过去两年伊拉克有19000平民死亡
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月
AS IT IS 2016-01-24 Nearly 19,000 Iraqi Civilians 1 Killed in Two Years 过去两年伊拉克有19000平民死亡
The United Nations says that nearly 19,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the fighting with Islamic State militants 2 in the past two years.
In addition to the 18,800 civilians deaths, the United Nations report says another 36,000 were wounded between January 2014 and October 2015.
The report includes interviews from victims, survivors 3 or witnesses of violations 4.
Ravina Shamdasani is a U.N. human rights spokesperson. She says the numbers do not fully 5 represent what is happening in Iraq. The report only includes the number of people directly killed by violence. It does not include many others who have died from lack of access to food, water or medical care.
UN blames Islamic State
U.N. observers blame most of these deaths on Islamic State militants. They say victims include those seen as being opposed to the terror group’s rule. Victims have included government civil servants, doctors and lawyers, journalists and tribal 6 and religious leaders. The report says women and children are subject to sexual violence and sexual slavery.
The report finds that people judged by Islamic State's self-appointed courts face punishments, such as stoning and amputations. It details examples of public executions. The examples include shootings, beheadings, burning people alive and throwing people off of buildings.
Crimes against humanity
The U.N. spokesperson says some of the incidents are war crimes and crimes against humanity. She says the Islamic State targets ethnic 7 and religious minorities.
The U.N. finds pro-government forces also are guilty of human rights violations. It says it has received reports of unlawful killings 8 and other abuses by those forces. The U.N. report notes some of these incidents may have been actions against supposed Islamic State supporters.
Words in This Story
spokesperson - n. a person who speaks for someone else or a group
access - n. a way of getting at or near someone or something
journalists - n. news reporters; media workers
amputate – v. to cut off (part of a person's body)
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- 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。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。