米歇尔的中东境况调查分析

30 米歇尔的中东境况调查分析

DATE=5-26-01
TITLE=IN THE NEWS #482 - Mitchell Commission¹ Report
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

    (start at 1'04") This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS.
    On Monday, the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact Finding (1) Committee (2) released its report about the situation in the Middle East. 
    The committee is known as the Mitchell Commission.  Former United States (3) Senator² George Mitchell was the chairman.  Other members were former President of Turkey, Suleyman Demirel; Norway's (4) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thorbjoern Jagland; former American Senator Warren Rudman; and European Union official, Javier Solana.
    The committee was created at a special (5) international meeting last October in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.  The committee members were asked to (6) investigate the causes of the continuing violence in the Middle East.  And they were urged to make suggestions about ways to prevent more violence.
    Since the committee was formed, the violence in the Middle East has continued.  More than 500 (7) Palestinians and (8) Israelis have been killed in the past seven months.  More than 10,000 have been injured.
    In a statement, committee members explained the main message of their report.  They said the situation will not change until Israeli and Palestinian leaders take steps to end the violence, re-build confidence, and re-open (9) negotiations³. 
    The Mitchell Commission report calls on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to carry out the suggestions made in the report.  The first step is to stop the (10) violence immediately.  The second step is to work toward re-building trust.  The report says this could be done by establishing a “cooling off" period, and making it clear that terrorism is not acceptable⁴. 
    The report says Palestinian leaders should make a 100 percent effort to prevent terrorist⁵ operations, and to punish those who take part in such acts.  It calls on Palestinian (11) leaders to prevent gunmen from using Palestinian areas to fire at Israelis.
    The report urges Israel to stop all settlement activity and prevent security forces from destroying property in Palestinian areas.  It says Israel should make sure its soldiers do not fire at unarmed demonstrators.  It calls on Israel to permit Palestinians to return to their jobs in Israel. 
    The report suggests both sides consider a joint⁶ effort to protect holy places of Jews, (12) Muslims and (13) Christians⁷.  It proposes they jointly⁸ support private organizations involved in efforts to link the Jews and the Palestinians.
    The report warns that the culture of peace established during the last ten years is in danger of being destroyed.  It urges the two sides to find a way back to negotiations that attempt to resolve the causes of their conflict.  The Mitchell (14) Commission says the people in the Middle East must work to find ways to live side by side in peace. 
    Israeli and Palestinian leaders have expressed support for much of the report.  Yet violence in the area continues.
    This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS, was written by Nancy Steinbach.  This is Steve Ember.

注释：
(1)   committee[ kE5miti ]n.委员会
(2) release[ ri5li:s ]n.释放, 让渡v.释放, 解放
(3) senator[ 5senEtE ]n.参议员, (大学的)评议员
(4) minister[ 5ministE ]n.部长, 大臣
(5) international[ 7intE(:)5nAFEnEl ]adj.国际的, 世界的n.国际性组织, 国际比赛
(6) investigate[ in5vesti^eit ]v.调查, 研究
(7) Palestinian[ 7pAlis5tiniEn ]n.巴勒斯坦人[居民]adj.巴勒斯坦(人)的
(8) Israeli[ iz5reili ]adj.以色列共和国的n.以色列共和国民
(9) negotiation[ ni7^EuFi5eiFEn ]n.商议, 谈判, 流通
(10) violence[ 5vaiElEns ]n.猛烈, 强烈
(11) leader[ 5li:dE ]n.领导者, 社论n.[计]前导字符n.[机]导杆
(12) Muslim[5mJzlIm; (?@) 5mQzlem]n.穆斯林, 穆罕默德信徒
(13) Christian[ 5kristjEn ]n.基督徒, 信徒adj.基督教的, 信基督教的
(14) commission[ kE5miFEn ]n.委任, 委托

1 commission   

n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状

参考例句：

• The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
• The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。

2 senator   

n.参议员，评议员

参考例句：

• The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
• The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 acceptable   

adj.可接受的，合意的，受欢迎的

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。

5 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

8 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。