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Here 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 the large part of Syria and Iraq. This is in a serial² that was posted online. But it appears to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking in a great Mosque³, ah now being, which is in Mosul. It's thought the video was filmed on Friday, and this follows reports 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.

下面是一些重大新闻，据悉是ISIS领袖的首个视频片段，这个武装组织已经控制叙利亚和伊拉克的大部分地区。网上已经发布了这个视频，但这个视频中显然是阿布·巴克尔·巴格达迪在摩苏尔的一个大清真寺讲话。据悉这个视频是周五拍摄的，此前有报道称他可能在伊拉克的战斗中被杀。让我们从驻巴格达记者保罗·亚当斯那里获得更多消息。

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

保罗，我们怎么才能知道这是ISIS领导人，以及视频是最近拍摄的呢？

You've good, propose a good question because certainly the a man who appears in the video is rather different from the top of the rather grainy still images that we've had of him up to now and which appeared the 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 mosques⁴ in Iraq and certainly the most famous landmark⁵ in Mosul.

你的问题提得很好，因为当然视频中粗糙的图像和我们听说的未修面的形象很不同。这个视频中的宗教传道者留着黑胡子，穿着长袍，在Nur al-Din大清真寺的众多聆听者的包围中讲话，这个清真寺在伊拉克很有名，当然也是摩苏尔最有名的地标建筑。

We've spoken to people who believe that this is indeed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, that is certainly how this video presents him, the video pre-produced by the 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.

我们曾采访过阿布·巴克尔·巴格达迪本人，就是视频中的这个人，当然视频是ISIS组织提前拍摄的。我们还采访过一位很熟悉巴格达迪的伊拉克官员，他说视频中的人就是他。

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 member of fairly vague rumors⁶ 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 reform.

有报道称称阿布·巴克尔·巴格达迪昨天在摩苏尔清真寺对会众做讲话，这一点和视频很一致。因此正如你所说，就在一个真实性不大的流言称他可能在军事行动中受伤或被杀的24小时之后，这个人又出现在相当精彩视频中，这视频似乎说明ISIS在改革。

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.

这位宗教领袖兼临时领导人在该国最著名的清真寺向一群追随者作讲话。

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 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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》