VOA标准英语2012--In Thailand’s South, New Worries After Latest Bombing

In Thailand’s South, New Worries After Latest Bombing

A newborn boy clings to life in a Thai hospital as his mother, Nisachon Kotchakun.

Two-month-old Kanapat Intara Suwan is the youngest victim of the late March attack by suspected separatists in southern Thailand.

Hat Yai lies northwest of the areas worst hit by separatist violence, and some fear the latest attacks indicate the conflict is spreading north.

“I feel sad when I hear stories about people [getting killed] in the deep south. Now it has happened to my family. It's very terrible. Sometimes I want to give up," Nisachon said.

Shortly before the explosion in Hat Yai, closed-circuit TV cameras recorded two suspects leaving the car bomb in the underground parking lot. 

At least three people were killed and hundreds injured in what appeared to be a coordinated² attack, just hours after a similar bombing in neighboring Yala province.

Local vendor³ Wan¹ Lah works across the street from the building and says the indiscriminate attack is troubling.

“Whoever did this, they had no heart. They didn't think about other people's lives. If that happened to their own family, how are they going to feel. This is very terrible,” Wan said.

Meanwhile, at the Imperial Lee Garden hotel, officials are hustling⁴ to try to restore the town's safe reputation ahead of the annual Thai New Year celebrations.

Tourism is a big money-maker for local business, with mostly Malaysians and Singaporeans coming to the area.

Tourist police are trying to convince businesses that all is well.

“Things are OK. We've talked to many tourists who say they will be coming back. No problems,” said police official Col. Maj. Kittiphan Detsuntonwat.

Despite those assurances, more bombings in neighboring Yala province have put the region on high alert, as authorities try to track down who is behind the coordinated attacks that display a worrying level of sophistication. 

1 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

2 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

4 hustling   

催促（hustle的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Our quartet was out hustling and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over. 我们的四重奏是明显地卖座的， 而且我们知道在天亮以前，我们有把握收入一大笔钱。
• Men in motors were hustling to pass one another in the hustling traffic. 开汽车的人在繁忙的交通中急急忙忙地互相超车。