VOA标准英语2009-Philippines Declares State of Emergency as M
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)
Officials say the death toll 1 from an attack on an election caravan 2 has risen to 46, after police found 22 more bodies in a mass grave.
Daniel Schearf | Bangkok 24 November 2009
Civilians look on as police officers carry dead bodies on a dump truck along a hillside in Datu Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines, 24 Nov 2009
"No effort will be spared to bring justice to the victims and hold the perpetrators accountable to the full limit of the law," says President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 3.
The government of the Philippines has declared a state of emergency in parts of the south after a massacre 4 of at least 46 people, including 12 journalists. Press freedom groups have condemned 5 the attack as the worst in history and express skepticism that those responsible will be brought to justice.
As more bodies were uncovered from the location of a massacre on the southern island of Mindanao Tuesday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency.
That allows the police and military to impose a curfew and conduct random 6 searches as they hunt for those who carried out the attack.
Speaking on national television, Mrs. Arroyo said she is sending military leaders and the head of the national police to oversee 7 the operation.
"No effort will be spared to bring justice to the victims and hold the perpetrators accountable to the full limit of the law," said Mrs. Arroyo.
The victims were seized Monday by gunmen as they drove in a convoy 8 to register Ismael Mangudadatu as a candidate for governor of Maguindanao province. About 20 bodies were discovered later in the day, and the rest found on Tuesday.
The Philippine military suspects the politically powerful Ampatuan family is behind the attack and has deployed 9 troops to search for the provincial 10 governor, Andal Ampatuan and a militia 11 loyal to him.
At least 12 journalists who were accompanying the group are among the dead.
Philippine elections often are violent, but Monday's attack was particularly shocking for its scope.
Rowena Paraan is director of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. She says election season has always been dangerous for Philippine journalists, but these killings 12 are the worst in the country's history.
"It actually attacks two very fundamental foundations of democracy. One is election and the other is press freedom," she said. "If you have problems with these two, and you're supposed to be in a democratic society, then I think there is a very big problem. And, it brings serious questions on whether there is indeed democracy in the Philippines or not."
Paraan says she is not very confident the government will prosecute 13 those responsible for the killings, despite the Philippine president's declaration.
She says past investigations 14 of political killings have produced few results.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
- Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。
- She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。
- They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
- 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。
- 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。
- I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
- Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。