英语听力精选进阶版 8235

We start with some breaking news. The first video footage of the man believed to be the leader of the ISIS, the militant¹ group which has taken control of large part of Syria and Iraq. This is the material that was posted online. But it appears to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking in a great Mosque², as now being, which is in Mosul. It's thought the video was filmed on Friday, and this follows report that he may have been killed in the fighting in Iraq. Well, let's get more now from our correspondent Paul Adams who is in Baghdad. 

首先让我们来说一些爆炸性新闻。第一个视频镜头是ISIS恐怖组织领导头目，该组织下的军队已经控制了叙利亚和伊拉克大部分领土。这是网上流传出来的信息。从中可以清楚的看出巴格达迪是在摩苏尔的一个大清真寺里讲话。据说这个视频是在星期五录制完成的，随后的报道称巴格达迪已经在伊拉克战争中被杀死。下面是驻巴格达记者从前方发回的报道。

“Paul, how would we know that this is the ISIS leader and this was filmed recently?” 

保罗，你是怎样知道这就是ISIS组织头目，而且这个视频就是最近录制的呢？

“You've good, propose for a good question because certainly the man who appears in this video is rather different from the couple of the rather grainy still images that we've had of him up to now and which he’d appeared somewhat scrappy unshaven figure. Here we have a man who looked every inch the religious preacher with this full black beard and robes, as speaking there in the very grand surroundings of the Great Mosque of Nur al-Din, which is one of the most famous mosques³ in Iraq and certainly the most famous landmark⁴ in Mosul. We've spoken to people who believe that this is indeed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, that is certainly how the video presents him, the video produced by ISIS themselves. We've spoken to an Iraqi official who is quite well acquainted with Mr. al-Baghdadi and he believes that this is him. And it is also consistent with reports that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did indeed address the congregation there in the mosque in Mosul yesterday. So as you say, after about 24 hours or so in which a number of fairly vague rumors⁵ about his possibly having been injured or killed in some kind of military operation have been circulating here in rather glorious technicolor would've appeared to be the ISIS response. Here is a man re-carved as a religious and temporal leader addressing the faithful in one of the most important mosques in the country.”

问得好。视频中的人与我们之前所知的胡子拉碴，不修边幅的巴格达迪确实有很大的不同。视频中我们所见到的的人是一个非常有绅士风度温文尔雅，留黑胡子穿黑袍子的人在苏摩尔一座大清真寺里发表讲话。这座清真寺是在伊拉克非常有名的，并且也是摩苏尔当地的标志性建筑。通过与当地人的交谈我们确信，视频中出现的人正是巴格达迪本人。伊拉克政府内部官员也证实了这就是巴格达迪。这也和昨天报道称巴格达迪现身摩苏尔摩苏尔当地清真寺相符合。就像你说的，在随后的24小时里各种模糊不清的传言称他已经在军事行动中受伤或者遇难了，其实这也是对ISIS组织一直所推崇的光荣献身号召的响应。巴格达迪也在这个国家最负盛名的清真寺里成为了“伊拉克和大叙利亚伊斯兰国”的“国王”。

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

3 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。

4 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

5 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》