VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistani Police Foil Bomb Plot Near Capital Ci

By Barry Newhouse
Islamabad
06 June 2008

Pakistani police say they have foiled a planned bomb attack involving three alleged¹ suicide bombers², three vehicles and hundreds of kilograms of explosives. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that despite Monday's bomb attack on the Danish Embassy and Friday's thwarted³ terror plot, officials say they continue to believe that striking peace deals in Pakistan's pro-Taliban tribal⁴ areas will reduce violence in the country.
　

Pakistani police officers check vehicles after a security alert in Islamabad, 6 June 2008

Police said they discovered the bomb-rigged vehicles during an early morning raid in Rawalpindi. Pakistani media later reported that Interior Minister Rehman Malik said six people had been arrested in connection with the plot - including three people who planned to be suicide bombers.

The discovery followed claims by an al-Qaida representative in Afghanistan that the terrorist network carried out Monday's suicide bomb attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad.

Pakistani officials have insisted that such bomb attacks, which killed thousands of people across the country in 2007, would decrease once the government struck peace deals with militant⁵ groups in the autonomous⁶ tribal regions.

A U.S. newspaper reported Thursday that Pakistani officials told their U.S. counterparts that they have broken off peace talks with the largest Taliban militant group lead by fugitive⁷ commander Baitullah Mehsud. But Maulvi Omer, a spokesman for Mehsud, told VOA Friday that the talks are continuing.

"We are very satisfied with the outcome of the talks because the government has realized that the policies of President Musharraf were responsible for the problems that the country was facing," he said. "The new government understands that negotiations⁸ - not force - can resolve these problems."

Pakistan's foreign minister visited Kabul Friday where he tried to reassure⁹ Afghan officials that the talks would not lead to more violence in Afghanistan - unlike previous peace deals with militants¹⁰.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he told Afghanistan's foreign minister that the Pakistani government wants greater cooperation with Afghanistan against militant groups.

"I have assured the foreign minister that the government of Pakistan is engaging politically with the saner¹¹ elements," he said. "We are engaging with that element that is peace loving and wants stability in their own regions. We will not engage with terrorists."

Qureshi suggested the two countries work together on securing their shared border, including building fences, registering vehicles and using high-tech¹² devices such as biometric identification.

1 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 thwarted   

阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 )； 使受挫折； 挫败； 横过

参考例句：

• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison. 警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain. 我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。

4 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

6 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

7 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

8 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

9 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

10 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。

11 saner   

adj.心智健全的( sane的比较级 )；神志正常的；明智的；稳健的

参考例句：

• He seemed wiser than Hurstwood, saner and brighter than Drouet. 他看上去比赫斯渥明智，比杜洛埃稳舰聪明。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Such brooding didn't make him any saner. 然而，苦思冥想并没有使他头脑清醒。 来自辞典例句

12 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。