时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)


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A suicide car bomb attack near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul has killed at least 4 people and wounded 18 others. The mid-morning blast appeared to target a convoy 1 of foreign troops at a busy traffic circle. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from the Afghan capital.
 






Afghan policeman near site of explosion in Kabul, 27 Nov 2008



Witnesses at Kabul's landmark 2 Massoud traffic circle said the bomber 3 was driving erratically 4 as he neared a convoy of foreign troops.

This man says he was standing 5 near the road, when the bomber almost hit him. He says the driver then hit three other cars and exploded.

The Massoud traffic circle is a busy intersection 6 in an upscale area of Kabul that contains foreign missions, international organizations and news agencies.

The U.S. Embassy is located about 200 meters away, behind two heavily fortified 7 checkpoints. The embassy was hosting a Thanksgiving Holiday foot-race and some foreigners were arriving at the time of the explosion.

Interior Ministry 8 spokesman Zamary Bashary says officials believe the attacker was targeting the convoy of international troops.

"Prior to reaching the convoy, the bomber who was sitting in a small vehicle, detonated the bombs that were in the car and as a result of that unfortunately, a number of civilians 9 were killed and a number were injured," said Bashary.

One bystander said most of the victims were city sanitation 10 workers.

President Hamid Karzai condemned 11 the blast, saying Afghans are fed up with such attacks after 30 years of invasions and terrorism.

Foreigners in Kabul have been targeted in a string of recent kidnappings and shootings. The city's last suicide attack occurred nearly a month ago at the Afghan Culture Ministry, when three militants 12 stormed the building, killing 13 five people.



vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队
  • The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
  • Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
adv.不规律地,不定地
  • Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
  • Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.交集,十字路口,交叉点;[计算机] 交集
  • There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
  • Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
adj. 加强的
  • He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
  • The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • 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。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
学英语单词
ammongelatine
ammonia saturator
annealing point
Anosovo
aphthous fever
assertion statement
betabeam
borstal boy
Bothrophyllum
button light shadow
capricciosa
chibols
class-sizest
clear indicator
coati-mundis
conceptively
convection heate
corrivalship
crankcase compartment
cucurbit flute
daily service fuel oil pump
dehydratases
Dendraspis
dentosurgical
dicerium
draznin
ecliptic node
epistemological problem
execrators
fan speed
film opaque
FOIRL
freeze-thawing
frequency modulation threshold
funds at the disposal of enterprises
furanochromones
genus astilbes
george merediths
getachew
gibstaff
hemiplexy
hollow rim
hot metal charging crane
house-works
hovenweep
hurried on
hyperawareness
hyphenated techniques of instruments
interstitial content
lacrimatory candle
legislative filibustering
logway
master positive
message blank
military air traffic control center
modernistically
MOVPE
night-blooming
nn. sacrales
noncardinal
noncollectivist
nonmateriality
oleum aethereum
osteodysplasty
outweek
padder capacitor
parietaria micrantha ledeb.
philbertia bernardi
pocket barker
podlet
predent input
primary secondary clock
propraetorial
rack-type gear cutter
renewed offer
rhizogonium spiniforme(l.)bruch
rip-sulwer
ripeness
river floodplain swamp
rubber-neckings
sebastodes caurinuss
semicrouches
sonar for fisheries
spare charge
streptococcal sore throats
synthetic depolymerized rubber
tantalum clips applying forceps
teit
theoretical and empirical analysis
thesaurus inventus
three magnon scattering
three-high bloomer
Toyls
transitional moor
trettle
Tri Brata, Gora
turn your back on sth
types of crime
unbereaved
want up
water-impact
Wilms's tumor/tumour