141 至少7千人在斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀中丧生

141　至少7千人在斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀中丧生

At Least 7,000 Died in Srebrenica Massacre¹
Roger Wilkison
Brussels
11 Jul 2001 15:10 UTC

Muslims from all over Bosnia, mostly women, have arrived near Srebrenica to mark the sixth anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. The 1)massacre is considered Europe's worst 2)atrocity since World War II.
Exactly six years ago, on July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces routed lightly armed Dutch peacekeepers to 3)capture the United Nations-designated safe area of Srebrenica, a town near Bosnia's eastern border. The Bosnian Serb troops quickly rounded up thousands of Muslim 4)civilians. Men and boys were separated from their families. According to international war crimes investigators², between seven and eight thousand of them were systematically³ 5)executed.
The bodies of the victims were tossed into mass graves where many still remain. Since the end of the Bosnian War, the international investigators and the Muslim Commission for Missing Persons have 6)exhumed the remains⁴ of nearly 5,000 victims. But they have been able to identify only about 100.
Pathologist Zlatan Sabanovic, who is working on the 7)identification project, says the program entails⁵ using DNA⁶ tests to establish the identity of the 8)victims. He says the process is painfully slow, partly because the Bosnian Serbs dug up the mass 9)graves and transferred the bodies elsewhere.
"They used bulldozers to dig up everything and just to hide everything,"he said. "In some body bags, we have complete bodies. In some, we have just body parts. And that's a problem. We hope that with DNA testing, we [can] put some bodies together and identify them."
Security was tight around Srebrenica and its surrounding area Wednesday as 10)relatives of the victims arrived to attend memorial ceremonies. NATO peacekeepers and Bosnian Serb police were on the 11)alert to prevent any inter-ethnic violence.
Five women who lost their husbands and sons in the massacre 12)unveiled a three-ton 13)marble marker to the victims. The monument is located in a field that survivors⁷ of the massacre hope will some day be turned into a final resting place for their loved ones.

(1) massacre[5mAsEkE(r)]n.残杀, 大屠杀v.残杀, 集体屠杀
(2) atrocity[E5trRsItI]n.残暴, 暴行, 凶恶
(3) capture[5kAptFE(r)]n.捕获, 战利品vt.俘获, 捕获, 夺取
(4) civilian[sI5vIlIEn]n.平民, 公务员 adj.民间的, 民用的
(5) execute[5eksIkju:t]vt.执行, 实行, 完成, 处死
(6) exhume[eks5hju:m; (?@) I^5zu:m]vt.掘出, 发掘
(7) identification[aIdentIfI5keIF(E)n]n.辨认, 鉴定, 证明, 视为同一
(8) victim[5vIktIm]n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品
(9) grave[^reIv]n.墓穴, 坟墓adj.严重的, (颜色)黯淡的, (声音)低沉的
(10) relative[5relEtIv]n.亲戚, 关系词, 相关物adj.有关系的
(11) alert[E5l:t]adj.提防的, 警惕的n.警惕, 警报
(12) unveil[Qn5veIl]vt.使公诸于众, 揭开, 揭幕vi.显露, 除去面纱
(13) marble[5mB:b(E)l]n.大理石, 雕刻品adj.大理石的, 冷酷无情的

 

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 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 systematically   

adv.有系统地

参考例句：

• This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
• The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• 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。

5 entails   

使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
• This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。

6 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

7 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