时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:VOA双语新闻 2008年11月


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  In an unprecedented 1 response to a domestic terrorist attack, Indian military forces have taken over the battle against gunmen who plunged 2 Mumbai, a city of 18 million, into confusion. The siege, at 13 locations, has claimed 104 lives and wounded as many as 300 people. State officials say six foreigners are among those killed. Indian commandos are battling to regain 3 control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center in Mumbai, after coordinated 4 attacks by armed militants 5.

印度军方正对一起国内恐怖袭击案发起前所未有的反击。参与这次恐怖行动的武装分子在孟买13个地方发动袭击,造成104人死亡,多达300人受伤,使这个有1800万人口的城市陷入混乱。孟买所在的马哈拉施特拉邦的官员说,在死者中有6名外国人。

India's financial capital saw commerce paralyzed and the city turned into a virtual war zone after police were outgunned by insurgents 6 who held the city hostage.

暴乱分子控制了印度的金融中心孟买,而且他们的武装力量超过了警方。这使孟买商业瘫痪,整个城市几乎变成了战场。

The state's chief minister acknowledged that control had been ceded 7 to the military and National Security Guards, a federal counter-terrorism group under the Home Ministry 8.

马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长承认,军方和国家安全警卫队已经接过了控制当地局势的职责。国家安全警卫队是隶属于印度内政部的一个联邦反恐组织。

Commandos stormed luxury hotels where terrorists had taken guests hostage. Air force helicopters flew overhead along the shoreline. Navy and Coast Guard vessels 9 pursued a ship, identified as the MV Alpha, suspected of possibly bringing in the terrorists from Pakistan.

突击队冲进了恐怖分子劫持人质的几家豪华酒店。空军直升机沿海岸线巡逻。海军和海岸警卫队的船只追捕了一艘名为MV阿尔法的船,军方怀疑这些恐怖分子是乘坐这艘船从巴基斯坦进入印度的。

As night fell, 20 hours after the initial attacks, elite 10 troops conducted a room-to-room search inside the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, as well as the nearby Oberoi-Trident Hotel, for hostages and terrorists. The soldiers were joined by firefighters who battled intermittent 11 blazes at both hotels.

在发生第一轮袭击的20小时后,精锐部队在天黑后搜查了泰姬酒店和附近的奥拜罗酒店的每个房间,寻找人质和恐怖分子。消防员们也赶到现场,以扑灭两个酒店断断续续燃起的火焰。

Army Major General R.K. Hooda, the commanding officer of Maharashtra state, cautioned reporters not to speculate on how long it would take for troops to end the siege by the heavily-armed gunmen.

印度陆军少将胡达是马哈拉施特拉邦的军事指挥官。他警告记者们说,不要猜测军队要花多长时间才能停止武装恐怖分子所发起的袭击。

"Our effort is to ensure that we bring back all people who are inside safe and also capture or eliminate the terrorists violence," he said.

他说:“我们将尽力确保把里面的人安全救出,并逮捕或消灭恐怖分子的暴力行为。”

Special rangers 12 of an anti-hijacking squad 13, who were flown into Mumbai, surrounded Nariman House, a residential 14 and office building serving as the headquarters of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish outreach group. The rangers joined other special troops to try to free Israelis taken hostage by several gunmen.

反劫持小组的特别突击队员已经乘飞机进入孟买。他们包围了纳里曼大楼,这个商住两用楼是一个极端正统派犹太教外联组织的总部,一些武装分子在里面劫持了以色列人。特别突击队员和其他特种部队成员试图解救这些人质。

A previously 15 unknown group, Deccan Mujahideen, has claimed responsibility for the assault on Mumbai. One of the militants phoned an Indian television channel and expressed outrage 16 over the deaths of Muslims in the disputed Kashmir region at the hands of the army.

News commentators 17 here praised officials for dispatching elite units of Indian soldiers, sailors and airmen to battle terrorists in an urban environment.

孟买的新闻评论员们称赞印度官员派遣陆海空三军的精锐部队在城市环境中同恐怖分子作战的决定。

Police were criticized for a slow initial response to the Wednesday night shootings and grenade blasts. At one restaurant, popular with artisans and foreign travelers, which was sprayed with automatic gunfire, victims said police did not respond for 20 minutes.

而人们批评警方对星期三夜里发生的枪击和手榴弹爆炸案反应迟缓。当晚,恐怖分子在一个受艺术人士及外国旅客青睐的饭店用自动步枪疯狂扫射,而受害者们说,警方在事发20分钟后才作出反应。

Several of Mumbai's top law enforcement officers are being hailed as "martyrs 18" for giving their lives while chasing gunmen, some of whom hijacked 19 a police vehicle and opened fire on bystanders.

孟买的一些高级执法官员在追踪武装分子时献出了自己的生命,人们称颂他们为“烈士”。那些武装分子还劫持了一辆警车,并向旁观者开火。

The attack is the worst in India since explosions on suburban 20 Mumbai commuter 21 trains in July 2006 which killed 187 people and injured 800 others. But this strike is far different than the wave of bombings, blamed on Muslim extremists or, occasionally ultra-right wing Hindus, which have mainly targeted working class markets. This attack focused on locations frequented by the elite and the gunmen made a deliberate effort to take hostage foreigners, especially Americans, Britons and Israelis. Among the reported dead, besides Indians, are nationals of Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan.



1 unprecedented
adj.无前例的,新奇的
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
2 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
3 regain
vt.重新获得,收复,恢复
  • He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
  • The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。
4 coordinated
adj.协调的
  • 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
5 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。
6 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
7 ceded
v.让给,割让,放弃( cede的过去式 )
  • Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898. 古巴在1898年被西班牙割让给美国。
  • A third of the territory was ceded to France. 领土的三分之一割让给了法国。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
9 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
10 elite
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
11 intermittent
adj.间歇的,断断续续的
  • Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
  • In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里,时断时续地下着雨,使整个大地都生气勃勃了。
12 rangers
护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员
  • Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗? 来自超越目标英语 第3册
  • Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者,所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
13 squad
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
14 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
15 previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
16 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
17 commentators
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 );时事评论员;注释者;实况广播员
  • Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语,真叫人腻烦。
  • Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话,令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 martyrs
n.martyr的复数形式;烈士( martyr的名词复数 );殉道者;殉教者;乞怜者(向人诉苦以博取同情)
  • the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
  • They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
19 hijacked
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
20 suburban
adj.城郊的,在郊区的
  • Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
  • There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
21 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
  • Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
  • She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
学英语单词
-wick
abite
aequator lentis
anti-torque rotor
articles of consumption
automotive exhaust
balasees
Belarusan
black-boards
BOS (back-out system)
business-process reengineering (bpr)
bustler
cartbote
casade amplification
cervical membrane
clearness number
climacteric melancholia
collateral value
compacting press
complete formula feed
daequan
david-and-goliath
die for pipe thread
differential-pressure cell
e.&e.o.
EAI, E.A.I.
effective core diameter
elementary cooperative
existentialisms
f.i.l.o.
factor antithesis
fairship
first-in first-out list
fix-point estimation
forward line of troops (flot)
gempylid
glue applicator
graphic optimization
grave-dressing phase
Homo erectus lantianensis
ignis St.Ignatii
jabusch
leaf spot of tea
lifting expenses
linearity coil
LP piston
monkeywrenches
Morshanskiy Rayon
MOSRAM MOS (random access memory)
Moulay-Idriss
Multilyte
Napoleonian
narcinid
national dose
negative cut-off grid voltage
Neo Latin
nodular(melanoma)
normal mode
octosyllabic
oligodendroglial cell
on-line document retrieval system
Onchocerca gibsoni
over-dimensioned
paishi granules,paishi keli
Philadelphia chromosome,Ph chromosome
plicae sigmoidea
polyethersulfones
ponkal
privilege of parliament
proportion of mixture
protein energy malnutrition
puts through
qualitative histology
quick operation blower valve
quinine carbolate
random mating
relative humidities
reloading procedure
resolution of amino acld
riveting joint
rodnt ulcer
sarellas
SC (semi-conductor)
semanotus bifasciatus sinonauster
semifactual
Shinowara-Jones-Reinhart method
sliver lay-in circular knitting machine
sodium morrhuate
Spanish omelets
stack friction
steel horseboats
sunken meadow
tirupatis
Turpinia
venosity
vigorous economic growth
werewolfish
whip apparatus
wick lubricator
Wilks' symptom complex
X-ray photograph, X-ray picture
zig-zag fold