时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(八月)


英语课

By Brian Padden
Irbil, Iraq
05 August 2006


No segment of Iraqi society seems to be safe from the violence, including those in the world of sports.   In July, members of the Iraqi Olympic National Committee and more than 30 others were kidnapped in Baghdad. This past week, a suicide bomber 1 killed 10 people at a sports stadium in Hadhar.  The Iraqi national football team has also received death threats.  As a precaution, it has relocated from Baghdad to the northern city of Irbil.


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Iraqis cheer after their Olympic football team scored a goal against Iraq's first opponent, Portugal, at a barber shop in Baghdad, Iraq, August 12, 2004 
  
The Iraqi national football team is now practicing in the northern city of Irbil, in the relatively 2 peaceful Kurdish region of the Iraq.  


Team manger Akram Salman says he wanted to resign because of death threats, but could not find anyone to take his place. So, he made the decision to move  the team out of Baghdad.


"As everyone knows, the situation in Iraq is very dangerous, especially for the professional players," he said.  "None of them could play in Baghdad.  We received many calls against the players and coaches.  It made it dangerous for our lives and our souls."


To many Iraqis, this team is a symbol of unity 3, and proves that, despite their differences Iraqis can work together.


"Like one team, there are Kurds, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians 4 from everyplace, Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra.  Everyplace!  It is like a basket of fruit," said Team trainer Jalal Rahman.


And he says that is why the team is being targeted by those who want to divide the country.  Team members say that, the team will continue to represent Iraq, regardless of where it is located.


"These dangers are trying to stop us and all sports," said Forward Emad Mohammad.  "But we have decided 5 to struggle on as a team, the Iraqi National Team.  And as part of the team, I try to prove this by playing for the team and succeeding, despite this difficult situation."


Based here in Irbil, the team hopes it can now focus exclusively on football.



n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
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。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
学英语单词
'Arad
a man and a brother
agent of carrier
alarm signal
all weather liquefied petroleum gas
annihilation gamma quantum
anuerobic respiration
arteria frontalis medialis
ascent rate
beat frequency meter
bloodthirsties
blower sprayer
body scoring
body searches
central oscillating cylinder linkage
chante
Cheneyville
cherry gum
chrysops flavescens
circular behavior
cold junciton
composition of conductor
converted journal entry
coshocton
digit significant
dishabituations
distillation with steam
Dolgaya Kosa
dotted crotchet
enthalpy of desalting
equilibrium reflux boiling point
extensive operations in farming
factory-worker
fast feathering
fiber bush
file allocation tables
film studio
float wheel
floating point base
gorge-walking
grandmozzer
gravity brake
haemoglobinopathy
hot-head
hydraulic-controlled bulldozer
Ifergane
insect endocrinology
intermediate speed pinion
iron(ii) metavanadate
joint effort
Ladies' Gallery
lakhdars
late release
line controller
mahanta
maukish
monodictys putredinis
motor repair
multipath signal
munchy
N star N
new-metal
newley
nickel(ii) nitrate ammoniated
nonprison
oblique speech
Oil Sample
oppressors
papier
peer entity authentication
personal liability policy
promotion activities
protection setting
radio telemetering
rated d.c. output current
red lead anticorrosive primer
red-mouth
reference stress
repine
revolver loan
ride easy
Ring of the Nibelung, The
rood-lofts
Sales Oliveira
schemies
screenings wrapping
seerhand
shirt dress
Sinemurian Stage
spasmodic cholera
spreadsheet package
stagnation line
storage utilization
style book
superkids
syndrome of stirring wind due to blood deficiency
Teeswaters
Tottori
turn our back on
urocyclid
VLAP
world legal order