时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(一月)


英语课

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
05 January 2006
 

Yemeni veiled female artists holding picture of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a protest in front of Cabinet demanding government to take stiff measures against kidnappings of tourists, in San'a, Yemen, Jan. 2, 2006  
  
Negotiations 1 intensified 2 Thursday to obtain the release of five Italians held hostage in Yemen. The Italians, who were abducted 3 Sunday, are believed to be in good health and treated properly.

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Italy's ambassador to Yemen, Mario Boffo said Thursday that negotiations are continuing and intensifying 4 to obtain the release of the five Italians, kidnapped Sunday. He said one needed to be confident and patient as negotiations resumed in the morning.

The five Italian tourists were kidnapped in Marib province, some 120 kilometers northeast of the Yemeni capital, San'a. A rebel Yemeni tribe is holding the Italians captive in a mountain hideout. They have requested the release of some imprisoned 5 members of their tribe.

The Yemeni authorities have assured Italy they will not make use of force or any action that could put the lives of the five hostages at risk.

The assurance came Wednesday, just hours after the Yemen government dispatched more helicopter-borne troops to encircle the mountain hideout and cut off water deliveries to the region where the hostages are being held.

In Italy, relatives and friends of the hostages are extremely concerned over their fate. A teacher from Padua, who is a colleague of one of the women, Carla Romigni, said the news took them by surprise and they are anxious about her fate.

Near Milan, where two more of the hostages live, the parish priest has organized a torch-lit procession for Friday to call for the release of the five Italians.

Relatives of the Italian hostages Wednesday issued a joint 6 appeal to the kidnappers 7, asking that they return their loved ones as soon as possible and treat them well as long as they are in their custody 8.

Italian authorities are relatively 9 optimistic that a solution will be found. In the past, other kidnappings in Yemen have ended positively 10.

In Yemen, residents in San'a have demonstrated against kidnappings they say hurt the country's image for tourism. They say Yemenis are a peaceful people and not a country of kidnappers.

Many other Italian tourists are in Yemen at the moment, most spending their Xmas and New Year's break in the country. They say they are not concerned for their safety.

An Italian tourist said there is no reason to be worried if you are cautious, if you know the places you are visiting and if you are guided by competent people.

Others say they have security guards traveling with them and this makes them feel safe. Tourists continue to arrive and do not appear to be discouraged by the kidnapping.



协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • 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。
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
  • The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
劫持,诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(肢体等)外展
  • 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。
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的现在分词 );增辉
  • The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
  • The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.拐子,绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )
  • 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》
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • 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。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
学英语单词
-ica
Achārjlihi
acute angioneurotic edema
aldosteronopenia
Amherst, Jeffrey
Ashikita
automatic control unit
barbican
baron georges cuviers
base stations
baulk
bendixen
bumper book
bundle up
Chergui, Aftoût ech
comb-footed spider
course surface
creative activity
cupola bessemer electric process
desargination
dielectrocardiogram
donning
Dresdenware
etherobacillin
Ethylsuccinate
family Haemulidae
file event
filtering media
flexural critical speed
food conversion factor
functorial
gob line
heat seat
Hemangiomatous
high-Q inductor
hoaxes
iguacu
Jimmy Cagney
jobbish
Khamar-Daban, Khrebet
kneifert
left atrial wall plication
Lippman fringes
liver-blood deficiency
Lochalsh
machens
map color atlas
maritime radio telephone
mechanical selector
milliweak
Milverton
Morrisby speed test
motion with variable velocity
multifurcates
multiple causation
Myctophidae
nin
non-cyclically
nonintervisible stations
NSWTG
Nyhem
object snap setting
on blast of stove
organosilanol
Paphlagonian
paralogical
pathological gambling
petroleum transport
photoelectric sextant
player's fatigue
pressure conduit
previous carry
process specification
Rödje
scoir
simulator time
single chip computer
sirohydrochlorin
slip on a banana skin
soil nutrient bioavailability
spot cash transactions
statutory investment
steaming machine
sub-spaces
sweat rug
tesselatas
thickness sensor
time served worker
twofold degeneracy
umbelluliferous
unprofligate
urophan
Valentigney
Vers-en-Montagne
what the what
witch-doctors
xal
y-current
yank out
Yellow River
zaki
zoysia tenuifolias