VOA标准英语2010年-Angola Arrests 2 Suspects in Connectio

Angolan authorities say security forces have arrested two individuals allegedly involved in the deadly attack on Togo's national football team on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations. Despite the Togolese team's subsequent withdrawal¹, the tournament opened Sunday night in Luanda with a 4-4 tie between Angola and Mali.

Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 11 January 2010

Residents gather next to a giant ball advertising² the African Cup of Nations, in Luanda, Angola, 08 Jan 2009

The arrests came amid an intense hunt for the estimated one dozen gunmen who attacked Togo's national football team Friday as it traveled by bus from its training camp in Congo Republic to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda.

The team's assistant coach and its spokesman, Amalete Abalo and Stanislas Ocloo, were killed in the attack as well as their Angolan bus driver. At least seven others were wounded including the Togolese back-up goalkeeper who underwent surgery Saturday in South Africa.

The Togolese government ordered its team to withdraw from the tournament in order to observe three days of mourning but said it might ask to re-join the competition at a later date.

Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos deplored³ the attack as he opened the tournament Sunday night in a glittering ceremony of music and dance.

He says we condemn⁴ this shameful⁵ act but the competition in Cabinda will go ahead in homage⁶ to these lamented⁷ figures of African and international sport.

A minute of silence was observed in honor of the victims.

The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda, which has been fighting a 30-year war for independence in the territory, claimed responsibility. Cabinda is separated from Angola by the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A FLEC commander said the Togolese team was not targeted in the attack but was a casualty of the war. And he warned that if the Angolan government rejected the group's offer of dialogue the violence would continue.

The wounded Togolese goalkeeper, Kodjovi Obilale, was evacuated⁸ to South Africa and underwent surgery in a Johannesburg hospital. One of his physicians, Kenneth Boffard, said afterwards that his prospects⁹ for recovery were good.

"I think there's every chance [of recovery], not this season perhaps, but he's young. He's fit. He's got a lot going for him. We are optimistic," Boffard said.

In Sunday's opening match, Angola took a commanding lead of four goals to nil¹⁰ by the second half. But Mali stunned¹¹ the hosts by scoring four goals in the final 16 minutes of play, scoring the equalizer with less than 20 seconds to go in injury time.

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 deplored   

v.悲叹，痛惜，强烈反对( deplore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They deplored the price of motor car, textiles, wheat, and oil. 他们悲叹汽车、纺织品、小麦和石油的价格。 来自辞典例句
• Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。 来自辞典例句

4 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

5 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

6 homage   

n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

参考例句：

• We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
• The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

7 lamented   

adj.被哀悼的，令人遗憾的v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
• We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

9 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

10 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。

11 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。