are holding their annual summit in St. Petersburg. The summit agenda, normally taken up by economic and political issues, has been dominated by concerns over escalating¹² fighting in the Middle East.

Earlier Monday, President Bush said he is glad the G8 leaders had issued a statement on the crisis and called it an important step toward addressing the roots of the crisis.

1 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

2 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

3 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

4 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 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。

9 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

10 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

11 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

12 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句