VOA标准英语2012--Two Brothers Wage Media War for Syrian Rebels
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Two Brothers Wage Media War for Syrian Rebels
It’s a dangerous trek 1 across the Turkish border into Syria. With the Turkish military patrolling one side and Syrian rebel fighters on the other, the risk of being caught up in the conflict is extremely high.
But for Syrian Ayman Al Haddad, 29, it’s a risk he is willing to take.
“I have to find a way to go inside and make something for those people who [Syrian President] Bashar Assad killed them," says Al Haddad. "So I think that I cannot carry gun, but I can bring them some technology - we are not just in a gun machine war, we are in a media war and in a media war it means you need technology. You have to use technology.”
Al Haddad is helping 2 Syrian opposition 3 activists 4 get their stories communicated outside the country. On a recent journey into Syria, Al Haddad brought satellite phones and computers to the Free Syrian Army, so they can transmit pictures and video.
Media coverage 5 inside Syria is limited to state-run broadcasts. International reporting is spotty as Syria does not allow foreign reporters to roam freely, leaving the foreigners to cover the stories illicitly 6.
So, Al Haddad says, it up to the Free Syrian Army to tell their stories.
“They need good coverage from the media," he says. "Till now the media is not covering well. It’s only covering a few parts from Syria."
Al Haddad's brother, Abood, 18, lives and travels with the Free Syrian Army, documenting scenes from the frontlines and sending information to his older brother to distribute.
Al Haddad says his brother, seen here injured during a fierce attack on the FSA, is his hero.
“Today we must document everything in this revolution," he says. "Everybody killed. Every woman killed."
Al Haddad says the Free Syrian Army must publicize their plight 7. And he says rebels must tell of their lack of military training.
“I saw these brave people that they don’t have any experience with the guns, any experience with war, because it’s really war,” he added.
Al Haddad vows 8 to continue the media war. “I will stay helping my people in my county," he says. "I have no choice. I have to. They are my family."
- We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
- It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。
- 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。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- That substance illicitly to fool quality-inspection testers because it can mimic the properties of protein. 乳制品之所以添加三聚氰胺是因为它可以虚增蛋白质含量、在质量测试中蒙混过关。
- Western governments international bodies should police Gaza's borders and crossing-points to stop weapons illicitly coming in. 西方政府和国际组织应该巡查加沙边界和交叉区域，阻止武器的非法流入。
- The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
- She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。