2006年VOA标准英语-Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan Increase S
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
02 May 2006
A relative mourns over the dead body of Azatullah, who died after a suicide attack north of Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2006
A suicide attacker has hit a military convoy 1 on patrol outside the Afghan capital, Kabul killing 2 a civilian 3. Suicide bomb attacks have increased dramatically in Afghanistan during the past few days.
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The bomber 4 apparently 5 detonated a car packed with explosives as Canadian troops traveled along the main road leading from the capital to the American military base in Bagram.
Officials said the blast killed the suicide bomber and a local Afghan man. The Canadians reportedly escaped serious injury.
NATO spokesman Major Luke Knittig says international peacekeepers moved in quickly to secure the area.
"We have put a quick reaction force at the scene that is providing investigative and medical assistance," he said.
The early morning attack was the latest in a string of suicide bombings in recent days.
Officials count at least five attacks in the past two days, and more than 20 in the past two months.
Taleban insurgents 7 recently vowed 8 to intensify 9 their four-year-old fight against the U.S.-backed central government.
The hard-line Islamic group took control of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, providing sanctuary 10 to Osama bin 6 Laden 11 and his al-Qaida terrorist organization. The Taleban was driven from power in 2001 by a U.S.-led invasion.
Earlier this year, fugitive 12 Taleban officials claimed they had recruited some 200 suicide bombers 13 to attack government and foreign military targets.
But Afghan and coalition 14 officials say their development and peacekeeping projects will go ahead as planned.
Major Knittig, the NATO spokesman, says national and international forces are ready for whatever the Taleban has in store.
"It is part of a test that we fully 15 expected, and you're seeing growing capacity, particularly from Afghan security forces, to deal with this threat," noted 16 Knittig.
NATO has about 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, and will add another 5,000 later this year when it expands its security force to the country's southern and eastern provinces.
Last year, approximately 1,600 people in Afghanistan were killed by insurgent-related violence, the highest number since the invasion.
More than 300 people have been killed this year, including 15 American and at least seven Canadian soldiers.
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- 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
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
- They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。
- There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
- Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
- The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
- 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》
- 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。
- 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。