VOA标准英语2012--Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments
For Som Bunnarith, memories of the day acid violence changed his life forever are as vivid in his mind as the scars on his skin.
“When it splashed on me, it felt hot. It even burned through the wood on the floor. I realized it was acid,” said Bunnarith.
The attacker was his wife, he said, upset with his late nights out. When he came home one morning, she threw the burning liquid on his face.
“My son told me, jump into the river, daddy. I jumped into the river. I was blinking in the water. Then I couldn’t see anything,” said Bunnarith.
That was more than 15 years ago. Today, Bunnarith is a peer counselor 1 at the Cambodian Acid Survivors 2 Charity, a refuge where people recovering from acid attacks receive care and rehabilitation 3.
It’s a necessary service. The charity has recorded more than 300 acid attacks in Cambodia, going back to the 1980s. But those are just the ones they know of, said Ziad Samman, the center's project manager.
“The reason why it is so disturbing is because the intention is not to necessarily kill the intended victim, but to leave them marked physically 4 and emotionally for the rest of their life,” said Samman.
Such attacks continue despite the passage of a tough new acid attack law late last year.
At just 18 years old, Koy Sreylak became one of this country’s most recent victims of acid violence.
“I just want the court to arrest the girl that threw acid on me, and put her in prison. That's what I want,” said Sreylak.
Advocates for acid attacks victims say they’re hopeful such cases will make it to trial under the new law, which carries tough penalties for convicted offenders 5.
But they also want strict regulations on the sale of all acids, including those contained in car and motorcycle batteries, or used for purifying gold and cleaning jewelry 6.
“Only half of the legislation was essentially 7 approved. All of the regulatory aspects rely on a sub-decree, which has not been developed. So at the moment, if the law has two arms, punishment for perpetrators and regulation, only one of it is officially in effect at the moment,” said Samman.
While advocates wait for the legislation to be fully 8 implemented 9, survivors like Bunnarith, are trying to get on with their lives.
- The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
- Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
- Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
- Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。
- The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
- Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
- 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。
- This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句