2006年VOA标准英语-Israel's Kadima Party Names Ehud Olmert Ch

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
16 January 2006

Acting¹ Israeli PM Ehud Olmert listens during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem  
  
Israel's new centrist Kadima Party officially picked acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as party chairman on Monday. Mr. Olmert will now lead the party founded two months ago by Ariel Sharon to general elections on March 28.

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Ehud Olmert is now the man to beat in Israel's election. As the official head of the centrist Kadima Party, Mr. Olmert enjoys a wide degree of support in recent polls.

The Kadima Party was formed in November by Ariel Sharon, after he left the with him.

Akiva Aldar is a senior columnist² at the daily Haaretz newspaper says, with the selection of Mr. Olmert to lead Kadima, the political era of Ariel Sharon, who has suffered a massive stroke and brain hemmhorage, is now over.

"Now that it seems that Mr. Sharon is definitely out of politics, hopefully, he will be back home soon, but he is definitely not capable to take the challenge of leading his party to the elections," he commented.

Several leading Labor³ Party leaders have also joined the Kadima Party, most notably⁴, former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Recent polls show Israelis hungry for a centrist party, with Kadima predicted to gain as many as a third of the 120 seats in the Israeli Knesset.

Akiva Aldar says, however, with so many personalities⁵, frictions⁶ are likely to develop at some point within Kadima.

"I [am] very suspicious of the quiet that is coming out of Kadima. It is too quiet, and it seems that they are very experienced politicians, and they know that, once they start fighting, that will be the beginning of the end," he said. "So, I believe it will start after the elections, because there are so many egos⁷. But, the interests are probably bigger than the egos, and, right now, they are holding it inside, because they want to show some kind of harmony."

On Sunday, in his first substantive⁸ policy directive, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert got Israel's Cabinet to approve a plan that will allow East Jerusalem Arabs to vote in Palestinian elections later this month. Akiva Aldar says Ariel Sharon founded Kadima in order to be able to establish Israel's border with the Palestinians, and that goal will not change with Mr. Olmert now at the Kadima Party helm.

"What brings the Kadima leadership together on common ground is that Israel has dictated⁹ the borders, and to pursue the unilateral approach of Sharon, and to withdraw from more territories that Israel does not plan to keep under a final status settlement," noted¹⁰ Aldar.

Akiva Aldar says Ehud Olmert and the Kadima Party will likely win the upcoming Israeli election, because the Israeli public sees the Kadima Party as carrying out the legacy¹¹ of Ariel Sharon, setting Israel's final border with the Palestinians.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

5 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

6 frictions   

n.摩擦( friction的名词复数 )；摩擦力；冲突；不和

参考例句：

• Family frictions can interfere with a child's schoolwork. 家庭中的争吵会影响孩子的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As far as we are concerned, these frictions are not of our own making [have been imposed on us]. 就我们来说，这种摩擦是被动式的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 egos   

自我，自尊，自负( ego的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their egos are so easily bruised. 他们的自尊心很容易受到伤害。
• The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men. 这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的。

8 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

9 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

11 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。