2006年VOA标准英语-Afghan Police Find Body of Kidnapped India

By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
30 April 2006

Afghan police have found the beheaded body of an Indian engineer, who was kidnapped Friday by suspected Taleban militants¹.

 
Manjula, center right, wife of K. Suryanarayana, his daughters Anisha, top right, Manisha, bottom right, and son Satya Teja grieve his death in Hyderabad, April 30, 2006 
  
Speaking to reporters in Kabul, Interior Ministry² spokesman Yousef Stanizai confirmed K. Suryanarayana's body was found Sunday.

"The Indian engineer who was kidnapped on Friday has been killed by the enemies of Afghanistan," he said. "The Interior Ministry strongly condemns³ this act of the terrorists."

A Taleban spokesman claimed the Islamic militants shot and killed the father of three as he tried to break free.

Suryanarayana was seized Friday evening, along with his Afghan driver, in Zabul Province, where he was helping⁴ expand the region's mobile phone network.

The kidnappers⁵ reportedly said they would kill their hostage, unless all Indians working in Afghanistan left the country.

India has taken a lead role in supporting Afghanistan's reconstruction⁶, and hundreds of Indians work there as drivers, development specialists and business entrepreneurs.

News of Suryanarayana's murder provoked a storm of protests from both Afghan and Indian officials.

In a statement, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the engineer's death was clearly the work of enemies of Afghanistan.

In New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for unity⁷ in the face of terrorism, and expressed his condolences to the grieving family.

Taleban insurgents⁸ kidnapped and later killed four Macedonian workers last month, and late last year militants abducted⁹ and then killed an Indian truck driver in southern Afghanistan.

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• 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。

3 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

7 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

8 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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

9 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。