时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(十月)


英语课

By Jim Randle
Irbil, Iraq
10 October 2006


Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges continued in Baghdad, with the former Iraqi leader again getting ejected from the court. When things settled down, witnesses told the court those who did not die in detention 1 camps experienced rape 2, filth 3, and brutality 4.


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Saddam Hussein gestures at chief judge moments before the judge threw Saddam out of court, during his trial, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2006
The chief judge Mohammed al-Ureybi and Saddam Hussein argued in court.


The judge ordered Saddam out of the courtroom after the fallen leader began giving a speech. At one point, a co-defendant punched a guard and yelled that prosecutors 5 are pimps and traitors 6.


It is the fourth time in the past five sessions Saddam has been ejected. 



Saddam and six others are being tried for their alleged 7 roles in the Anfal military campaign against Iraq's ethnic 8 Kurds in the 1980s.  
  
Prosecutors say Saddam's forces used gunfire and poison gas to kill more than 180,000 Kurds and level thousands of villages.


One of the Anfal campaign's alleged victims gave testimony 9 from behind a curtain to protect her from retaliation 10. She said conditions in the detention centers where she and her children were held reminded her of "Judgment 11 Day". 


 
A witness waves identity papers as she delivers her testimony during the trial of Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants 12, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2006
  
She said conditions in the detention camps were so bad that one woman had to give birth in a toilet. There was nothing to wrap the newborn in but a burlap sack, and no medical equipment except a piece of broken glass to cut the umbilical cord.


Other witnesses have complained about rapes 13 and other abuses. During Monday's hearing, a Kurdish witness said Iraqi troops had buried a family alive.


This is one of the two court cases underway against Saddam Hussein and some of his former subordinates. In the other case he is accused of crimes against humanity for ordering the deaths of 148 Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in the 1980s.


Saddam and other defendants could be executed if they are convicted in either case.



1 detention
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • 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。
2 rape
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
3 filth
n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥
  • I don't know how you can read such filth.我不明白你怎么会去读这种淫秽下流的东西。
  • The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.这段对话全是下流的言辞和影射。
4 brutality
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
5 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
6 traitors
卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人
  • Traitors are held in infamy. 叛徒为人所不齿。
  • Traitors have always been treated with contempt. 叛徒永被人们唾弃。
7 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
8 ethnic
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • 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。
9 testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
10 retaliation
n.报复,反击
  • retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
  • He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 judgment
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
12 defendants
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同,被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
13 rapes
n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 );强奸罪;强奸案;肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的第三人称单数 );强奸
  • The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
  • The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网
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afrosoricids
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apemen
Appreciative inquiry
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bipolar affective psychosis
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harazin
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home and school club
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Hypericum filicaule
instantaneous floating point
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Law at the Place of Adjustment
leakage peak
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market structure
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Molekh
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ORF1
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Osteodontornis
P. & H.
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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
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