美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-11-22

 War planes and rockets crossing paths in the sky. Right now that’s part of daily life for people living in parts of Israel and Gaza. The signs of the fight maybe in the air, but the impact is on the ground. This is an office building in Gaza that’s been used by some media organizations. It was hit by an Israeli air strike on Monday. Israel said Palestinian militants¹ were hiding in there. Israel’s targets include government buildings, police stations and the homes of Hamas officials. That’s the terrorist group that took control of the government of Gaza in 2007. Israel has launched strikes against more than 1,300 sites since the fighting started. The rockets are flying in both directions. In Gaza, militants from Hamas are launching them into Israel. More than 1,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza since the start of the conflict. On Monday, one of those hit a school in southern Israel. It’s been closed since the fighting began. 

 

Now, CNN reporters are in Gaza and Israel covering this conflict, and at times doing their job can put them near the fighting. Now, you are about to see how they react in those situations. First, Anderson Cooper in Gaza, then Frederick Pleitgen in Israel. 

 

One family, also two media centers… Wow. Well, that was a rather large explosion. That occurred, just look out here, I can’t actually see 

 

where the impact that was, it’s actually set off a number of fire alarms. But that was probably the largest explosion that we’ve heard just in the past, really in the past hour. There have been a number of explosions in the last hour or two. But that one, that one was pretty loud. 

 

Ok, we have an alarm going off right now. But I have to seek cover. We are going to go over here. Let’s take the camera of the tripod, though. All right. Seems like something impacted in the distance, not sure how far away. Ok, the alarm stopped. So, it seems the impact was quite away in the distance, I would say, a couple of miles, probably, in the distance. There, over in the sky, you probably won’t be able to see it here, there is an interceptor missile taking off right now, that is the Iron Dome² interceptor, right? If you just say the flash in the sky, that was a rocket coming out of Gaza that was just intercepted³ right now. 

 

Now, you heard Fred Pleitgen mention the Iron Dome. It’s Israeli Defense⁴ Systen that shoots down rockets coming in from Gaza, so far it’s intercepted about 30% of those rockets. Frederik has more on this technology and how it works. 

 

This video shows an Iron Dome missile intercepting⁵ a rocket fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv on Sunday. The defense system had just been installed in Israel’s largest city a few hours earlier. Several days into the conflict, it’s already clear, the Iron Dome is having a big impact picking off hundreds of rockets. I got a tour of the Israel aircraft industry’s plant that assembles the air defense system. 

 

“Deployment is the matter of minutes.”

 

Dr. Israel Oznowich is one of those in charge. One key element is an advanced radar⁶. 

 

“The radar such as locates, tracks and intercepts⁷ and guides the intercepting missiles within several seconds, few seconds within the launching time.”

 

It’s extremely hard to shoot down short distance rockets like the ones coming out of Gaza, in part because they are not in the air for older radar systems to lock onto them.

1 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。

2 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

3 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 intercepting   

截取（技术），截接

参考例句：

• The police had been intercepting my mail, ie reading it before it was delivered. 警方一直截查我的邮件。
• We've been intercepting radio transmissions from Moscow. 我们已从莫斯科拦截到无线电信号。

6 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

7 intercepts   

（数学）截距( intercept的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It intercepts a portion of the light impinging on the photocell. 它遮住一部分照射在光电管上的光。
• The pelletfilter intercepts the particulate matter. 颗粒过滤器将颗粒物进行拦截。