VOA常速英语2008年-Fresh Oil Attacks Feared as Nigerian Militant E
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
Abuja
16 February 2008
Nigeria's oil industry is bracing 1 for renewed raids following the extradition 2 to Nigeria of a man believed to be the leader of the country's key militant 3 group. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that peace talks to end the crisis could now be in serious doubt.
The Movement for the Emancipation 4 of the Niger Delta 5 (MEND), Nigeria's foremost militant group, says its leader Henry Okah had been illegally extradited from Angola, where he was arrested on gun-running charges last September.
Nigeria has no extradition treaty with Angola.
In an email message sent to journalists late Friday, MEND said it was monitoring the situation closely and did not rule out stepping up attacks on the oil industry to pressure the Nigerian government to release Okah.
Attacks by militants 6 in the restive 7 Delta region have crippled the oil industry since the beginning of 2006, reducing output by 25 percent in Nigeria. Nigeria is Africa's largest exporter of crude oil and the eighth largest supplier of oil in the world.
MEND had claimed responsibility for several raids on industry facilities and personnel in the region over the past few weeks, including an explosion on an oil tanker 8 and the killing 9 of a police bodyguard 10 escorting a port manager.
Analysts say the group is capable of causing further disruptions in oil production, raising concerns about the possibility of widespread violence in the volatile 11 oil-producing region.
The Nigerian authorities are expected to charge the militant with treason and terrorism-related offenses 12. This could undermine any chance of peace talks in the near future as MEND has made Okah's release a precondition for talks.
Lagos-based lawyer Festus Keyamo, who acted as defense 13 attorney for militants charged in the past, says prosecuting 14 those behind the Delta agitation 15 is wrong.
"The posture 16 of the federal government, to try and suppress the genuine agitations 17 of the people of the Niger Delta region, either by trial for treasonable felony, either by way of armed combat, either by way of imprisonment 18, incarceration 19 or detention 20, will not ultimately solve the problem of the region," he said. "So, I do not subscribe 21 to that kind of modus operandi by the federal government, even though they have the might and the power to do so."
The Nigerian government has not offered any comment on Okah's extradition. Angolan officials claim he was arrested and deported 22 at the request of Nigeria.
- The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
- The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- 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。
- The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
- The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
- The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
- Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。
- Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
- These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
- The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
- He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。
- It was a system that could not endure, and agitations grew louder. 这个系统已经不能持续下去了，而且噪音越来越大。
- His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
- He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
- He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
- Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
- The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。