时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2015年(七月)


英语课

From Taliban to IS, Afghan Fighters Pledge New Allegiance 阿富汗塔利班战士宣誓效忠伊斯兰国


BATI KOT DISTRICT, NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN—


The Islamic State group appears to be attracting new followers 1 in yet another country, with Afghan fighters raising the black flag in parts of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.


Local authorities and civilians 2 in Nangarhar say the Islamic State group has developed a strong presence in six districts of the province, displacing the once-dominant Islamic Emirate of the Taliban.


IS militants 3 here declare their allegiance to the self-styled caliphate of Abubakar al-Baghdadi. They wave the IS banner and behead their enemies. Yet it's not known if they have direct relations with IS.    


"They surfaced very quickly, emerging in areas where the Taliban were," said Zabihullah Zamarai, Nangahar provincial 4 council member. "The Taliban have suffered a defeat. They are the Taliban's successors."


The battle for jihadi dominance continues Nangarhar's Bati Kot district.  Its governor, Haji Ghalib Mujahid, heavily guarded after the Taliban killed 16 of his relatives last year, described a recent intra-Islamist battle.


"There was a heavy Taliban presence three weeks ago," he said. "IS fought them in an area called Daga, capturing and beheading five Taliban members. The Taliban killed two IS fighters. These people were with the Taliban.  They've now raised the black flags of IS.  Most of the fighters have joined IS."  


IS has gained the allegiance of fighters through higher wages, its insistence 5 on al-Baghdadi as a true, living caliph, and the lure 6 of unbridled power. At an IS meeting in Bati Kot, IS stripped tribal 7 elders of their authority and imposed bans, even on the use of snuff, on its residents.   


Public calls for the government to crush this emerging threat are met by authorities' claims the situation is under control.


"We have complete equipment, supplies and personnel," said Mohammad Amin Mangal, Bati Kot district police chief.


An Afghan Local Police outpost in Bati Kot used to come under frequent attacks, police now say the attacks have dropped off as they’ve pushed back the Islamic State and other insurgent 8 groups.



1 followers
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
  • 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。
2 civilians
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。
3 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • 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。
4 provincial
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
5 insistence
n.坚持;强调;坚决主张
  • They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
  • His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。
6 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
7 tribal
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
8 insurgent
adj.叛乱的,起事的;n.叛乱分子
  • Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说,他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
  • The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
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