VOA标准英语2008年-Women and Children Among Hostages in Jammu Mili

Indian forces in Kashmir say they have killed one of three suspected Muslim militants¹ who are holding about half a dozen hostages including women and children. Shahnawaz Khan reports for VOA from Srinagar police say the militants killed at least three people on the outskirts² of Kashmir's Hindu-dominated winter capital of Jammu.
　
Indian soldiers take positions at the scene of a gun battle in Jammu, India, 27 Aug 2008

Police officials say the suspected Muslim militants were being tracked by police after slipping across the border from Pakistan on Tuesday. After a gunbattle with police the militants fled into a house, taking seven people, including women and children hostage.

Inspector³ General of Police for Jammu Province, K. Rajendra, said police are taking precautions to ensure the safety of the hostages.

"Our efforts are to first evacuate⁴ the civilians⁵ and then go for the final action," he said. "We are exercising maximum restraint to ensure the civilians are safe. We have every apprehension⁶ that the terrorists may harm the civilians."

Rajendra says police are also looking for more infiltrators in the Jammu region.

The Inspector General says the militants are trying to exploit the unrest in Hindu-dominated Jammu regions.

"These militants for sure have come with a specific and single point objective of creating communal⁷ trouble in Jammu," he said.

Tension has run high in the region since June, when the government announced plans to transfer land in a Muslim-majority area to a Hindu shrine⁸. Muslim protests prompted the government to rescind⁹ the plan, angering Hindus.

The controversy¹⁰ has stirred Hindu protests in Jammu province, and Muslim protests in the Kashmir Valley where they have snowballed into mass pro-freedom demonstrations¹¹.

Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed by both. Muslim separatists have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India, or for its merger¹² with Muslim-dominated Pakistan, since 1989

Security forces have detained at least four Muslim separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Geelani and Mohammed Yasin Malik, including the head of Kashmir's women's separatist group Asiya Andrabi.

 

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 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

3 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 apprehension   

n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑

参考例句：

• There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
• She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。

7 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

8 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

9 rescind   

v.废除，取消

参考例句：

• They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan.他们听从了他的劝告，撤销了原计划。
• Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。

10 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

11 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

12 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。