VOA标准英语10月-Three Shot Dead in Afghan Capital
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（十月）
General Mirza Mohammad Yarmand (l), director of Interior Ministry 4's Criminal Investigation 5 Dept. at scene of DHL shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 Oct 2008
Afghan officials say the two Westerners were gunned down as they sat in a vehicle in front of the German-owned freight company DHL.
On the scene, General Mirza Mohammad Yarmand, the director of the Interior Ministry's criminal investigation department, told reporters the shots were fired from inside the DHL office.
General Yarmand says one of the guards at the DHL facility fired at the vehicle, killing 2 the two foreign company officials and their Afghan bodyguard 6. He says a motive 7 has not been established.
The DHL office is located at a busy intersection 8 across from the Iranian Embassy, in an upscale section of Kabul.
Police and diplomats 9 say the two DHL officials - the country director and deputy director -- were from Britain and South Africa.
Officials of Saladin, a British-based private security company confirmed to VOA News that the Afghan guard who died was employed by them.
Authorities say two other Afghans, standing 10 outside the DHL office, were wounded in the shooting.
Evidence, including bullet casings, recovered from inside DHL office following fatal shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 Oct 2008
Police detained 13 people, including DHL employees and guards. Interior Ministry officials say they are questioning them to determine whether the shooting stemmed from an "internal dispute" or outsiders were involved.
The latest violence comes less than a week after the shooting death of Gayle Williams, a British-South African national working for a Christian 11 charity in Kabul. Taliban insurgents 12 claimed they attacked the young woman because her British organization, SERVE Afghanistan, was spreading Christianity.
The charity denied it was proselytizing 13 but decided 14 to close its operation in the country following the killing.
Security has deteriorated 15 in the capital and many parts of the country. Taliban insurgents and criminal gangs are blamed for a recent wave of killings and kidnappings targeting Afghans and foreigners.
Afghan authorities say several foreigners have been abducted 16 in the past few days in the country. Among them are two Bangladeshi development workers in Ghazni province and two Turkish engineers hired to erect 17 a communications tower near the Pakistani border in Khost province.
- We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
- There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
- The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。
- 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。
- There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
- Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- 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。
- 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
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
- His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。
- 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。