万花筒 2011-08-19&08-21 恐怖分子向美国脱口秀主持人发死亡威胁

 We will begin with that death threat against David Letterman made on an al-Qaeda website. Jonathan Dienst from WNBC, the NBC station here in New York, is here with the details. Jonathan, good to see you.

 

Good morning. 

 

I know David Letterman was informed of this threat came on Tuesday. What exactly was the threat? What prompted it? 

 

Well, there was this al-Qaeda website overseas that Jihadist post threats and rants¹ and one of the threats was posted to "cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever". And this was because Letterman had been making jokes about Bin² Laden³ and some of his heir apparents who have been killed by the US military. Letterman is not Jewish, nonetheless, the FBI and the NYPD take threats like this very seriously, felt it was important when they learned this being on the website, to alert the comedian⁴ and take some extra security precautions. But get no specific plot. 

 

Yeah, and I was going to follow up with that. I mean, obviously they want to in an abundance of caution look into it, but they are not saying that this is a credible⁵ plot, or that this individual had taken any steps to execute this threat. 

 

That's exactly right. No specific plot. But the concern is, look, there is chatter⁶ out there and will a loan actor act based on rhetoric⁷ that is posted on a known al-Qaeda website. That's the concern. But nothing to indicate the person posted this is a real terrorist, is a real al-Qaeda leader, it could be a lone⁸ nut.They don't know yet. So they are investigating, trying to find out. 

 

Because you mention this is a real al-Qaeda website? One official called that the premier⁹ forum¹⁰ for al-Qaeda. 

 

It has been uesd in the past to make specific and real threats. It also claimed responsibility that al-Qaeda was behind the Norway attacks. So there has been real stuff on there, there has been fake stuff on there. So...

 

And you can never be too careful. Jonathan Dienst, thank you so much.

1 rants   

n.夸夸其谈( rant的名词复数 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨v.夸夸其谈( rant的第三人称单数 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨

参考例句：

• This actor rants his lines. 这演员背台词拿腔拿调。 来自辞典例句
• Parents might also profit from eliminating the rants. 改掉大声叫骂的习惯，家长们也会受益。 来自互联网

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

4 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

5 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

6 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

7 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

8 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

9 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

10 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。