VOA标准英语2008年-Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 24 in Pakistan
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（一月）
Islamabad
10 January 2008
At least 24 people were killed and more than 60 were injured when a suicide bomber 1 struck outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city, Lahore. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from Islamabad.
Lahore Police Chief Malik Iqbal says the bomber was aiming at police, who were deployed 2 outside the Lahore courthouse Thursday, preparing for an anti-government protest by lawyers.
"This was a suicide attack and the police on duty were the target," he said.
Local television footage showed a chaotic 3 scene outside the courthouse, with the road littered with the dead and injured.
Pakistan has suffered from a wave of bomb attacks in recent months, mostly against the security forces. Hundreds of people have been killed. The government blames Islamic militants 4 linked to al-Qaida for the attacks.
Two weeks ago, opposition 5 leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated 6 in a bomb and gunfire attack, as she left an election rally in Rawalpindi.
Police Chief Iqbal says security has been tightened 7, throughout Lahore, following the latest attack.
"A large number of police are deployed…and the entire police (are) under high security alert and a large number of policemen are spread out around Lahore…. And, we are enhancing the security of important personalities," he said.
However, Ayaz Amir, a political analyst 8, says the continuing violence, coupled with a deepening power crisis, is plunging 9 the nation into chaos 10.
"It really means a greater slide into chaos. The government is loosing its grip," Amir said. "It doesn't have its grip on anything…They don't have a grip on energy, the power cuts and they don't certainly have a grip on the suicide bombers 11 or whoever is causing mayhem across the country. They don't have a grip on that."
President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency, last November, and suspended the constitution. He says the extreme measures were necessary to curb 12 rising violence by Islamic militants.
But opponents say his real motive 13 was to dismiss judges who were getting ready to rule that his re-election as president had been illegal. Since then, the nation's lawyers have been among Mr. Musharraf's strongest critics.
The emergency was lifted in December and elections were scheduled for this month. But the three days of rioting that followed the Bhutto assassination 14 prompted Mr. Musharraf to postpone 15 the elections to February 18.
- 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。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- 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 party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
- The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
- His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。