CNN 2011-09-21

 Preparing to leave after an ordeal¹ at the hands of the Gadhafi family that was sickening as it was incomprehensible. S.M boards a specially² chartered plane to fly to Malta for long-term treatment. Her relief and happiness welling over as the plane took off. This is how we found the nanny to Cornel Gadhafi's grandchildren, lying on a mattress³ in an exclusive Gadhafi beach resort. She told us Cornel Gadhafi's daughter-in-law Aline poured boiling water over her head simply because she wouldn't beat their toddler to stop her crying. As the plane touched down at the international airport in Malta, she was entering a different world. Flowers and the sort of welcome according to visiting presidents. The Malta's prime minister has been personally touched by her story and offered her long-term asylum⁴ and all the care she needs. We roaded in the ambulance as she made the last leg of the journey to a state of the art hospital. She says I feel relaxed, it was a little bit scary there, but now I'm relaxed. That's in part thanks to the compassion⁵ of the head nurse, Mary Bezina.

Now the plastic, the plastic surgeon is waiting for her and the emergency department at the Malta hospital. So we start from there.

After one year, S's nightmare in Tripoli is over. She is arriving here in Malta to well class treatment and stark⁶ contrast the awful suffering she has endured in Libya. Dan Rivers, CNN, Malta.

1 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

2 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

3 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

4 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

5 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

6 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。