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Arafat to Visit Beijing

Jim Randle

Beijing

22 Aug 2001 13:32 UTC

 

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is due to arrive in Beijing Thursday for talks on the rising tide of 1)unrest and violence in the Middle East.

China's Foreign Ministry¹ says Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will brief Chinese leaders on the Middle East peace process, but gave few 2)details. A Chinese source says Mr. Arafat will speak with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other top officials.

Mr. Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres this week 3)indicated their willingness to attend German-brokered talked to end 11 months of violence. Some 700 people, mostly Palestinians, have died since last September.

China has not been a key player in the Middle East, but holds 4)considerable power as one of the five 5)permanent members of the U.N. Security² Council³. China did back a Palestinian proposal⁴ to send international monitors to Israeli-occupied territories.

China has decades-long ties with the Palestinians, but is also interested in 6)upgrading its military with advanced technology from Israel.

 

 

(1)      unrest[Qn5rest]n.不安的状态, 动荡的局面

(2)      details n.详细资料

(3)      indicate[5IndIkeIt]vt.指出, 显示, 象征, 预示

(4)      considerable[kEn5sIdErEb(E)l]adj.相当大(或多)的, 值得考虑的, 相当可观的

(5)      permanent[5p:mEnEnt]adj.永久的, 持久的

(6)      upgrade[Qp5^reId]n.升级, 上升adv.往上vt.使升级, 提升

 

 

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

3 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

4 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。