时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


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A British woman who had been helping 1 the handicapped in Afghanistan has become the latest victim of Taliban violence targeting foreign aid workers in the country. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul that Afghanistan's government and aid agencies are vowing 2 that such attacks will not hamper 3 the international effort to rebuild the country.
 






Afghan official stands near scene where female Western aid worker was shot dead in Kabul, 20 Oct 2008



International officials say assistance programs for Afghanistan should not be undermined by the rising number of attacks on foreign aid workers here.

A worker for the Christian 4 charity, SERVE Afghanistan, was shot dead Monday morning as she walked to her job in suburban 5 Kabul.

Police and diplomatic sources say Gayle Williams, a British national of South African origin working with the disabled, was attacked by gunmen who got off a motorcycle and fired at her numerous times.

The fundamentalist Taliban say they killed the woman because she was working for an organization that was preaching Christianity in the predominately Muslim nation.

Several other Christian charities in the country contacted by VOA News say they intend to maintain a low profile and do not want to comment on how the killing 6 would affect their operations here.

Security groups working with international organizations say attacks on aid workers are at their highest level in six years.

Spokesman Dan McNorton of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan tells VOA News it is too early to say what impact the latest killing in Kabul might have on the operations of foreign aid agencies in the country.

"We are all aware that Afghanistan has seen an increase in security incidents," McNorton said. "And it has become increasingly difficult for humanitarian 7 agencies to work in the country. But most agencies are still here and most agencies are still getting on with their jobs of providing help to the people of Afghanistan."

Three female aid workers and their Afghan driver were ambushed 8 and killed in August by Taliban insurgents 9. There have also been more than 70 reported abductions of aid workers this year in Afghanistan.

But it is ordinary Afghans who continue to be the primary targets of the increasing violence perpetrated by the Taliban, other rebel groups and criminal gangs.

Kidnappings of wealthy Afghans have become routine. The latest reported abduction: Hamayon Shah Asifi, the influential 10 and wealthy brother-in-law of former King Zahir Shah.

An estimated three thousand Afghans have died due to insurgency 11-related violence this year

In one of the latest major incidents, Taliban fighters are claiming responsibility for killing about 30 people on two buses in southern Kandahar province last week. The insurgents say they attacked the buses because they were filled with Afghan soldiers. But government officials say those who were killed were all civilians 12, including a child.

On the battlefront, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force says a two-day battle against militants 13 has left 20 insurgents dead in Maydan Wardak province, where the Taliban have a presence less than 60 kilometers southwest of Kabul.

Countering the rising insurgency, besides the Afghan National Army, are 65,000 international troops - either under the command of NATO or the U.S. military.



n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
vt.妨碍,束缚,限制;n.(有盖的)大篮子
  • There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
  • The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • 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。
adj.城郊的,在郊区的
  • Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
  • There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • 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
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • 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。
学英语单词
ablation shields
administrative-law judge
adult movies
aerobic composting
amanita virgineoides
and I don't know what else
angle bead
antifear
arse-crack
atinga (nigeria)
aznars
balsam
benzeneazo cresol
ceiling on wages
cellasin
center for shipping information and advisory services
centralized adaptive routing
completely self-protected distribution transformer
copygraph
critical limit
daylight lighting
diamond training
dichotomist
Didah
dioristical
DO delivery order
dog's-leather
economy system science
equal opportunity for all
error absolute
error rate damping
Exochognathus
external profile diameter
Faladoira, Sa.da
fermentation cylinder
fettling door
flatteners
formosina ochracea
free-format
function
gomels
good-government
ground-out
herring roe
high-power broadcasting
high-speed calculator
ICI182780
in want
interest per day
intraocular microforceps
language science
man-induced event
Mangoni
measurement data transmission
milesina miyabei
moar elveation of boiling point
multilevel flash memories
mythicisations
Māni, Wādī al
narrative address
neo-conceptual
neuro-psychologists
nocturnus
ota
panama zephyr
pars sternocostalis (pericardii)
pearlitic cementite
physics class
pilot plunger
potch
protect environment
Radonin
rib-ticklers
robot technology
rod milling
runkle
rustinesses
self-complacent
selfabandonment
sleeved roller traction chain
social intelligence
sprogged
stage-specific
starter terminal stud
straw mushroom
sun-day
taxi-dancers
tendino-
the devonian
three-forked jump
tiwari
trumpet moonflower
tudes
tunicae uveae
under the premise
underdetermine
ustilaginous
vestibulo-cochlear artery
vrsceralgia
walk over sb.
walking up
whistness