PBS高端访谈:土耳其在要求对抗ISIS的呼声中埋葬遇难者

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now to Istanbul and the aftermath of Tuesday's deadly airport attack. More of the dead were memorialized today, and larger questions are being asked about how Turkey will respond.

　　From Istanbul, special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports.

　　JANE FERGUSON, Special Correspondent: Shattered families have gathered to bury their loved ones in funerals across Istanbul. Many of those killed on Tuesday's attack at Ataturk Airport were Turkish nationals, leaving behind grieving relatives and a shocked country.

　　At this small high school in the city, people gathered to say goodbye to 28-year-old teacher Hussayn Tunch. He was waiting for a friend to arrive when the attackers struck. His students are clearly shaken.

　　CERAM HAMI, Student (through translator): We first heard the news from social media and couldn't believe it. Then we checked the school Web site and found out it was our teacher.

　　土耳其在要求对抗ISIS的呼声中埋葬遇难者

　　JANE FERGUSON: Police say the attack was planned here, a historic neighborhood in Istanbul called Fatih. The three suicide bombers¹ lived in this second-floor apartment before that attack. Turkish news media here report that neighbors complained of a suspicious chemical odor coming from the building. The Turkish government says the three men were from Russia and the central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and that it was an ISIS attack.

　　Reactions to Tuesday's attack reflect how polarized Turkey's population is. Some locals in Istanbul told the "NewsHour" they don't think the government is doing everything it can to keep them safe.

　　MANSUR AKCAY, Istanbul Resident (through translator): I don't think they do enough. With this last attack, there is not much they can do. They tried, but they made it worse. They cannot control it.

　　JANE FERGUSON: Others are staunch defenders² of the government.

　　MAN (through translator): The opposition³, they don't know anything. They just talk.

　　JANE FERGUSON: Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been criticized in the past for tolerating the Islamic State's use of the country as a backdoor into Syria. ISIS recruits have often traveled through Turkey on their way to join the group. It's an issue that's led to backlash in the streets.

　　BERIVAN TANRIVERDI, Protestor (through translator): We think we are surviving by chance, because the government supports ISIS, and innocent people are killed as a result. We are here for the innocent people who were killed yesterday at the Ataturk Airport.

　　JANE FERGUSON: Now the government is under renewed pressure to react to the attacks, in part by thawing⁴ relations with Russia. Erdogan has called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and had been angered by Russia's support of the dictator.

　　Last year, Turkish jets downed a Russian plane accused of entering their airspace from Syria. But Turkish analysts⁵ say Ankara increasingly sees Russia as an important partner, not only in the fight against ISIS.

　　BORA BAYRAKTAR, Istanbul Kultur University: Russia provides balance for Turkey. Turkey always needed a power to balance European and American demands.

　　JANE FERGUSON: Those swings in alliances continue, as Syria's war tests country after country, and its front-line state Turkey faces some of the most daunting⁶ challenges of all.

　　For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jane Ferguson in Istanbul, Turkey.

1 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 defenders   

n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者

参考例句：

• The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 thawing   

n.熔化，融化v.（气候）解冻( thaw的现在分词 )；（态度、感情等）缓和；（冰、雪及冷冻食物）溶化；软化

参考例句：

• The ice is thawing. 冰在融化。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• It had been snowing and thawing and the streets were sloppy. 天一直在下雪，雪又一直在融化，街上泥泞不堪。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

6 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。