2006年VOA标准英语-Fatah Activists Call on Party Leaders to R

By Sonja Pace
Jerusalem
27 January 2006

Thousands of Palestinian activists¹ from the once ruling Fatah party protested in Gaza Friday night and called on party leaders to resign.  The demand comes after Fatah suffered a stinging election defeat at the hands of the militant² Islamic group Hamas. 

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Demonstrator climbs a pole to place Fatah flag as Palestinian Fatah members take over parliament building
  

Young protesters took to the streets of Gaza City Friday evening venting³ their anger at their party's election defeat.

Some of the protesters were armed and fired shots into the air. Others threw stones and set several cars on fire. They marched on the parliament building and then to the Gaza residence of President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also known as Abu Mazen.

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Dawas witnessed the protests and spoke⁴ to VOA afterward⁵.

"They were all young people, Fatah activists, the al Aqsa Martyrs⁶ Brigade, armed, in front of Abu Mazen's house asking him to resign and asking the Central Committee to resign too," he said.  "It was a protest against the results of the election by Fatah losing to Hamas."

President Abbas was not at home at the time. He remains⁷ in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where he said earlier that Hamas would be asked to form a new government.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh salutes⁸ supporters outside his house at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza   
  
Hamas was catapulted to power Wednesday when voters handed the militant group a solid majority, 76 out of 132 seats in the legislature.

The outcome sent shock waves across the region and much of the world, with everyone watching warily⁹ what Hamas will do.

The group has carried out numerous attacks against Israel in past years and does not recognize Israel's right to exist.  Israel, the United States, European nations and many others consider Hamas a terrorist organization and many world leaders have called on Hamas to change its ways if it wants to take on a political role.

The U.S. State Department said Friday it would review its aid programs to the Palestinians, saying it will not provide funding to terrorist organizations.

1 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》

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 venting   

消除； 泄去； 排去； 通风

参考例句：

• But, unexpectedly, he started venting his spleen on her. 哪知道，老头子说着说着绕到她身上来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• So now he's venting his anger on me. 哦，我这才知道原来还是怄我的气。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 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。

6 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 salutes   

n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
• A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句

9 warily   

adv.留心地

参考例句：

• He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周，假装是在照顾嘉莉。
• They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。