CNN 2012-02-25

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Dozens of people are reportedly killed by violence in Syria and yesterday that include two journalists.They lost their lives trying to raise awareness¹ about the crisis over there.French President,Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to them,saying if reporters were not over there,we would not know what is going on.Now these two were killed in the city of Homs by artillery² fire.

 

One of the journalist was Remi Ochlik,a prizewinner for photographer and the other,Marie Colvin.She was interviewed on Anderson Cooper's CNN program the nigh before she died.She compared the violence in Syria to some of the other conflicts she reported on.

 

This is the worst of Anderson,for many reasons,the last,I think,the last time we talked when I was in Misrata.It's partly personal safety,I guess.There's no where to run.There's a lot of snipers on the high buildings surrounding the neighborhood.You can sort of figure out where sniper is,but you can't figure where,and where shell is going to land.And just the terror of the people and you know,the helplessness.

 

In Afghanistan,violence demonstrations³ have left at least 5 people dead.These protesters are angry about coalition⁴ troops,burning Qurans or Islam`s holy book.Military official say the Qurans were burning by mistake and not because of any decision about Islam.Brian Todd has more on the protests and explains how experts say Qurans should be handled.

 

Fires,angry chants,fist waving and response to what the military say was an inadvertent to burning of Qurans at Bagram Airfield⁵ in Afghanistan.

 

One of officials says some of the materials was removed from a detainee center of American base because of the inscriptions⁶ indicating the official says that the documents may have been used to facilitate extreme messages.

 

US military officials apologize for what they called an error but experts say even an accidental mishandling of the Quran is dangerous.Don't want this to happen, the sequence of the events because this is going to start affecting our own troops withdraw over the next couple months.

 

Akbar Ahmed is the chair of Islamic Studies at American University.He says understanding of these protests and other violence associated with the report of Quran being desecrated⁷ has to involve understanding of how the book is viewed in the Muslim world.

 

Akbar Ahmed says the Quran was so revered⁸.That the only time Muslims really pick it up is around the time of prayer and before that,hands should be washed from hands to elbow,face three times and the feet.And when it's time to place the Quran down,you should also be place,he says,as the high the point in the room and when you are in the same room with the Quran,you should not even point feet toward the book.

 

That's to keep physical purity,Ahmed says on part of the spiritual purity of the Quran.He says Qurans are passed between generations of families.

 

One Muslim scholar says if Quran is damaged,burning,burying or shredding⁹ is acceptable,otherwise you will never supposed to dispose of them in anywhere.Not Muslims,not Muslims,so Muslims technically¹⁰ can't tear it up, or throw it away,throw it into the dustbin.

 

What about non Muslims?Non Muslims again,it's entirely¹¹ in United States,it's a free country,free speech,free actions and no one can stop anyone doing anything.I would say that if we have,an American who is not Muslim has copies of Quran,want to dispose ring up Muslim friends or ring up Islamic center say, look,I got couple of these copies,you know,I don`t know what to do with them. I don`t want to insult your faith by throwing them into the dustbin. Would you come and collect them?

 

But Ahmed emphasized he doesn't excuse the violence reaction to incident involving the Quran.Like what happened last year,after a Florida pastor¹² ceremoniously burned the copy of the book and crowds attacked UN facilities in Afghanistan, killing¹³ 12 people.Ahmed says Muslim scholars have to talk to their followers¹⁴ about proper responses that don't involve violence.

1 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

2 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

3 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。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 airfield   

n.飞机场

参考例句：

• The foreign guests were motored from the airfield to the hotel.用车把外宾从机场送到旅馆。
• The airfield was seized by enemy troops.机场被敌军占领。

6 inscriptions   

（作者）题词( inscription的名词复数 )； 献词； 碑文； 证劵持有人的登记

参考例句：

• Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the inscriptions on the gravestones. 几个世纪的风雨已磨损了墓碑上的碑文。
• The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time. 年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。

7 desecrated   

毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army desecrated this holy place when they camped here. 侵略军在这块圣地上扎营就是对这块圣地的亵渎。
• She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader. 她不该亵渎宗教领袖的画像。

8 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

9 shredding   

v.撕碎，切碎( shred的现在分词 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）

参考例句：

• Like the Tehran experience, the shredding may be all for naught. 如同德黑兰事件中的情况一样，切碎文件可能是徒劳的。 来自时文部分
• How shredding began is subject to some guesswork. 粉碎处理行业的起源是个有争议的问题。 来自时文部分

10 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

11 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

12 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

13 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• 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。

14 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。