时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月


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AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Al-Qaida Group Says It Attacked Ivory Coast Resort 基地组织称其袭击象牙海岸


A militant 1 group linked to al-Qaida terrorists said it attacked a vacation area in Ivory Coast on Sunday.


Six attackers with weapons killed 14 civilians 2 and two soldiers. Twenty-two people were wounded.


SITE Intelligence is an organization that examines terrorist websites. It reported that an anti-government group in Algeria -- called al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM -- said its members carried out the attack.


SITE said AQIM called three of the attackers “heroes.”


Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara called the attackers cowards. He visited where the attacks took place, and said all the attackers were killed.


Jean-Baptiste Beugré works at a hotel next to the attack area. He says he saw a gunman arrive. The attacker wore military clothing and carried a military weapon. He says the attacker shot people, including children and women.


Witnesses said the gunmen looked young and carried many weapons.


Marcel Gue? survived the attack. He said an attacker asked a man if he was going to a mosque 3, or Muslim religious center. The man said he was, and the gunman did not shoot him.


When the gunman asked another man if he attended a mosque, the man said he did not. The gunman shot and killed him.


Witnesses said militants 4 walked to the beach of one of the three hotels that was attacked, called the Southern Star. The hotel was reportedly filled with people from other countries.


The attack is the third deadly shooting in the past few months in West Africa. In November, gunmen attacked a hotel in Mali. In January, armed men attacked a hotel and a restaurant in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has also claimed responsibility for those attacks.


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vacation - n. a period of time that a person spends away from home, usually to rest or for travel


coward - n. someone who is too frightened to do what is right


mosque – n. a building that is used for Muslim religious services


beach - n. a sand- or rock-covered area that is next to an ocean or lake



adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • 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。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • 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。
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