2007年VOA标准英语-Freed Italian Journalist Will Not return to Afg

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
21 March 2007

The Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Afghanistan two weeks ago said on his return to Rome that he has no plans to return to Afghanistan. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome.

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Daniele Mastrogiacomo listens to a journalist's question during a press conference at the newspaper headquarters in Rome, 21 Mar 2007

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo told reporters his hands and feet were chained during his captivity². Speaking to reporters at the offices of his newspaper, La Repubblica, he said he was moved constantly and slept in 15 different caves.

On the pages of his newspaper he has described his fear of death and the dreadful moments he witnessed when he saw his captors cut off the head of his Afghan driver.

At his news conference, Mastrogiacomo said he does not think he will return to Afghanistan. He said he is not a star, and he will return to being a journalist.

He said that when he went to Afghanistan's southern Helmand province where he was kidnapped, he had not been looking for a scoop³ at all costs. He said he did not expect anything to happen.

The Taleban militants⁴ who abducted⁵ Mastrogiacomo initially⁶ accused him of being a spy for British forces. The journalist denied ever admitting to being a spy.

Earlier, Italy's deputy affairs minister, Ugo Intini, briefed the Senate on the kidnapping. He confirmed that the Afghan government freed five members of the Taleban who were detained in Kabul prisons.

Mastrogiacomo said, what was done to obtain his release did not violate the sovereignty of Afghanistan and its autonomy in choices of foreign policy.

What was done, he said, "was to safeguard a human life, and I think this is positive."

Mastrogiacomo said that during his captivity he was completely cut off from the world.

He said he had no idea of the kind of solidarity⁷ back home, but was convinced that something was happening outside, and this comforted him at times of great difficulty, which he had to overcome both physically⁸ and psychologically.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

3 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

4 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。

5 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。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

8 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。