VOA标准英语2015 Armenian Syrian Remains After Most Fled
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2015年(七月)
Armenian Syrian Remains 1 After Most Fled
TAL ABYAD, SYRIA—
Among the many casualties of the war in Syria is the country's rich ethnic 2 and religious diversity. One of the few remaining Christians 3 in the northern town of Tal Abyad, however, remains to tell the story.
Syrians in Tal Abyad are now free of Islamic State rule. But new, more secular 4 leadership comes too late for the city's Christians.
Once numbering 6000, only eight are known to remain. Khacho is one of them. He asked VOA not to use his real name or show his face. But he said wants to show what happened at his Armenian church, once a source of international pride.
“In 2011, we held a Festival of the Cross. People from Lebanon, America and France all came to celebrate. After 2011/2012, everything changed,” he said.
First came the rebels and looting. Then came the jihadis and worse.
In 2012, with the coming of Ahrar Sham 5, al-Nusra and then Islamic State, this was no longer allowed to be used as a church, a place for Christians to invoke 6 God's name. It became a prison. Hundreds of people were detained here. Many of them were beheaded.
“This way is the prison. What they made to be a prison. These are the things they did. They put them here," said Khacho.
It's a lonely life, and war is not far away. The church sits largely empty, but it's safe, at least for now.
- 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。
- 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。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。