Ten months after the ceasefire(停火，停战) that was supposed to end the war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans are still burying their dead. On August 4th a funeral was held in the Sabra district of Gaza city for 112 people killed by an Israeli air strike in November 2023. Thousands are still missing. Israel still does not allow heavy machinery, needed for excavating(挖掘，发掘) the ruins and rebuilding, into the strip. The slow pace at which bodies are being retrieved from beneath the rubble is a stark reminder of the lack of any progress in Gaza.(从瓦砾下挖掘遗体的缓慢速度，鲜明地提醒人们加沙缺乏任何进展。)
在旨在结束以色列与哈马斯战争的停火协议达成十个月后，加沙人仍在埋葬他们的死者。8月4日，加沙城的萨布拉区为2023年11月以色列空袭中丧生的112人举行了葬礼。仍有数千人失踪。以色列仍不允许挖掘废墟和重建所需的重型机械进入加沙地带。从瓦砾下挖掘遗体的缓慢速度，鲜明地提醒人们加沙缺乏任何进展。
An announcement from Donald Trump seemed to herald(预示，宣布) a breakthrough. On July 30th the American president proclaimed(宣布，声明) “a historic agreement for the complete disarmament(完全解除武装) of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza”. It was, he said, “a monumental(里程碑式的，巨大的) step towards lasting peace and security”.
唐纳德·特朗普的一项声明似乎预示着突破。7月30日，这位美国总统宣布“一项关于哈马斯及加沙所有其他武装团体完全解除武装的历史性协议”。他说，这是“迈向持久和平与安全的里程碑式一步”。
The president’s florid(华丽的，花哨的) words were supported, more soberly, by the Board of Peace he founded in January to oversee implementation of the ceasefire. Its road map(路线图，计划) laid out(制定，规划) steps for the disarmament of Hamas as well as a full Israeli withdrawal from the territory, the transfer of power from Hamas to a new Palestinian technocratic(技术官僚的) authority, and the creation of conditions for the reconstruction of the devastated(被摧毁的， devastated) coastal strip.
总统华丽言辞得到了他1月份为监督停火实施而成立的和平委员会更为冷静的支持。该委员会的路线图列出了哈马斯解除武装、以色列从该领土全面撤军、权力从哈马斯移交给新的巴勒斯坦技术官僚当局，以及为重建这片被摧毁的沿海地带创造条件等步骤。