VOA标准英语2010年-Mothers Appeal for Release of Sons Hel
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(九)月
This has been a bittersweet week for Cindy Hickey, the mother of Shane Bauer, the American hiker who became engaged to Sarah Shourd during their prison stay.
On the one hand, Hickey said she is thrilled by Tuesday's news that Shourd, who suffered severe health problems while in prison, had been released after posting $500,000 bail 1. At the same time, her son Shane and another hiker, Josh Fattal, still languish 2 behind bars, accused of crimes they say they did not commit.?
"That makes us very sad," said Hickey. "We want Shane and Josh to be released also. They need to be reunited with their families."
Josh Fattal's mother, Laura Fattal, stressed the positive.
"We are hoping the compassion 3 of the Supreme 4 Leader [as well as] President Ahmadinejad, and all the branches of the Islamic Republic of Iran's government, will work together and with the compassion they showed to Sarah, please, please let them extend it to my son, and his good friend Shane," said Fattal.
"Yes, we are very happy that Sarah is home, but now we need Shane and Josh home and we need them home now," said Hickey. "It is time for their release. We need to get Shane out so we can continue those wedding plans."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to be in New York to address the United Nations next week. The mothers hope he will release their children as a gesture of good will. Mr. Ahmadinejad has said that he has "no influence" over his nation's judiciary.
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- Without the founder's drive and direction,the company gradually languished.没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
- New products languish on the drawing board.新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
- He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
- Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。