287 罗马教皇声称中东地区暴力冲突空前严重

 

Pope: 'Unprecedented¹ Violence' in Middle East

Greg Lamotte

Cairo

2 Aug 2001 15:59 UTC

 

Pope John Paul says the Middle East has reached a point of "unheard of" violence. The 1)pontiff expressed his concern after a meeting Thursday outside Rome with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

The unprecedented violence between Israel and the Palestinians must end and both sides must return to the 2)negotiating table. Those were the comments of Pope John Paul following his meeting with Mr. Arafat.

Italy is the latest stop in Mr. Arafat's campaign to gain support for his 3)proposal to have international monitors sent to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Mr. Arafat was given a 25-minute private 4)audience at the pope's summer residence southeast of Rome.

Afterward², a statement issued at the Vatican said the pope expressed his concern and 5)anguish over what he called the "unprecedented violence between Israel and the Palestinians" and the growing numbers of victims. The statement said the pope 6)appealed for a complete 7)cessation of 8)bloodletting so that peace talks could resume.

There was, however, no mention of papal support for international monitors in the Palestinian territories, something Israel opposes.

Earlier Thursday Mr. Arafat met with Italian leaders in Rome and warned violence in the Middle East could 9)spiral out of control and have 10)repercussions beyond the region if international force is not deployed³. He also accused Israel of planning to 11)assassinate Palestinian activists⁴.

Israel has said it will continue its policy of attacking Palestinian militants⁵ it considers a threat to Israeli security.

 

 

(1)      pontiff[5pRntIf]n.罗马教皇, 主教, 大祭司

(2)      negotiating table 谈判桌

(3)      proposal[prE5pEJz(E)l]n.提议, 建议

(4)      audience[5C:dIEns]n.听众, 观众, 接见, 拜见

(5)      anguish[5ANgwIF; 5AN^wIF]n.痛苦, 苦恼vt.使极痛苦vi.感到痛苦

(6)      appeal[E5pi:l]n.请求, 呼吁, 要求vi.求助, 诉请, 要求vt.控诉

(7)      cessation[se5seIF(E)n]n.停止

(8)      bloodletting n.放血

(9)      spiral[5spaIEr(E)l]adj.螺旋形的n.螺旋v.盘旋

(10)      repercussion[ri:pE5kQF(E)n]n.弹回, 反响, (光、声等的)反射

(11)      assassinate[E5sAsIneIt]vt.暗杀, 行刺

 

 

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

3 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。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。