2007年VOA标准英语-Philippines Braces For Possible Attacks After A

By Heda Bayron
Hong Kong
29 August 2007

Philippine security forces are on high alert for possible attacks by communist rebels after Dutch authorities arrested their exiled leader in the city of Utrecht. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong.

Philippine Communist rebel leader Jose Maria Sison seen during an interview in Utrecht in this August 2002 file photo

Dutch authorities say they arrested Jose Maria Sison Tuesday for ordering the murder of two former communist comrades from his exile home in the Netherlands.

In Manila, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo¹ welcomed the arrest as a "giant leap toward peace" and a victory for justice.

But the National Democratic Front, the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines that Sison heads, denounced the arrest and called the charges "fabrications."

The party threatened to withdraw entirely² from peace talks with the government, which have already been stalled since 2004.

Renato Reyes, secretary-general of the leftist group Bayan (Nation), says the arrest was another attempt by the Arroyo government to silence its critics.

"We believe that this incident is happening with the knowledge and prodding³ of the Arroyo government… thereby⁴ justifying⁵ this all-out war policy against the critics of the government," said Reyes.

The Philippine police and the military were placed on high alert Wednesday to thwart⁶ any retaliatory⁷ attacks by the rebels or their sympathizers.

Sison has led the Philippine communist party, or CPP, from the Netherlands since 1987. His arrest casts further doubt on the future of the nearly 40-year-long communist insurgency⁸, which some experts say has not regained⁹ strength after suffering a leadership split in the 1990s.

Nathan Gilbert Quimpo, associate professor of political science at Tsukuba University in Japan, is a former member of the CPP.

"Even without him [Sison], the communist party might still be able to continue with its operations, but the effect on the internal dynamics¹⁰ of the CPP is still very difficult to gauge," he said.

There is no extradition¹¹ treaty between the Netherlands and the Philippines, and Sison was arrested on Dutch charges.

He is accused of ordering the killings¹² of former communist commanders Romulo Kintanar in 2003, and Arturo Tabara in 2004. Both were gunned down in the Philippines after withdrawing support from Sison.

The United States and the European Union have designated the CPP and its military wing, the New People's Army, as a terrorist organization.

1 arroyo   

n.干涸的河床，小河

参考例句：

• She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。
• They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 prodding   

v.刺，戳( prod的现在分词 )；刺激；促使；（用手指或尖物）戳

参考例句：

• He needed no prodding. 他不用督促。
• The boy is prodding the animal with a needle. 那男孩正用一根针刺那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

5 justifying   

证明…有理( justify的现在分词 )； 为…辩护； 对…作出解释； 为…辩解（或辩护）

参考例句：

• He admitted it without justifying it. 他不加辩解地承认这个想法。
• The fellow-travellers'service usually consisted of justifying all the tergiversations of Soviet intenal and foreign policy. 同路人的服务通常包括对苏联国内外政策中一切互相矛盾之处进行辩护。

6 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

7 retaliatory   

adj.报复的

参考例句：

• The process can take years before the WTO approves retaliatory action. 在WTO通过此行动之前，这个程序恐怕要等上一阵子了。 来自互联网
• Retaliatory tariffs on China are tantamount to taxing ourselves as a punishment. 将惩罚性关税强加于中国相当于对我们自己实施课税惩罚。 来自互联网

8 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

9 regained   

复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地

参考例句：

• The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
• She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

10 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

11 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

12 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。