117 以色列要求联合国交出有关绑架以色列士兵案的录像带

117 以色列要求联合国交出有关绑架以色列士兵案的录像带

Israel Demands UN Turn Over Videotape
Art Chimes
Jerusalem
6 Jul 2001 16:50 UTC

Israel is demanding the United Nations 1)turn over a videotape taken last year, one day after Hezbollah militants¹ kidnapped three Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. The tape reportedly documents the 2)vehicles used by the kidnappers², and other potentially useful information.
The United Nations is now admitting it has the video, shot by U.N. 3)peacekeeping troops. For months since the kidnapping on October 7, U.N. officials denied knowledge of the tape.
There has been no word of the kidnapped soldiers since they were 4)abducted by Hezbollah 5)guerrillas.
A statement by the Israeli defense³ ministry⁴ says the tape documents the vehicles used in the kidnapping. Still pictures from the tape seen in the Israeli news media show vehicles apparently⁵ 6)disguised to 7)resemble those used by UNIFIL, the U.N.'s peacekeeping force in Lebanon. A U.N. spokesman said in December that the guerrillas may have used UNIFIL emblems⁶ either stolen or bought on the black market.
U.N. spokesman Timor Goksel said the pictures were shot 18 hours after the kidnapping.
Israel is asking the U.N. for the original video, so intelligence officers can see if anything useful can be gleaned⁷ from the tape, as Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer explained. "And I hope by getting the 8)cassette in our hands, maybe through that we'll take our lesson and understand what exactly happened," he said.
Israeli officials are plainly upset that the United Nations for months denied it had the tape, even as Israel was insisting it existed. It is not clear how Israel learned of the videotape.
Israel has long been skeptical⁸ of the United Nations, and many Israelis consider the U.N., if not an 9)adversary, at least biased⁹ against the Jewish state. The case of the missing videotape is not likely to improve the world body's image in Israel.

(1) turn over v.打翻, 移交给, 反复考虑, 翻身, 翻阅
(2) vehicle[5vi:Ik(E)l; (?@) 5vi:hIkl]n.交通工具, 车辆
(3) peacekeeping[`pi:s9ki:pIN]adj.维护和平的,执行(或监督)停火协定的
(4) abduct[ Ab5dQkt]vt.诱拐, 绑架
(5) guerrilla[^E5rIlE]n.游击战, 游击队
(6) disguise[dIs5^aIz]v.假装, 伪装, 掩饰n.伪装
(7) resemble[rI5zemb(E)l]vt.象, 类似
(8) cassette[kA5set]n.盒子, 盒式磁带
(9) adversary[5AdvEsErI]n.敌手, 对手

 

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 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 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。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 emblems   

n.象征，标记( emblem的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His emblems are the spear and the burning torch. 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。 来自辞典例句
• Crystal prize, Crystal gift, Crystal trophy, Champion cup, Emblems. 水晶奖牌、水晶礼品、水晶纪念品、奖杯、金属奖牌。 来自互联网

7 gleaned   

v.一点点地收集（资料、事实）( glean的过去式和过去分词 )；（收割后）拾穗

参考例句：

• These figures have been gleaned from a number of studies. 这些数据是通过多次研究收集得来的。
• A valuable lesson may be gleaned from it by those who have eyes to see. 明眼人可从中记取宝贵的教训。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

9 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。