2006年VOA标准英语-Israel, Lebanon Warily Watch UN Security Counci

By Stephanie Ho
Washington
07 August 2006

Israel and Lebanon are reacting coolly to a draft United Nations resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities¹ between Israel and the Hezbollah militant² group in Lebanon. The U.N. Security Council is discussing the resolution, which is to be followed up with a second resolution establishing a multi-national force to help maintain the peace.

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The U.N. Security Council resolution currently under discussion calls for Hezbollah to stop attacks against Israel, and for Israel to stop its offensive operations against the militant group. Hezbollah has its stronghold in southern Lebanon, from where it has launched rockets at Israel.

President Bush's national security advisor⁴, Stephen Hadley, told CNN's Late Edition he hopes action on the resolution comes within days, not weeks. "Our hope is to get it voted on sometime Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, because we want to get that resolution adopted as a first step toward bringing down the violence, moving very quickly to a second resolution, which would involve a multi-national force and call for the Lebanese army to move in to southern Lebanon, backed by that multi-national force," he said. 
He added that the United States supports what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has described as efforts to implement⁵ a more enduring peace in the region. "It is a two-step process. We've used this two-step process so that we can get this first resolution, get the violence down, buy a little time in order to put the multi-national force together, and then move into a second resolution, and into what we hope will be a sustainable ceasefire in this conflict," he said.

On the same program, Israeli Vice⁶ Premier⁷ Shimon Peres said his country has no immediate⁸ reaction to the draft U.N. resolution, because it has not yet been finalized⁹. "But I want to remind you that Israel has implemented¹⁰ all of the United Nations' resolutions concerning Lebanon. Not that this helped very much. But we kept our respect to the United Nations. We will wait another couple of days for the first resolution, because the first resolution must be followed by a second resolution, and then the second resolution has to be implemented. So, there is no sense to react ahead of time," he said.

Lebanese Economy Minister Sami Haddad used stronger language, calling the draft resolution disappointing. He re-emphasized calls for an urgent and immediate ceasefire, saying it is the Lebanese people who have so far borne the largest brunt of the fighting. "So we want a definite end to this war and we want the Lebanese army, with the help of an international force mandated¹¹ by the U.N., to protect us from the wrath¹² of the strongest war machine in the region, that is raining terror and catastrophe¹³ on Lebanon," he said.

The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah broke out more than three weeks ago, after Hezbollah militants¹⁴ raided Israeli territory and abducted¹⁵ two Israeli soldiers. Israeli military officials say they have arrested one of the Hezbollah guerrillas who took part in last month's abduction.

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 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。

3 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

8 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。

9 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

11 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。

12 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

13 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

14 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。

15 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。