Indonesian Rebels Free 138 Captives
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--国际时事
Tim Johnston
Separatist rebels in the Indonesian province of Aceh have released at least 138 captives to the Red Cross. The releases come shortly after the government scrapped 2 martial 3 law in Aceh, which human rights activists 4 say had led to widespread abuses.
The Free Aceh Movement released the captives, including a three-month-old baby, over the past few days, after negotiations 5 with the Red Cross. Some of the captives had been held since Jakarta imposed martial law on Aceh almost a year ago in an effort to end more than 25 years of separatist fighting.
Human rights activists have accused both sides of widespread abuses. Last week, Amnesty International said the military had terrorized people with numerous killings 6 and threats of arrest, torture and ill treatment. The report didn't spare the separatist movement, known by its Indonesian acronym 7 GAM, accusing it of kidnapping and robbing people.
The rebels accused many of its captives of collaborating 8 with the military authorities.
Jakarta says martial law will be lifted on Wednesday, the first anniversary of its imposition, but says the 40,000 troops in Aceh will remain, albeit 9 under a civilian 10 administrator 11.
The government says it has not yet decided 12 who the new civilian administrator will be. Newspaper reports indicate it will not be the previous governor, who has been accused of corruption 13. Observers say that would go some way to addressing one of the main grievances 15 of the Acehnese: lack of justice.
Landry Subianto is an analyst 16 with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, and he says that this is a step in the right direction, but the government still needs to do more.
"They now must concentrate on the improvement of the social facilities, and also the humanitarian 17, the development issues in Aceh and also the corruption case, and I don't sense any urgency within the government to improve the whole situations," he said.
The conflict in Aceh started in the 1970's, when the local population started agitating 18 for a larger share of the proceeds of the province's oil and gas fields. Analysts 19 say that Jakarta's brutal 20 attempts to suppress the revolt entrenched 22 hatred 23 among the population and made the problem even more intractable.
Indonesians go to the polls to elect a president in July, and both leading contenders for the post say they will look for new and less violent ways to calm the situation.
注释：
separatist [5sepEreitist] n. 分裂分子
Indonesian [7indEu5ni:FEn] adj. 印度尼西亚的
Aceh n. 亚齐（印度尼西亚的一个特区）
captive [5kAptiv] n. 俘虏
Red Cross 红十字会
scrap 1 [skrAp] vt. 废除
martial law 仲裁法
Free Aceh Movement 简称GAM，自由亚齐运动组织
Jakarta [dVE5kB:tE] n. 雅加达（印度尼西亚首都）
impose [im5pEuz] vt. 强制实施
accuse [E5kju:z] vt. 谴责
Amnesty International 国际特赦组织
torture [5tC:tFE] n. 折磨
acronym [5AkrEnim] n. 只取首字母的缩写词
kidnap [5kidnAp] vt. 绑架
rob [rCb] v. 抢夺
anniversary [7Ani5vE:sEri] n. 周年纪念
albeit [C:l5bi:It] conj. 虽然
corruption [kE5rQpFEn] n. 腐败，贪污
grievance 14 [5^ri:vEns] n. 冤情，不平
Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta雅加达战略与国际事务研究中心
concentrate [5kCnsentreit] v. 集中，浓缩
humanitarian [hju(:)7mAni5tZEriEn] n. 人道主义
conflict [5kCnflikt] n. 斗争，冲突
agitate 24 [5AdViteit] v. 煽动，激起
brutal [5bru:tl] adj. 残忍的
revolt [ri5vEult] n. 反抗
entrench 21 [in5trentF] v. 牢固树立，巩固
intractable [in5trAktEbl] adj. 难处理的
contender [kEn5tendE(r)] n. 竞争者
- A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
- Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
- The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
- The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
- 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》
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- 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。
- That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
- TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。
- Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
- He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。
- Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的，但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
- Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次，但他并没有气馁。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
- He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
- He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。
- The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- political groups agitating for social change 鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
- They are agitating to assert autonomy. 他们正在鼓吹实行自治。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- A series of measures were designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law.采取一系列措施旨在巩固民主和法制。
- These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.这些独裁者在政治上已经站稳了脚跟，很难推翻他们。
- Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
- If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地，我们就消灭他们。
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。