2007年VOA标准英语-Kidnapped Gaza BBC Correspondent in New Video
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Jerusalem
25 June 2007
Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston (file photo)
Kidnapped BBC Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston appeared in a new video, released by his captors. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem Bureau.
The video shows Johnston wearing what he says is an explosives belt, of the type worn by suicide bombers 1. He warns against any rescue attempt, saying his captors will detonate the belt, if one is made.
"As you can see I have been dressed in what is an explosive belt which the kidnappers 2 say will be detonated, if there is any attempt to storm this area," Johnston said. "They say they are ready to turn the hideout into what they describe as a death zone, if there is any attempt to free me by force."
The BBC issued a statement Monday, calling the video distressing 3 for Johnston's family and his colleagues, asking those holding him to release him immediately.
Johnston was abducted 5 on March 12 and nothing was heard from him until a video was released on June First by a little known militant 6 group called Jayash al-Islam. The group demanded the release of a radical 7 Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada al-Filistini, who is in British custody 8, suspected of having links to al-Qaida.
The group is believed to be headed by a member of the Dogmush family, a powerful Gaza clan 9 long involved in smuggling 10 and other criminal activities in the region.
Last week, after Hamas Islamic militants 11 took control of the Gaza Strip, defeating Fatah forces, Hamas leaders hinted Johnston would be released soon. However, Hamas leaders also say those holding Johnston are demanding guarantees they will face no reprisals 12 for the kidnapping. In his remarks, Monday, Johnston hinted that a resolution to his ordeal 13 might come soon.
"It seems the answer is to return to negotiations 14, which I am told are very close to achieving a deal," Johnston said.
Based in the Gaza Strip for three years, Alan Johnston was the only foreign correspondent permanently 15 posted there. A number of other journalists and aid workers have also been abducted in Gaza by various Palestinian factions 16, but Johnston's kidnapping has been by far the longest.
More than 170,000 people from around the world have signed a petition on the BBC web site calling for his immediate 4 release.
- 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》
- They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it. 所有看到这种悲惨景象的人都对此感到难过。
- It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. 这样浪费粮食令人痛心。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- 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。
- 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。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
- The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- 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。
- They did not want to give evidence for fear of reprisals. 他们因为害怕报复而不想作证。
- They took bloody reprisals against the leaders. 他们对领导进行了血腥的报复。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
- The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。