2007年VOA标准英语-Residents Flee Kenya Slum Fearing Police Crackd
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（六月）
Nairobi
08 June 2007
Police in Kenya continue searching through a sprawling 1 Nairobi slum, where they have been battling with members of the violent Mungiki sect 2 for the past four days. Hundreds of residents have fled the violence, which has left more than 30 people dead. For VOA, Katy Migiro has this report.
A woman with facial injuries runs away with her baby next to people rounded up during fighting between police and Mungiki sect in Nairobi's Mathare slum, 07 Jun 2007
On Friday, hundreds of people poured out of Nairobi's sprawling Mathare slum, which has been the epicenter of the bloody 3 police crackdown on the Mungiki sect. The residents carried mattresses 4, furniture and sacks of clothes in handcarts and cars.
Many said they feared further violence, not from the Mungiki, but from the Kenyan police.
A woman who did not want to be named said that she was beaten by the police who believed that she was married to a member of the Mungiki sect.
"They are claiming my husband is Mungiki. I told them I don't have a husband," she said. "They beat me. They said I should say where is my husband and he's Mungiki."
The police operation in the Nairobi slum began on Monday night, following the deaths of two officers. Officials blamed the sect for the killings 5.
On Thursday, some 500 members of the paramilitary wing of the police, known as the GSU, and regular police officers cordoned 6 off a section of the Mathare slum, barring anyone from entering or leaving the area for six hours. Men and women were separated and order to lie down in the dirt while they were frisked. Residents were told to help the police demolish 7 shacks 8 which the police said were known Mungiki hideouts. Twelve people were shot dead and around 200 were arrested.
David Kimaiyo, director of operations at Police Headquarter in Nairobi, denied that his officers have used excessive force.
The Mungiki are thought to be militants 9 from Kenya's biggest ethnic 10 group, the Kikuyu. Some have linked them to politicians wanting to cause unrest and fear ahead of December elections. The sect promotes such ancient tradtions as female circumcision which was outlawed 11 in 2002.
Five former and current members of parliament were recently questioned by the police over Mungiki connections.
- He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
- a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
- When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
- Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
- The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
- The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
- 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。
- Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused. 警方封锁了这个地区直到炸弹被拆除为止。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
- He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
- They live in shacks which they made out of wood. 他们住在用木头搭成的简陋的小屋里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Most people in Port au-Prince live in tin shacks. 太子港的大多数居民居住在铁皮棚里。 来自互联网
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- 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。