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Mustafa Murar owns a paint shop in the West Bank town of El Bireh,near Jerusalem.It is

on the way to a Jewish settlement,on a road where horrific fighting took place in the Palestinian uprising10years ago.The fighting devastated his business.

He says he lost business every day,and it has been only recently that this area opened and business started again.He says he is talking about losses for seven years.

In the past three years of relative calm,the Israeli-occupied West Bank has experienced an economic boom.Murar has been able to restock his shelves and get his business going again.

He says negotiations in2000that neither side was ready for spark ed the last uprising.He thinks neither side is ready now.

He says negotiations and an agreement,if they are based on real efforts for peace,will be a good thing.But,he says,going by the Palestinians'experience with the Israelis,he believes these negotiations will be fruitless.

Many Israelis also believe the time is not right. After decades of conflict,some like this West Jerusalem resident speaking near the Jaffa Gate of the Old City say there is not enough common ground for meaningful dialogue.Mustafa Murar在西岸耶路撒冷附近的El Bireh镇拥有一个油漆店。这个小店位于通往犹太人定居点的路上，十年前，巴勒斯坦暴动时发生了非常惨烈的冲突。这场冲突将他的生意彻底摧毁。

他说，他的生意每天都在减少，只是在最近，该地区重新开放，生意才重新开始。他说，7年来，他的生意一直亏损。

在过去三年相对平静的时间内，以色列占领的西岸经历了经济繁荣。Murar开始重新进货，重新开始了生意。

他说，2000年，双方都没有准备好的谈判导致了上次暴动。他认为，现在双方也都没有准备好。

他说，如果以和平的实际努力为基础，谈判和协议当然是好事。但是，他说，根据巴勒斯坦与以色列人的接洽，他认为谈判会毫无结果。

许多以色列人也认为时间并不合适。经过了数十年的冲突之后，一位西耶路撒冷居民在旧城的雅法门附近表示，双方并没有进行有意义的对话的共同基础。

He says he thinks the negotiations are not going to succeed.He says the dispute is not a one-shot affair,and time-he says-must pass. He says Israelis and Palestinians have to get used to one another.

The conflict is decades-old,and both sides appear as far apart as they have ever been on the key issues of Jerusalem,refugees,borders, and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Israel says it wants security guarantees,a demilitarize d Palestinian state,and an undivided Jerusalem under its control.Israel also wants Palestinians to recognize it as a Jewish State.Many Israelis oppose pulling hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers out of the West Bank-a demand on which the Palestinians say they will not compromise.

Analyst Mahdi Abdul Hadi with East Jerusalem's

the Study of International Affairs says U.S. pressure-and not a feeling of readiness-is bringing both sides to the table again.

"For the last20years,since Madrid up until today,19years,we reached nothing and nowhere in negotiations with the Israelis,"he said."On the contrary,we are losing the land, and we are becoming more divided,and [having]a crisis of leadership,a crisis of vision,and we are living a de-facto apartheid system under Israeli occupation.Now, Washington comes to invite?No,they did not invite.They summoned."

Palestinian leaders have cautioned against a return to violence.他表示，他认为谈判不会成功。他说，争议并不是一次性的，必须等待一定的时间。他说，以色列人和巴勒斯坦人还没有相互适应。

这场冲突已经持续了几十年的时间，双方在耶路撒冷，难民，边境和以色列在西岸定居点方面的分歧一直非常严重。

以色列表示，他们希望得到安全保证，解除武装的巴勒斯坦国和在它的控制之下的完整的耶路撒冷。以色列还希望巴勒斯坦人认可他们是犹太人国家。许多以色列人反对将成千上万的犹太人定居点从西岸拔除——巴勒斯坦人称他们在这个要求方面绝对不会妥协。

巴勒斯坦国际事务研究学会的分析家Mahdi Abdul Hadi表示，将双方重新拉回谈判桌的是美国的压力，而不是双方做好了准备。

“过去的20年，从Madrid up一直到今天，整整19年，我们在跟以色列人的谈判方面没有取得任何进展。相反，我们失去了土地，我们越来越分裂，并出现了领导危机，我们实际上在以色列的占领下过着种族隔离的生活。现在，华盛顿是来邀请我们进行和谈吗？不，他们不是邀请，而是命令。”

巴勒斯坦领袖已经呼吁大家警惕暴力的再次出现。

But the head of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies,Yaacov Bar-Simantov,says the potential for renewed violence exists."Of course there will be people who say that if we shall not succeed with the political game,with the diplomatic process,let us try again the violence.And because one of the difficult outcomes of a failure is to turn back to the violence,"he said.

West Bank business owner Mustafa Murar says he,like everyone else,does not want war.

He says his work would end.He says the economic situation is linked to politics.If the political situation is good,he says the economic situation is good,and the other way around.

But Murar,like other West Bank Palestinians, is afraid that if the talks fail frustration over the occupation could once again boil over and destroy what he has worked to rebuild.但是，耶路撒冷以色列研究所负责人Yaacov Bar-Simantov表示，再次发生暴力的可能性还是存在的。“当然会有人这项认为，如果我们在政治游戏，在外交程序中不能获胜，那么让我们再次尝试一下暴力吧。一次失败的结果可能导致暴力的死灰复燃。”

西岸店主Mustafa Murar说，他和其他人一样不希望发生战争。

他说，他的工作将完全终止。他说，经济形势是与政治密切相关的。如果政治形势稳定，经济形势也会好转，反之也是如此。

但是Murar和西岸其他巴勒斯坦人一样，担心如果和谈失败，挫折感会再次彻底摧毁他正在努力重建的生意。

第二部分：词汇学习

1.uprising n.起义,暴动

例句：The reactionary regime was thrown down by an armed uprising.

那个反动政权被一次武装起义推翻了。

2.boom n.(生意)繁荣，兴旺，激增

例句：The boom has created job opportunities.

经济繁荣创造了就业的机会。

3.restock vt.重新进货,再储存

例句：They restocked the pond with carp.

他们重新给池塘放了鲤鱼。

4.spark v.导致

例句：This accidental killing sparked major riots in the cities.

这次意外的杀人事件导致了不少城市的大骚乱。

5.fruitless adj.没有成果的,无益的

例句：Their search for the plane is fruitless.

他们对飞机的搜寻是毫无结果的。

6.demilitarize vt.解除武装,废除军备

例句：Demilitarize a buffer zone between hostile countries.

解除敌对国之间缓冲区域的军事管制。

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/1418347241.html,promise vi.折中解决

例句：They compromised by going to the cinema.

他们采取折中的办法去看电影。

妥协；退让

例句：I am prepared to make some concession on minor details,but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.

在一些细节上我可以作些让步，但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。

第三部分：内容解析

1.He says he lost business every day,and it has been only recently that this area opened and business started again.

it强调句型

当需要强调句中的主语、宾语、状语时，我们常用“It is(was)被强调部分that(who)”这种句型，使用此句型时，应注意以下几点。

1.一般情况用It is(was)……that…如：

He read three books in the library yesterday.

我们分别可以强调主语、宾语、地点状语和时间状语。如：

It was he who(that)read three books in the library yesterday.(强调主语)

It was three books that he read in the library yesterday.(强调宾语)

It was in the library that he read three books yesterday.(强调时间状语)

2.当被强调部分指人时，可用that，也可用who；指物时，只用what,如：

It was Tom who(that)I met last week.

It is a new boke that his brother wants to buy.

3.强调状语时，只用that,不用when、where.如：

It is at5o'clock that the train will arrive.

4.被强调的部分是主语时，注意句子的谓语动词和被强调的主语保持一致。如：

It is he who is late.It is they that were late.

5.一般疑问句的强调句为“Is(was)it that…?”；特殊疑问句为：“特殊疑问词is(was) that…?”结构。如：

Was it ten years ago that his father died?（他的父亲是十年前去世的吗？）

When is it that you will set off?（你到底什么时候出发？）

6.“not…until…”句型的强调结构为“It is not until…that…”应注意把否定词not转移到until前面。如：I didn't go home until rain stopped.(直到雨停了我才回家)。

强调句为：It was not until rain stopped that I went home.

I didn't know the news until yesterday.(直到昨天我才知道那个消息)

强调句为：It was not until yesterday that I knew the news.

2.The conflict is decades-old,and both sides appear as far apart as they have ever been on the key issues of Jerusalem,refugees,borders,and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

as far apart as表示两者之间在很多问题上分歧非常大。

3.Many Israelis oppose pulling hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers out of the West Bank-a demand on which the Palestinians say they will not compromise.

pull out of从...处取出,拉出

例句：I don't think they are going to pull out of the deal at the last minute.

我认为他们不会在最后一分钟退出这笔交易。

4.On the contrary,we are losing the land,and we are becoming more divided,and[having]a crisis of leadership,a crisis of vision,and we are living a de-facto apartheid system under Israeli occupation.

on the contrary(与此)相反,正相反,恰恰相反

例句：You think you are clever;on the contrary,I assure that you are very foolish.

你自以为很聪明,相反地,我确信你很傻。

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