VOA标准英语2012--Malian Militias Train to Retake the North
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Malian Militias 2 Train to Retake the North
There's a new generation of the Ganda Koy. Its leaders revived the militia 1 in April shortly after armed groups seized Mali’s three northern regions. Volunteers are getting a crash course in being soldiers.
Commander Djibril Moussa Diallo is among the ex-military officers who founded the Ganda Koy in opposition 3 to the Tuareg rebellions of the 1990s. "I stand before a thousand fighters, young patriots 4 ready to liberate 5 the North," he stated. "These fighters are dedicated 6. They don't need salaries or payment. They have courage."
Diallo says the Ganda Koy has about 1500 fighters. New recruits live and train at this government-owned compound in Sevare, not far from the Malian military base, just south of the frontline. Most of the recruits are from the North. For now, they are using the few weapons they have for training.
Mariame Ouellette joined in May. "A woman can do anything a man can do," she said. "It's the heart that counts."
The revival 7 of the militias has sparked concern that fighting in the North could devolve into ethnic 8 violence and inter-communal score settling, as it did in the 1990s.
Diallo says abuses won’t be tolerated. "This fight is not about vengeance 9. It is about dignity. We have lost our dignity, and we want it back," he added. "We want to liberate our people who are suffering under occupation. If certain elements disregard orders and set out on revenge, we will stop it."
Here, recruits work on battle formation. It is not clear what, if any, official role militias like the Ganda Koy will play in any miltiary offensive to the North. But six northern militias, representing various ethnic groups, have united under a loose coalition 10, the Patriotic 11 Forces of Resistance or FPR.
In Bamako, Mali's capital, FPR President Harouna Toureh says negotiation 12 hasn't worked in the past and is not an option now. He says "a war of reconciliation 13" is needed. "I know that sounds paradoxical but that is what we will do. It means that we are going to free the territory with our army and then weed out these evildoers once and for all," he declared. "So that the various populations can live together again in peace.”
Back up north on the edge of occupied territory, that peace looks a long way off.
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
- The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
- 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。
- Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
- These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
- They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
- This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
- The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
- He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
- For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
- The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
- Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。