时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(二月)


英语课

By Al Pessin
Washington
15 February 2006

The Defense 1 Department has expressed concern that the release of more photos, and some videos, of prisoner abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib Prison more than two years ago could incite 2 what it calls "unnecessary violence."

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Abu Ghraib prison (file photo)   
  

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman says the incidents at Abu Ghraib during that period have been fully 3 investigated, more than 25 servicemembers have been disciplined, and the treatment of detainees has been improved at all Defense Department facilities. He says the release of more pictures from two years ago could inflame 4 passions and incite unnecessary violence.

A Danish political cartoon depicting 5 the Prophet Muhammad, has sparked violent protests in many Islamic countries for more than a week, and what turned out to be an inaccurate 6 report about the abuse of the Koran at the Guantanamo detention 7 center last year also sparked violent protests.

These latest photos and videos were first broadcast by the SBS network in Australia. The network says they are from the same batch 8 of pictures as those released in 2004, causing an international outcry, a dozen investigations 9 by the Defense Department and the prosecution 10 or administrative 11 discipline of several prison guards and some of their supervisors 12.

The U.S. government is involved in a court battle to prevent the full release of the pictures.

The photos broadcast show male detainees naked in various poses, some with bags over their heads, one hanging upside-down from a set of bunk 13 beds. In one photo, a guard holds a dog that appears to be straining to attack a crouching 14 detainee. Detainees also have various injuries, including red marks on one man's buttocks and another man's arm.

A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad questioned the timing 15 of the release of the material, with anti-western sentiment running high in many Islamic countries. The spokesman also said the images do not reflect what is happening now at Abu Ghraib.

The Pentagon spokesman, Bryan Whitman, says it is the policy of the Defense Department to treat all detainees humanely 16, and to act promptly 17 to investigate reports of abuse and take corrective action when necessary. He says that worldwide, more than 600 allegations of mistreatment of detainees have been investigated, and more than 200 military personnel have been held accountable through prosecution or administrative punishment such as reduction in rank.



n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
v.引起,激动,煽动
  • I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家,非常会调动群众的情绪。
  • Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将,就会干。
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
v.使燃烧;使极度激动;使发炎
  • Our lack of response seemed to inflame the colonel.由于我们没有反应,好象惹恼了那个上校。
  • Chemical agents manufactured by our immune system inflame our cells and tissues,causing our nose to run and our throat to swell.我们的免疫系统产生的化学物质导致我们的细胞和组织发炎,导致我们流鼻水和我们的喉咙膨胀。
描绘,描画( depict的现在分词 ); 描述
  • a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
  • The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。
adj.错误的,不正确的,不准确的
  • The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确,而且夸大其词。
  • She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
n.一批(组,群);一批生产量
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
adj.行政的,管理的
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
n.监督者,管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )
  • I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
  • Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话
  • He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
  • Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
  • a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
  • A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
n.时间安排,时间选择
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
adv.仁慈地;人道地;富人情地;慈悲地
  • Is the primary persona being treated humanely by the product? 该产品对待首要人物角色时是否有人情味? 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • In any event, China's interest in treating criminals more humanely has limits. 无论如何,中国对更人道地对待罪犯的兴趣有限。 来自互联网
adv.及时地,敏捷地
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
学英语单词
adherence
Aegypiinae
AGAG
alpine ecosystem
arsle
Balsam-poplar
beam spectroscopy
beamer's reel
bean feast
calked
Chinese arrowhead
clearing brush
cloud base detrainment instability
colloidal concrete
colour cell
connexively
contemporary physics
cotransmission
craisins
cuestas
decapitalized
deipnophobias
derispia nanshanchiensis
dimension of complex
electro-catalyst
error expected
Eucaryota
fall-through
fliter
flow compiler
fluctuate pressure
fob pricing
gemmula pseudogranosa
grain size accumulative curve
gravity electrode
have an open mind
heavy-oil pump
hilus of kidney
In'va
incested
infins
intermediate wax
knife edge relay
kote-eyeqiece
label-switchings
league of legends
Leignon
library school
Liederabend
Litsea rubescens
main drain pipe
malnourishments
marchalia fagarae
matricide
Mesocryptozoiceon
mesocrystalline texture
mixed indicator strain
Monacholite
moral superiority
motion analysis
multi-layer blow molding
nematicon
neoasterodiaspis pasaniae
nephroliths
new-modelize
No Fun City
North Cowden
paramagnetic solid state maser
Petra
pick-up unit
Poggendorff's second method
pro-vitamins
producer goods under unified control
put the change on sb
rated time
real computer
reoffended
resistance to elongation
rhipidia
Sanders bed
seajacked
side-door elevator
slide head
small-crafts
snubbing post
sorting equipment
spool pilot valve
steatocyte
sugar beet puller
swirling eddy
syrene
Taurica
tricolor tubes
TTL compatibility
two-pin rigid frame
unpolishable
unrestricted air attack
venae ciliares posteriores
viscosimetric
wandering paradentosis
warrior-goddess
wingchair