VOA标准英语2011--Human Rights Campaign Complements US Effort to Fight LRA

Human Rights Campaign Complements¹ US Effort to Fight LRA

U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send military advisers² to central Africa to help in the fight against Lord's Resistance Army rebels follows a long, determined³ effort by rights groups to publicize the LRA crisis affecting millions.

The fight to end the LRA's reign⁴ of terror in central Africa and capture its leader, Joseph Kony, will not be easy. The rebels are well-known for attacking remote villages and then melting back into the surrounding jungle.

But Michael Poffenberger, the executive director for the Washington-based group Resolve, is working to change that. His group has compiled data from the area since December 2009 to provide a more comprehensive picture. "Four out of every five attacks that we documented were never before publicly reported," he said. "And so what we aim to do with this is to really show the world, 'Here's the full scale of what's going on.'"

The group updates its online Crisis Tracker in real time with information from the United Nations, partner organizations and a high-frequency radio network. But it's not just a map that lists attacks. It's also a storytelling tool, showing the rate of violence and where LRA rebels are moving their attacks.

"I want President Obama to end this war. We do not know why we are being killed without any cause," said one female victim of the violence.

Human Rights Watch launched an appeal to the Obama administration in early 2010 that allowed victims to tell their stories to the president. Mr. Obama cited the work of aid groups as part of his decision to reaffirm the U.S. commitment against the LRA later that year.

Tom Malinowski is HRW's Washington advocacy director. He says he hopes the United States uses all tools available for a comprehensive strategy aimed at defeating the rebels. "If you provoke the hornets in the hornets' nest without effectively removing them from the forest or the battlefield, they tend to strike out even more viciously. So that's the dilemma," he said.

The United States supported another regional campaign against the LRA in 2008. But that mission failed to capture Joseph Kony and other commanders, resulting in what human-rights groups called retaliatory⁵ attacks against civilians⁶.

This time around, rights groups hope it will be different.

1 complements   

补充( complement的名词复数 )； 补足语； 补充物； 补集（数）

参考例句：

• His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
• The isoseismal maps are valuable complements to the instrumental records. 等震线图是仪器记录有价值的补充资料。

2 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

5 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

6 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。