VOA标准英语2008年-Hindu-Christian Violence Kills 9 in India's Ori
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
In India's eastern Orissa State, spiraling violence between Hindus and Christians 2 has killed at least nine people. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports on the religious tensions gripping the region.
Smoke rises from a church torched by hard-line Hindus in Muniguda in Phulbani District of India's Orissa state, 26 Aug 2008
Authorities issued shoot-at-sight orders and police staged marches Wednesday in Orissa's Kandhamal District, the region worst-hit by violence between Hindus and Christians.
Kandhamal is a primarily tribal 3 area, where Christian 1 missionaries 4 have worked for decades. Almost 20 percent of the district's people are Christians.
The clashes erupted after the killing 5 of a Hindu leader, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, and four others on Saturday by unidentified armed men. The Hindu leader had been leading a drive to reconvert local residents from Christianity to Hinduism.
Since then, angry Hindu mobs have attacked and damaged churches, Christian homes and an orphanage 6. Some of the victims were burned to death, when rioters set fire to their homes.
Police say rival groups from both communities have attacked each other with axes, sticks and guns, despite a curfew. New clashes occurred Wednesday.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil says the federal government has asked state authorities to protect all communities.
"We asked them to take stern action to protect the properties, the churches, the life and limbs of people and properties and houses of other people also," said Patil.
Police say the Hindu leader was killed by local Maoist rebels. But Hindus blame Christians for his death. He belonged to a hard-line Hindu group called the World Hindu Council.
This is not the first time that tensions have run high between Hindus and Christians in Orissa. In 1999, a Hindu mob killed an Australian missionary 7 and his two sons by setting fire to their car.
Hard-line Hindu groups accuse Christian missionaries of trying to convert illiterate 8 tribal or Hindu villagers by alluring 9 them with promises of free education and medical care, a charge denied by the missionaries.
Christian organizations in India have asked the government to end the violence. Christians make up about two percent of India's population, which is predominantly Hindu.
- 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。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- 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》
- 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。
- They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
- They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。
- She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
- I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
- There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
- I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。