VOA标准英语2011--Al-Awlaki Was Prominent Al-Qaida Voice A

Al-Awlaki Was Prominent Al-Qaida Voice Aimed at West

Radical 1 cleric and wanted terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday in Yemen in what news reports say was a coordinated 2 air strike by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Al-Awlaki was an American citizen who became a prominent al-Qaida figure and coordinated terror from Yemen hideouts.

Anwar al-Awlaki, the public face in the West of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, is dead.

U.S. and Yemeni authorities hunted him for years, and on Friday, they got him, nearly five months after U.S. Special Forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin 3 Laden 4 in Pakistan.

U.S. President Barack Obama said al-Awlaki's death is a major blow to the al-Qaida affiliate 5.

"He directed the failed attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day in 2009," said Obama. "He directed the failed attempt to blow up U.S. cargo 6 planes in 2010. And he repeatedly called on individuals in the United States and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children to advance a murderous agenda."

The U.S.-born extremist had the rare distinction of being an American, approved for killing 7 without trial by the U.S. government. In Yemen, he faced charges in connection to the death of a French oil industry worker.

Al-Awlaki was born in the U.S. in 1971 to Yemeni parents and later served as an imam in several U.S. mosques 8, including one frequented by two men involved in the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001.

Analyst 9 Amir Latif says al-Awlaki's personality and his fluency 10 in Arabic and English make his death a great loss for al-Qaida.

"When you have a person like Awlaki, who is taken out of the leadership, to replace an individual like that that has got that sort of appeal is very difficult to do," noted 11 Latif.

But while al-Awlaki was important, analyst Tom Sanderson says al-Qaida and Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) still remains 12 a threat.

"This is a highly valuable development, but certainly not the end of Awlaki's influence, not the end of AQAP and not the end of al-Qaida in the global sense," said Sanderson.

Al-Awlaki attracted a loyal following over the Internet, ensuring his sermons on YouTube and other sites echo online long after his death.

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1
radical

  
 


n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的


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The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。












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coordinated

  
 


adj.协调的


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The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法












3
bin

  
 


n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件


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He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。












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laden

  
 


adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的


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He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。












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affiliate

  
 


vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司


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Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？












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cargo

  
 


n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物


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The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。












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killing

  
 


n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财


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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。












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mosques

  
 


清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )


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Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。












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analyst

  
 


n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家


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What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。












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fluency

  
 


n.流畅，雄辩，善辩


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More practice will make you speak with greater fluency.多练习就可以使你的口语更流利。
Some young children achieve great fluency in their reading.一些孩子小小年纪阅读已经非常流畅。












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noted

  
 


adj.著名的，知名的


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The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。












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remains

  
 


n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹


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He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。