2006年VOA标准英语-Efforts Under Way to Assemble International Pea

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
16 August 2006

Rubble¹ of destroyed buildings in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, Aug. 16, 2006  
  
The three-day-old truce² in Lebanon continued to hold as diplomats³ scrambled⁴ to assemble an international peacekeeping force to police the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants⁵. Israel's top general says some Israeli troops might have to stay in Lebanon for months to come.

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Israel's Defense⁶ Forces chief, Air Force Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz, told a parliamentary committee that some Israeli troops could stay in Lebanon for months - if it takes that long to get international peacekeepers into positions in southern Lebanon. Halutz made his comments as some Israeli units in Lebanon continued their drawdown of forces.

Israeli commanders had said they hoped to have Israeli troops out of Lebanon by the end of next week, but Halutz says Israel could stop withdrawing its troops altogether unless Lebanon's army deploys⁷ in southern Lebanon as called for by U.N. resolution 1701, passed last Friday by the Security Council. 

Kofi Annan (file photo)   
  
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met  with Israeli officials about the deployment⁸ of the peacekeepers. In an interview with Israeli television, the U.N. chief said the deployment could be slower than expected.

"We are trying to move them [international peacekeepers] as quickly as possible," he said. "Once we have deployed⁹, it may take weeks or months, but we are trying to move them as quickly as we can."

Under the U.N.-mediated cease fire, 13,000 peacekeepers will join the 2,000-member U.N. force already in Lebanon. The peacekeepers are supposed to help the Lebanese army demilitarize southern Lebanon and stop the flow of weapons to Hezbollah.

U.N. diplomats say they hope to have the first contingent¹⁰ of 3,500 peacekeepers in Lebanon in two weeks, but Foreign Ministry¹¹ spokesman Yigal Palmor says Israel is growing increasingly concerned about the delays.

"We thought it would be constituted rather quickly and it would be deployed in a matter of weeks. And now it turns out that things will not be as efficient and quick as promised. If that is the case, then the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] will have to remain on some part of Lebanese territory. This is not something we want. The Security Council resolution does state very clearly that the pullout of Israel will be done in parallel to the deployment of the international force. As long as they are not deploying¹², we cannot pull out," said spokesman Yigal Palmor.

Meanwhile a new poll out in Israel says 70 percent of Israelis are opposed to a cease fire that does not obtain the release of the two Israeli soldiers who were abducted¹³ by Hezbollah militants on July 12, sparking the crisis. The poll also says nearly 70 percent of Israelis support an official inquiry¹⁴ into how the war was conducted.

1 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 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。

6 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。

7 deploys   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的第三人称单数 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
• But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。

8 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

9 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。

10 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

11 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。

12 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

13 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

14 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。