VOA标准英语2008年-Palestinian Police Deploy in West Bank Town

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
03 May 2008

The Palestinian Authority has launched a new security initiative in the West Bank. The move, which coincides with a U.S. peace mission to the Middle East, has been met with Israeli skepticism. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deployed¹ his police forces in the West Bank town of Jenin on Saturday.

More than 500 officers in new uniforms and shiny weapons took up positions in the town Israel once dubbed² the "capital of suicide bombers³." The aim is to restore law and order, a key element of the internationally-backed "roadmap" peace plan.

The deployment⁴ of the police, trained under a multi-million dollar U.S. program, coincided with a new Middle East peace mission by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The Palestinians want to show tangible⁵ signs of progress toward statehood, as Washington pushes for a peace agreement by the end of the year.

Police moved into Jenin nearly a year after the Islamic militant⁶ group Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, routing the Fatah forces of President Abbas. Palestinian analyst⁷ Wadia Abu Nasser says Mr. Abbas wants to prevent a similar scenario⁸ in the West Bank.

"Palestinian Authority are doing maximum possible efforts to undermine [the] Hamas military presence, or underground cells of Hamas, all over the West Bank," he said.

Israel supports the deployment, but because of past failures, is skeptical⁹. Israeli analyst Dan Dyker doubts that President Abbas is willing or able to crack down on militant groups.

"This a very, very weak leader by everybody's accounts," he said.  "And so this is a very high risk proposition because first of all, the situation in the West Bank is highly anarchic; there is no order in the West Bank whatsoever¹⁰."

Israel fears if it hands full security control of Jenin to Mr. Abbas, Palestinian suicide bombers will soon return to Israeli cities. Therefore, officials say the Israel army will continue to conduct raids in Jenin to capture militants¹¹ and find bomb factories. Israel also blocked a shipment of body armor and helmets to the Palestinian police, fearing they would wind up in the hands of militants.

Palestinian officials complain that these Israeli measures undermine their ability to win the confidence of the people and restore law and order.

1 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。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。

6 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。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

9 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。

10 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

11 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。