时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(二月)


英语课
By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
08 February 2007

The Kenyan government has promised to crack down on the flow of illegal arms into urban areas and the people using them.  The government says a flood of weapons into Kenya from neighboring Somalia is partly responsible for the recent surge of violent crime, particularly in the capital Nairobi.  From Nairobi, VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has this report.


In a speech broadcast live on national television and radio, Kenya's official government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, appealed for public help in apprehending 1 nearly 24 men suspected of carrying out fatal carjackings and robberies in recent weeks.


"The police today will issue a list of at least 20 wanted very dangerous armed criminals who are roaming the streets and living in your neighborhoods," he said.  "If you know where they are, tell us so that we can round them up."


Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has expressed concern about the rise in violent crime, especially in and around the capital, where diplomats 2 and foreigners have been targeted along with many Kenyans.


The police estimate at least 50 civilians 3 and security officials have been killed in the past two months in incidents related to violent crime.






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A Somali boy sits near different heavy caliber guns returned by different warlords in Mogadishu



Most attackers have been armed with unlicensed AK-47 assault rifles, which the Kenyan government says are being smuggled 5 in from war-ravaged Somalia and sold on the streets of Nairobi and elsewhere in the country. 


Kenya has strict laws against possession of unlicensed weapons, and people who use them to commit crimes could face the death penalty.


But Government Spokesman Mutua says the laws are often ignored because of lax enforcement.


"We would like to correct this," he added.  "So, if you are arrested with an illegal weapon - if it is the father and his son is using the weapon and it is in your house, all of you will be locked up and charged with capital punishment, so as to make sure this is taken with the seriousness it deserves."


To discourage criminal activities, Mutua says Kenyan security forces will also arrest and prosecute 6 people who knowingly buy stolen goods.


Nairobi has long been known for its high-crime rate, earning it the unwanted nickname of "Nai-robbery" among residents.


But even long-time residents have been unnerved by the vicious and brazen 7 nature of recent attacks, some of which have made headlines around the world. 


Last August, carjackers in Nairobi stabbed Russia's ambassador to Kenya before robbing him.  A month later, an American military attaché was wounded by armed carjackers, who ambushed 8 his vehicle near the U.S. embassy.


In January, the wife and mother-in-law of a political officer at the U.S. embassy was shot and killed by carjackers on the outskirts 9 of the capital.  A week later, the regional director for the non-governmental organization CARE was gunned down during another attempted carjacking in Nairobi.


The insecurity prompted the United States to issue a warning Tuesday advising Americans not to travel to Kenya and warned Americans in the country to exercise caution.




逮捕,拘押( apprehend的现在分词 ); 理解
  • China has not been totally unsuccessful apprehending corruption suspects. 在逮捕腐化分子方面,中国并非毫无进展。
  • Apprehending violence is not an easy task. 惧怕暴力不是一件容易的事。
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.能力;水准
  • They ought to win with players of such high caliber.他们选手的能力这样高,应该获胜。
  • We are always trying to improve the caliber of our schools.我们一直在想方设法提高我们学校的水平。
水货
  • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
vt.告发;进行;vi.告发,起诉,作检察官
  • 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?
adj.厚脸皮的,无耻的,坚硬的
  • The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
  • Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败,而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
学英语单词
.ani
abandoned infant
ageable
aggregate national income
asclepias curassavicas
back-fired
bad policies
BD-CELLULOSE
be a piece of cake
bevis
blow run
booby prize
booty call
Bourbourg
brevipen
captain deck
caput articular
carrier vehicle
ceratobranchial segment
Chanco
chiu tzu y?eh
cocto-immunogen
cold pressed juice
commissive mood
coxarthritis
deucing
digital reflection hologram
digital telemeter receiver
directoral
draw a check
everlastingnesses
exercise price
fall witchgrass
fetch around
field slave
fine spray metal transfer
Firuzeh
flow control bypass valve
indirogar
internal damping losses
klystron oscillator
Knole
leaf of negundo chastetree
leaky Rayleigh wave
left module
liquid level control
liquid liabilities
Longhurst Plateau
Michaelis-Gutmann bodies
multitown
muscular receptor apparatus
N-cholylglycine
nappiness
neocolonialization
oil of winter-green
one person
one-way trade
Osterstedt
over-generalisations
pigment minerals
plain squirrel cage motor
prewired option
primary permeability
principal tangent
propagation of light
prussics
raceway for wiring
radio-transmitting set
rapid depreciation procedures
regular screw thread
root registry
root-hair region
rubberstamp
run-resistant
satellite-tosatellite tracking
saw tooth hob
Shahejie Formation
shahstah
shirron
short title catalog
sleake
Snoqualmie Falls
splenoblast
steriliser
stick something up your ass
sturtevant excavating and bagging machine
teleonymph
tetravalelent
thanedom
Thioton
Threskiornis aethiopica
tracking lidar
transition signal
traversing speed
type checking rule
unbalanced ring
unflamboyant
unreservedly
vertical-disk-type butterfly valve
vinylog effect
violent film
weld rate