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英语课
By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
23 January 2007






Palestinian girl, shows wedding picture of her father Adnan Abdullah at her apartment at Baghdad's eastern Baladiat district, after arrest of her father and uncles by Iraqi police (File photo - 26 March 2006) 


Palestinian girl, shows wedding picture of her father Adnan Abdullah at her apartment in Baghdad's eastern Baladiat district, after the  arrest of her father and uncles by Iraqi police (File photo - 26 March 2006) 



The U.N. refugee agency reports 17 Palestinian men were seized from their apartments in Baghdad by armed men wearing some sort of police uniforms. The UNHCR says it is unable to verify reports that the men have now been released. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.


U.N. refugee spokesman Ron Redmond says the Palestinian men were living in apartments rented by the UNHCR. He says the abductions occurred very early in the morning. He says the men were driven away in police vehicles, but their families were left alone.


"Witnesses said the policemen entered the apartments of the Palestinians by force at 5:00 a.m. today, breaking doors and windows and leaving the place a mess. UNHCR is very concerned and is seeking information on the Palestinians' whereabouts from Iraqi authorities. The special representative of the secretary-general in Baghdad is also taking this up with senior Iraqi officials," said Redmond.


There are an estimated 15,000 Palestinians remaining in Iraq. This is less than half of the estimated figure before the US-led invasion in 2003. The UNHCR says the Palestinians are living in constant fear of harassment 1, killings 2, and kidnappings in Baghdad.


Redmond tells VOA no one really knows the identity of the uniformed men who took the Palestinians away.


"It is true that there have been numerous reports of uniformed people abducting 3 people in Baghdad," he said. "So, that sort or thing has to be a concern. But, this may or may not have been legitimate 4. We do not know."


Palestinians had received preferential treatment under the regime of Saddam Hussein. After Saddam was toppled, many were evicted 5 by landlords hostile to their presence.


Redmond says the 17 abducted 6 Palestinians were among those who lost their homes in 2003. He says they have been housed in group apartments provided by the UNHCR and the Ministry 7 of Displacement 8 and Migration 9.


He says many Palestinians fearful for their lives have tried to flee Baghdad. But, he says it is very difficult for them to move because they lack documentation.


"They cannot get the paperwork required to leave Iraq. And, also, they have an extremely difficult time getting access to surrounding countries," added Redmond. "There are still some 500 Palestinians, for example, stuck at the Syrian border and more than 100 in an isolated 10 desert camp in Jordan."


Redmond says many Palestinians who have tried to leave Baghdad have been turned back by militia 11.




n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
劫持,诱拐( abduct的现在分词 ); 使(肢体等)外展
  • She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
  • At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时,发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
v.(依法从房屋里或土地上)驱逐,赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
  • They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。
劫持,诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(肢体等)外展
  • 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。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
n.移置,取代,位移,排水量
  • They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
  • The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
n.民兵,民兵组织
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
学英语单词
abashment
air levels
alignment of rotor
Allomorphia urophylla
azoic coupling component
beta circuit
calibration tape
Camellia multisepala
cephalosporium gramineum nishikado et ikata
cephradine
chrome mordant dyeing
chromosome chain
common ligament of weber
computer fluency
county councils
crank effect
cross-promote
day of year
despisedness
dimensional similarity
dotted tongue
double sided board
double-block brake
earth and underground working timber
echo sounding apparatus
effector ceptor
emergency stratum
epigenome
esophageal motility dysfunction
eustatic change
exclusive listing
feeblish
forest rent theory
francophone
frequency swing
front of
glycolyx
Gorodetskiy Rayon
heap construction
hoopid salmon
hysteresis advance
imidazolates
incitant
independant
ingegno
Kerdous
Lambeth
Lengenwang
linear epoxy resin
literary journalism
lived
magnetic aging
malignant malnutrition
manager assistant
mark recording
mericlinal chimera (jorgensen & crane 1927)
model corridor facility
molecular depresion of freezing-point
mowell
multistage decoding
negative pledge clause
new zealand white mouse (nzw)
Nuckolls County
objective table
open veil
operation diagram
optimum zero-lag filter
orde
order myxobacterialess
orthographic
other income budget
outs-of-wedlock
pallidiflorin
paradise road
Penfold-Leiss method
photofragment spectroscopy
Podocarpium
prefile
primigravid
pull out power
purposes
push-button range changing
radioteria
railway load out bin
rebound elasticity
Reichschancellor
scyphi
self deceive
serre-fine
sigma factor
single face corrugated fiberboard
six-ways
slapping on
sportin'
squickiness
supposed to
tenebrionoids
to hit the hay
top-finishing
upperbody
wheatflour
yard mode apply relay