万花筒 2011-06-14&06-16 卡扎菲给部队发伟哥？

 --There are allegations that leader Muammar Gaddafi’s  troops have been using rape¹ as a tool of war. And the International Criminal Court is gathering² evidence that Libyan leadership has acquired a large quantities of drugs for its soldiers in an apparent attempt to make them more likely to commit sexual assault. Joining us now with the latest details on this disturbing allegation is Lara Setrakian. Lara, what can you tell us?

 

--Stephanie, the ICC’s chief prosecutor³ says Muammar Gaddafi will likely be charged with these rape allegations on top of other allegations as crimes against humanity since the start of the February uprising in Libya. And what we are hearing is horrifying⁴. You’d heard these cases before in April, there is a woman Anmongol Obadiah who stepped forward saying she’s been gang-raped and at the ringleader of her rape was allegedly a cousin of Gaddafi. Now it seems to be many more pieces out there. The rebel authority’s telling me today that there are cases out there. A lot of these women have fled to Tunisia, some of them have procured⁵ abortion⁶ as a result of those forced union. And generally they are the one who try to piece these together and get the information to the ICC, so they can pursue this case by case.

1 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• 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。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

4 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

5 procured   

v.（努力）取得， （设法）获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 )；拉皮条

参考例句：

• These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》

6 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。