美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-07-11

 In Homs, already so devastated¹, the government bombardment is unrelenting. Mosques² have become morgues, places of worship now housing the dead.

 

"Haven't you gotten tired of killing³ us," this distraught woman asks of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad?(她真地在对阿萨德说这话？) "Aren't you full enough from our blood? In what religion is this permissible⁴? What did this child do to you?"

 

Everyone has become a target in rebel-held areas. The victims are getting younger. And medics struggle to revive children with mortal wounds.

 

Rebel fighters have warned an onslaught was coming since they lost Qusayr, a strategically important town between the Homs and Syria's border with Lebanon.

 

Now, the military has momentum⁵. And Bashar al-Assad's forces are aiming to vanquish(征服；击败；克服) the rebellion in the heart of the Syrian uprising.

 

Activists⁶ say this is the worst violence they've yet experienced in two years of conflict, that Homs is hit harder every day.

 

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

3 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。

4 permissible   

adj.可允许的，许可的

参考例句：

• Is smoking permissible in the theatre?在剧院里允许吸烟吗？
• Delay is not permissible,even for a single day.不得延误，即使一日亦不可。

5 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》