恐怖袭击--一种恐怖政治信息

 

US Attacks - A Horrific Political Message

Jim Randle

Beijing

11 Sep 2001 21:00 UTC

 

Experts who study terrorism say one goal of the 1)horrific attacks on New York and Washington was to gain attention. A former top officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation¹ says the killers² have gotten their time in the 2)spotlight, and will now be the focus of a massive 3)investigation and a devastating³ response.

Political science professor Paul Senese says terrorists generally want to bring attention to a cause or 4)grievance and, in this case, they are likely to succeed. "Every television station, almost every television station on your TV is plugged into the situation," he said, "in Canada, probably around most of the world. And the same thing for the Internet. So they are getting a lot of attention, and that is always the first goal for these high profile terrorists groups."

The University of Buffalo⁴ professor says the terror attacks that destroyed the world trade center, several 5)civilian airliners⁵ and damaged U.S. military headquarters, were a 6)brutally⁶ 7)blunt way of sending a political message. "To show the United States that there are serious forces and groups out there in the world that don't support the things that the United States supports," Mr. Senese said, "whether that is the spread of 8)rampant capitalism⁷ or the spread of American ideals and American influence."

But who was responsible? Experts say the Federal Bureau of Investigation will coordinate⁸ the massive investigation aimed at answering that question.

Professor Lee Colwell was once the FBI's second in command. He now teaches criminal justice at the University of Arkansas and says many law 9)enforcement and every intelligence agency in the United States will be on the case. "There will be the 10)mechanics of an investigation at each of the crime scenes," Professor Colwell says, "and also the airports to trace back what kind of support these 11)fanatics had, and attempt to identify those who were not on the plane who contributed, who are in this country, who contributed to this terrible 12)tragedy."

Professor Colwell says analysts⁹ will take the information turned up by police, spies, and electronic monitoring and draw up a list of options for 13)policymakers. "An assault like this against a country that is so vulnerable, and so open and has such great respect for rights, can not go unanswered," he said.

He says angry Americans will likely demand stern justice.

 

 

(1)      horrific[hE5rIfIk]adj.令人毛骨悚然的, 可怕的, 恐怖的

(2)      spotlight[5spRtlaIt]n.聚光灯

(3)      investigation[InvestI5^eIF(E)n]n.调查, 研究

(4)      grievance[5^ri:vEns]n.委屈, 冤情, 不平

(5)      civilian[sI5vIlIEn]n.平民, 公务员, 文官adj.民间的, 民用的

(6)      brutally adv.兽性地, 残酷地

(7)      blunt[blQnt]adj.钝的, 生硬的

(8)      rampant[5rAmpEnt]adj.猖獗的, 蔓生的, 猛烈的, 狂暴的

(9)      enforcement[In`fR:smEnt]n.执行, 强制

(10)      mechanics[mI5kAnIks]n.机械学、力学,技巧, 结构

(11)      fanatic[fE5nAtIk]n.狂热者, 盲信者, 入迷者adj.狂热的, 盲信的

(12)      tragedy[5trAdVIdI]n.悲剧, 惨案, 悲惨, 灾难

(13)      policymaker[ `pClEsI9meIkE(r) ]n.政策制定者,决策人

 

 

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

3 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

4 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 airliners   

n.客机，班机( airliner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The fog grounded the airliners. 大雾迫使班机停飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They placed very stable and accurate atomic clocks on regularly scheduled jet airliners. 他们将非常稳定、准确的原子钟装在定期飞行的喷气式班机上。 来自辞典例句

6 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

7 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。

8 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。