VOA常速英语2007年-Blasts Hit Three Northern Indian Cities, Killin
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
New Delhi
23 November 2007
Nearly simultaneous blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities killed at least 13 people and injured dozens more. As Anjana Pasricha reports from VOA's New Delhi bureau, several cities have suffered bomb attacks in recent years.
Police say the explosions went off around lunchtime Friday within 15 minutes of each other in three cities in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
In all three cities, Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, the explosions targeted court complexes. Several of those killed or injured were lawyers. Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. Varanasi is one of India's holiest Hindu cities. Faizabad is the twin city of Ayodhya, which has been a flashpoint for Hindu-Muslim tensions ever since an ancient Muslim mosque 1 was destroyed by a Hindu mob 16 years ago.
Police described the explosions in Varanasi and Faizabad as powerful ones. Television footage showed wreckage 2 strewn in the areas hit by the blasts, and wounded being carried to hospitals.
India's junior federal home minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal, said the fact that the blasts took place around the same time proved it was a conspiracy 3.
He said the motive 4 behind the blasts could be to disrupt communal 5 harmony in the country, to spread terror and to create an atmosphere of fear. Minister Jaiswal said the devices might have been planted in courts because big crowds are usually present outside courthouses.
A spokesman for the Uttar Pradesh Bar Association speculated that the courts might have been targeted because lawyers in the state had decided 6 earlier this year not to defend any terror suspects.
Several towns and cities across the country have been hit by blasts in recent years. In August, explosions killed 43 people in the southern city of Hyderabad. In Mumbai last year, more than 200 people died when bombs were placed inside commuter 7 trains.
Authorities blamed the attacks on Pakistan-based Islamic groups, which have waged a separatist insurgency 8 in Indian Kashmir for nearly two decades. Officials say that these militant 9 groups want to spark riots or clashes between India's majority Hindu community and minority Muslims.
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
- There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
- The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。
- 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。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网