VOA慢速英语--巴格达遭自杀式袭击致几十人死亡
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-03 Attacks Near Baghdad Kills Dozens 巴格达遭自杀式袭击致几十人死亡
Islamic State militants 1 carried out two suicide attacks outside of Baghdad, killing 2 dozens of people this weekend.
In the northeastern Shi’ite suburb of Sadr City, the extremists carried out a double bombing.
Hours earlier, three suicide bombers 3 and gunmen stormed into Abu Ghraib. The attackers rode pickup 4 trucks into the town, just 25 kilometers west of downtown Baghdad.
Shi’ite leader Moqtada al Sadr called upon his followers 5 to protect Baghdad.
Residents said Baghdad’s International Zone (IZ) was temporarily put on high alert. Many embassies, international staff and Iraqi government officials live and work in the IZ.
More Iraqi forces were quickly deployed 6 there. They were also sent to the capital’s international airport, west of the city.
The Iraqi officials declared the fighting in Abu Ghraib over by early afternoon. And Baghdad residents said the city was back to operating as normal.
A spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry 7 told local media that all the attackers in the Abu Ghraib assault were killed. He said that the situation was “under control.”
He also said that some 30 Iraqi security forces died in the assault.
But by early evening, local media said Iraqi fighter jets were involved in the Abu Ghraib fight. They said fighting was still going on in parts of the city.
Abu Ghraib is west of Baghdad, about halfway 8 between the capital and Fallujah. IS controls Fallujah.
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Abu Ghraib became notorious for the photographs showing U.S. troops abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison.
In Sadr City, two bombs tore through a crowded local mobile phone market. For years, the Shi’ite suburb has suffered through sectarian violence. Hundreds of people have been killed there in bomb attacks over the years.
Last August, a truck bomb at a different market killed 80 people. IS militants took responsibility for that attack.
Words in This Story
alert - n. the state of being watchful 9 for danger
stormed - v. raided
assault - n. attack
notorious – adj. well-known or famous especially for something bad
sectarian – adj. relating to religious or political sects and the differences between them
- 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。
- 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。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。