CCTV9英语新闻12月：南京大屠杀76周年烛光祭举行

Some non-governmental organizations have held testimonial events in Japan about the Nanjing Massacre¹, to reveal the atrocity² to the Japanese people. Survivors⁴ have been invited to personally recount their ordeals⁵. Iain McKinnell has the details.

Massacre survivor³ Wang Jin is now in her 80s. She travelled all the way from Nanjing to Japan’s Kanazawa city, just to tell her story. She was only 6 years old when she saw her father was killed by Japanese soldiers.

"My father was stabbed seven times. After he died, my mother went out to look for his body. Bodies were everywhere, lying on the streets, piled up in caves and houses. My mother searched every possible place to see if our family members were among them," said Wang Jin.

Nanjing witnessed mass murder, massacre and rape⁶ following the Japanese capture of the city on December 13th, 1937. Over three hundred thousand people were killed. But some Japanese nationalists and historians have constantly played down the massacre, saying it has been exaggerated, or even fabricated. The testimonial event has attracted many Japanese citizens. They are shocked by the stories.

"I didn’t expect that there would be so few young people here. I’ve learned so much through this event. In the past, I knew little about this period in history. We don’t learn this in school. I think other students should also come," said a Japanese student.

Some have expressed their discontent towards the Japanese government.

"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other politicians have yet to face Japan’s history of invasion. This is really shameful⁷. Abe talks about establishing a beautiful country all the time. I think to accomplish this, he should face the truth, and contribute to world peace through understanding, not weapons. That’s what Japan should do," said a Japanese citizen.

The event has been held every year since 1994. 47 Chinese survivors attended gatherings⁸ across Japan, hoping to promote peaceful interaction between the two countries.

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。

3 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 ordeals   

n.严峻的考验，苦难的经历( ordeal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• London had stood triumphant through all her ordeals. 伦敦在经历考验之后仍巍然屹立。 来自辞典例句
• He's come through some bad personal ordeals. 他个人经历了一些沉痛的考验。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

8 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。