VOA慢速英语20060416a

WORLD NEWS - 00:30 UTC, April 16, 2006By Voice of America

Broadcast: Sunday, April 16, 2006

Special thanks to Kwahili and Dr. Gaox, Jungle Man for posting their scripts of dictation.

Welcome to an half hour program of VOA special English. A way to learn American English and much more. We start with world news, then words and their stories and people in the America. And now we will come the 0:30 universal time. in the new at this hour, officials in the Iraq say at least 12 Iraqis have been killed in violence across the country. In the worst incident, at least four civilians¹ were killed when a bomb exploded near an eating-place in eastern Baghdad. More than twenty others were injured. The continuing violence has increased appeals (鍛煎悂) to form a national unity² government. But Kurdish (搴撳皵寰? and Sunni (閫婂凹娲?Arab politicians refuse to let the current (鐜颁换鐨? Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari head(棰嗗?) a new government. They say, Mr. al-Jaafari has not done enough to stop religious violence in Iraq.

Afghan government official say security forces are searching an area of south west of Kandahar (鍧庡ぇ鍝? for rebels. The officials say the rebels may have escaped from a battle in which forty-one Taliban fighters and six policemen were killed. The governor of Kandahar said the battle took place on Friday. The fighting was the most intense in recent months and lasted all day. A United States military said the American-led coalition³ forces supported the Afghan soldiers in this operation. In a separate incident on Saturday a Taliban attack killed an area governor in Helmand province west of Kandahar.

Palestinian policemen briefly⁴ seized the government building and blocked roads on Gaza Strip on Saturday. The police covered their faces as they protested delays in receiving pay. Officials say that the protest shows the growing concern about loss of international financial aid. The Hamas led government already is two weeks late in paying 140,000 workers for the Palestinian authority. Western nations cut off the aid to the Palestinian government after Hamas took control last month. The United States and the European Union say Hamas has not met demands(婊¤冻闇

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。