【英音模范秀】费卢贾战火

模仿文本：

 As the battle continues for control of the Iraqi town of Fallujah, we take you back to 2004 and a US assault on the town. American forces besieged¹ Fallujah for the whole of April following the murder of four US Security contractors². Dina Newman has been speaking to a doctor who worked in the town hospital during the siege.

译文：

目前伊拉克的费卢杰依旧战火持续，我们就带您追溯回2004年美军对这里展开的军事袭击。在4名美国合同商被屠杀后，整个4月美军对费卢杰进行了军事包围。迪纳·纽曼采访了在那次围攻时工作在当地的一位医生。

 

1 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

2 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》