Israel has not, after all, moved beyond the conflict that has haunted it since the creation of the modern state in 1948: the claims of two peoples, Jewish and Palestinian, to the same narrow strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. 词/短语: 1.after all: 终究2.move beyond: 摆脱3.haunt: vt.缠绕、困扰4.claim: n.主张5.strip of land: 一片土地 语法:
1.since the creation of the modern state in 1948: 时间状语2.Jewish and Palestinian: 同位语3.to the same narrow strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River 后置定语,修饰 claims 译:到头来,以色列还是没能摆脱自1948年建立现代国家以来一直纠缠着它的冲突:两个群体——犹太人和巴勒斯坦人——对地中海和约旦河之间的同一个狭长地带持有领土主张。