VOA标准英语2015--逃脱雅兹迪的女性诉说被伊斯兰国圈养的经历

 

Escaped Yazidi Women Recount Ordeal¹ of Islamic State Captivity² 逃脱雅兹迪的女性诉说被伊斯兰国圈养的经历

BA'ADRA, IRAQ—

When militants³ of the Islamic State seized parts of northern Iraq six months ago, one the areas hardest hit was that of the Yazidis, an ethnic-religious minority living around Sinjar. The militants reportedly killed thousands of men and took the women and children captive. A few of the young women eventually escaped.

Ba’adra camp, home to 15,000 displaced Yazidis, is in northern Iraq. Thousands of others are being held captive by Islamic State militants, known here as "Daesh."

Eighteen year-old Soham Mohamed escaped after six months’ captivity. She said IS invaded her village in August and took away all the men.

“They separated seven of us girls by force from our mothers and took us to a house [in Tal Afar]. The food was not good. After a month two Daesh guys came and they chose some of us and took us to a house in Mosul,” she said.

Soham endured repeated rapes⁴ and beatings until a month ago when she managed to escape. She says she ran all night until she found a family to take her in. They eventually contacted her uncle, who rescued her.

IS fighters killed about 1,700 people in the village of Kocho. More than 100 young women were separated and taken to a house in Raqqa, northern Syria, said 22 year-old Sara Hussein. The militants showed up that night.

“Each fighter bought a girl for himself. They came to buy and sell us and convert us to Islam. They raped⁵ us and did not give us food. No one was spared. If one resisted they would hit all of us, breaking our hands and our heads. We could not do anything. Sometimes three of them would violate one girl,” said Hussein.

Worse, she said, is what is happening to the younger children.

“We escaped, but we are not happy because our families are not here. All our close families are with Daesh. They brainwashed the small kids and gave them injections.  And these kids in the future will do the same things to us,” she said.

Hussein is angry at the response of the international community, which she said has been too little and too late.

“All the major countries are attacking them (IS); America, Saudi Arabia, Australia, France, but they do not care about us. They just care about Iraqi oil. If they want to help us they would free our kidnapped people,” said Hussein.

Hussein escaped in November. She said she wants to testify to the International Court of Justice about what was done to her and her people.

1 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

2 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 rapes   

n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 )；强奸罪；强奸案；肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的第三人称单数 )；强奸

参考例句：

• The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
• The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网

5 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句