2007年VOA标准英语-S. Korea Mourns Hostage Death, While Seeking to
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（七月）
Seoul
26 July 2007
South Korea says kidnappers 1 who killed a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan will be held accountable for their actions. As family and friends of the victim mourn, South Korean negotiators are trying to save the lives of 22 other hostages still in the custody 2 of Taleban insurgents 3. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul.
Relatives of South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan react while they deliver a speech for the hostages in Seoul, South Korea, 26 July 2007
Family and friends of a murdered South Korean hostage said Thursday they are relying on each other to deal with the tragedy.
Cha Song-min, a spokesman for the families, says they are consoling each other and avoiding moment-by-moment news coverage 4.
Afghan officials say Taleban insurgents riddled 5 42-year-old Christian 6 pastor 7 Bae Hyung-kyu with bullets. Then they dumped his body near where he and 22 other South Korean Christian aid workers were taken hostage a week ago.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, who calls himself a spokesman for the hard-line Islamist militants 9, confirmed the grim news Thursday. He says Taleban members carried out the shooting because negotiations 10 with Afghan and South Korean representatives had failed. He also later said the other hostages are still alive.
Baek Jong-chun, a senior secretary to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, offered condolences to Bae's family, and condemned 11 the killing 12.
Baek says the kidnappers will be held accountable for taking the life of a South Korean citizen.
The kidnappers demand that a number of their comrades be released from Afghan prisons in exchange for the hostages' release.
Chun Ho-sun, a spokesman for South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, says Mr. Roh has held several phone discussions with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai. He says dealing 13 with the hostage-takers is a complex affair.
Chun says even though the basic demands of the insurgents are well known, the specific details of the demands are constantly changing - because the militants are divided into at least 10 sub-groups with different goals.
The hostages defied a South Korean ban on travel to Afghanistan to carry out what their church describes as humanitarian 14 activities. South Korea has a few hundred military and civilian 15 personnel in the country, providing non-combat support to international security forces there.
Many South Koreans have expressed more anger at the hostages than the Taleban. Critics describe them as proselytizing 16 missionaries 17, who unnecessarily put themselves at risk in a militant 8 Islamic area.
There is also some resentment 18 toward the United States, the dominant 19 force in the international coalition 20 providing security in Afghanistan. U.S. and international forces attacked Afghanistan and ousted 21 the former Taleban government because it was sheltering the al Qaida terrorist group responsible for the September 2001 attacks in the U.S.
- 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》
- 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。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
- The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
- We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
- 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 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。
- 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。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- Some missionaries came from England in the Qing Dynasty. 清朝时，从英国来了一些传教士。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The missionaries rebuked the natives for worshipping images. 传教士指责当地人崇拜偶像。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
- She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
- The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
- She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。