2006年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Lawmaker Seeks Review of Crackdown in
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（八月）
By Gilbert da Costa
Abuja
30 August 2006
The government's security crackdown in the troubled Niger Delta 1 has provoked a huge debate in Nigeria regarding the best strategy to deal with violence in the region. Some Nigerian leaders are advocating new ways to deal with the problem.
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A Nigerian army gunboat arrives at Ikang near Calabar in the Niger Delta area, Aug. 14, 2006
Niger Delta activists 3 are worried small gangs out for quick money in the region could be undermining their cause.
The Movement for the Emancipation 4 of the Niger Delta, known as MEND, the main militant 5 group in the campaign for greater local control of oil wealth, says recent kidnappings of oil workers for ransom 6 are a huge distraction 7.
The group ordered the release Tuesday of an Italian oil worker kidnapped last week in Nigeria. Mario Paresi was abducted 8 at gunpoint from a bar in the main oil city of Port Harcourt, the eighth such incident in the region this month.
The Nigerian House of Representatives' powerful Committee on Navy has conducted numerous studies and public hearings on the Niger Delta, particularly the use of military force in the area.
Committee chairman Anthony Aziegbemi says any security crackdown should target criminal elements and not those fighting for greater resources.
"I think clearly, military option alone would not surely do this," Aziegbemi said. "Outright 9 criminals in the place, people that engage in illegal bunkering [stealing], people that engage in vandalizing of pipelines 10 and stealing of petroleum 11 products ... these people have to be separated from the normal and appropriate agitation 12 of people of the Niger Delta for more developmental projects. Those people have to be dealt with separately."
Analysts 13 say a more cautious approach is desirable to avoid an escalation 14 of violence, which could jeopardize 15 the struggling oil industry even further.
President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo
President Olusegun Obasanjo earlier this month ordered security to crack down on kidnappers 16.
Gamaliel Onosode,a leading businessman and a Delta activist 2, says the deep-seated anger in the region could ease with the implementation 17 of a government development blueprint 18.
"We will have to work together in order to reassure 19 those of us who are from the Niger Delta that there is a change of heart and that the long-standing problems of the region will be addressed in a manner that would convince everyone that a new day has dawned," he said.
Meanwhile, security forces confirmed the arrest of 15 suspects believed to be responsible for kidnappings and violence in the region in the past few weeks.
Last week in Abuja, four suspected militants 20 were charged with terrorism. At least 40 expatriate workers have been kidnapped and released since January.
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
- The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- 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。
- If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
- You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
- The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
- The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
- These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
- Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句
- Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
- If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。
- 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》
- All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
- The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
- This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。