2006年VOA标准英语-Israel's Military Beginning Withdrawal from Leb

By Deborah Block
Washington, DC
16 August 2006
 
watch Lebanon Withdrawal¹ report

Soldiers pulled out of Marjayoun   
  
Israel has begun pulling its forces out from southern Lebanon.  It also has made plans to hand over territory as the ceasefire with Hezbollah guerrillas is generally holding.   Lebanon says its soldiers and international peacekeepers will begin deploying² in the southern part of the country within days. 

Israeli soldiers have pulled out of Marjayoun -- a town they captured last week.  Army officials say Israel hopes to complete the evacuation of its forces by next week.  Under the ceasefire agreement, Israeli troops are to withdraw and the Lebanese Army and United Nations peacekeepers will control a buffer³ zone to keep Hezbollah fighters away from the border.
 

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres  
  
Iran and Syria are the major backers of Hezbollah.  Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres says his country is trying to reduce tensions and prevent Lebanon from becoming an Iranian-controlled state. "We feel the battle is over, but not the challenge,” said Mr. Peres. “We shall still have to do, all of us, to repair the damages, to repair the relations both within the Middle East, not to let the Iranians take over the Middle East."

Peres says Hezbollah has been weakened and Israel had no choice but to end the fighting.  But Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his fighters won a strategic, historic victory over Israel. 
 
 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  
In Damascas, Syrian President Bashar Assad lashed⁴ out at U.S. President George W. Bush, saying his plan for a new Middle East has collapsed⁵.  He says it is a result of what he calls Hezbollah's success in its war against Israel.  The Syrian leader says Israel had long been planning to fight Hezbollah and resistance to Israel is legitimate⁶.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch says Hezbollah made a big mistake by attacking Israel and paid for it.  He blamed Syria and Iran for contributing to the situation.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Welch    
  
"The most important protection for Lebanon would be if Syria and Iran themselves observed the terms of the resolution,” said Welch. “This resolution calls for countries not to introduce weapons into Lebanon and, therefore, quite apart from what the government of Lebanon does or UNIFIL does, they have a responsibility under this decision.

Displaced residents of Israel and Lebanon are coming back to their homes. Busloads of Israelis are returning to Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel.  More than half the population fled during the fighting after hundreds of Hezbollah rockets hit the town. 

In Lebanon, thousands of people are returning home to piles of rubble⁷, trying to salvage⁸ what they can find.  Some are looking for their loved ones who may have died.

One distraught resident said, "We're looking for my father, who's been missing since the first day of the war.  We don't know what happened to him. We've searched all over for him. Where should we look now? Under the rubble? We need bulldozers to remove all this. What can I do know? I've lost my father."

Israel dropped more leaflets on Lebanon's second largest city, Tyre, warning people not to return home until Lebanese and international forces are deployed⁹. 

Aid agencies in Lebanon continue to provide humanitarian¹⁰ aid.  At the Beirut port, Mike Wood with the U.N. World Food Program said a convoy¹¹ was headed south. "It's going to be loaded with trucks full of food, water and also some diesel¹² to resupply humanitarian hub down there and to push further convoys¹³ into the south to help civilians¹⁴ who have been displaced by the war."

But relief agencies worry about how they are going to move supplies over bombed-out roads and others clogged¹⁵ with traffic.

1 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。

2 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

3 buffer   

n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲

参考例句：

• A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
• Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。

4 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

7 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

8 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

9 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

10 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。

11 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

12 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

13 convoys   

n.（有护航的）船队( convoy的名词复数 )；车队；护航（队）；护送队

参考例句：

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句

14 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。

15 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。