VOA标准英语2012--Defying Danger: Somali Refugees Flock to Journalism School
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Defying Danger: Somali Refugees Flock to Journalism 1 School
On the eighth floor of the Binali hotel in Nairobi, journalists gather to honor six of their colleagues killed in Mogadishu in just eight days in late September.
Mohamed Osman, chairman of the Somali Exiled Journalists Association, organized the event.
"No one knows, you know, why we are killed and who is killing 2 the journalists," he said.
Journalists are under threat from al-Shabab militants 3, rival political factions 4 and general insecurity in a country that has been a lawless conflict zone for 20 years.
Osman fled Mogadishu in 2007 after two of his colleagues at Horn Afrik Media were murdered on the same day. Now in Nairobi, he says the recent violence reminds him of why he cannot return to Somalia.
"Within two weeks more than five journalists were killed, how could you dare go back to a town where the journalist is a target? By no means, I don't think so," he said.
Despite the risks, journalism is still a popular profession among young Somalis.
Two years ago Osman opened the Al-Imra Institute of Languages and Journalism to train young Somali refugees.
Abdiladiif, 22, is one of Osman’s 30 students. Born in Mogadishu, he arrived in Nairobi one year ago as a refugee. Everyday he now attends Kiswahili, English and journalism classes.
"Journalism is my passion and I have always dreamt about it so I will not stop," he said. "I believe that whether I am in Somalia or in a safer place, still death will meet me. So I will still move on. It is unfortunate that heinous 5 acts of violence are leveled against journalists. But still I want continue with my studies, the future holds a lot for me.”
Abdiladiif’s brother, working in the U.S., pays his school fees. The journalism course costs him 1,000 Kenyan shillings every month, or approximately 12 U.S. dollars.
Many in the class are women, like Fatuma Jam’a, aged 6 27, who used to work as a radio journalist in Somalia before fleeing to Nairobi.
"If you go back to Somalia, it is not safe for ordinary people, but it's even worse for journalists," she said. "Problems will arise but you need to be bold, somebody has to work there. …You need courage and braveness [bravery], and for me, I want to be the person who goes back."
Most of the Somali journalists murdered this year have been in their 20s and 30s, as younger reporters tend to take bigger risks.
After completing the yearlong course, both Fatuma and Abdiladiif are willing to return to Somalia to work as journalists.
They understand the risk but believe good journalism can bring peace to their war-torn home.
- He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
- He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- 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。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
- I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。