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英语课
By Daniel Schearf
Irbil, Iraq
22 February 2008


Iraqi radical 1 Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has extended for another six months a cease-fire between his Mahdi army militia 2 and U.S. and Iraqi forces. Daniel Schearf reports from the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.


Clerics loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr announced the extended truce 3 between his Mahdi army militia and U.S. and Iraqi forces during Friday prayers.


Iraqi government and U.S. military officials immediately welcomed the move, saying the initial six-month truce helped to sharply reduce attacks on Iraqi and U.S. troops, as well as diminish sectarian violence in Iraq.


In a press release Friday the Multi-National Force in Iraq said the extension would foster national reconciliation 4 and allow coalition 5 and Iraqi security forces to focus on combating al-Qaida terrorists.


The press release said those who continue to honor al-Sadr's pledge would be treated with respect and restraint, but warned security forces would continue to crack down on criminals who violate the law and dishonor the cease-fire.


On Thursday hundreds of Mahdi militiamen marched through the al-Sadr controlled neighborhood of Baghdad known as Sadr City. The parade marked the fourth anniversary of the Shi'ite uprising against U.S.-led security and honored those militiamen killed by U.S. and Iraqi soldiers.


Al-Sadr spokesman Sheik Jamal al-Sudani addressed the rally. And despite the defiant 6 tone of the marchers, he made it clear they would not renew fighting.


"We have to think of another way to martyrdom, this time not by attack or assassination 7 but by a doctrinal stand," he said. "We have to break the thorn of enemies by our millions of prayers in yards and mosques 8."


Even though the cease-fire has contributed to a sharp decline in attacks across Iraq, there has been a debate among al-Sadr supporters on whether the cease-fire should be extended. Many of them say U.S. and Iraqi troops have used the truce to arrest al-Sadr supporters in southern Iraq, where Shi'ite militias 9 are competing for influence.


Al-Sadr's militia is one of the most powerful in Iraq and a call for renewed fighting could jeopardize 10 recent improvements in security.




n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
n.民兵,民兵组织
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束
  • The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
  • She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
n.和解,和谐,一致
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
清真寺; 伊斯兰教寺院,清真寺; 清真寺,伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )
  • Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下?
  • The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺,过去年久失修,现在已经修复。
n.民兵组织,民兵( militia的名词复数 )
  • The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
  • The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
vt.危及,损害
  • Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
  • If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼,那就可能断送你成功的机会。
学英语单词
A-sharp major
aiming line
al-jumhuriyahs
ambiens
amyl chloroacetate
anode efficiency
Arenacea
bacon belly
bang Banagher
breakdown of air curtain
Carex caucasica
carry sth. too far
chemical resistant polymer
chestertown
Community News Service
cooketh
cotransfecting
cotton tree
crowfoot cell
dadhood
Delorme's operation
depth of submerged hull
device-independent
dietch
distribution server
due date of bill
Dvoretzky's theorem
Eberthella paradysenteriae
electric welded short link chain
emailed
ensisternum
ergokryptinine
external procedure
five viscera
fluoric
frugal fatigue
ghreib
Gludorm
have the whip hand over someone
hive mind
hydrated layer
hyomandibulas
identically priced
impulse recording paper
informational role
innumeracies
iodine reaction
kitao
Koyp, Gora
lanceolated
leadest
leisz
linear arrangement of a digraph
link coordinate
long coat
lost in translation
lunchpails
lustre glaze
manpower administration
modifier key
mru (mobile radio unit)
nickel sesquioxide
Otawara
overextrapolation
p-tert-butylaniline
passive sensors
pig-keeping
Pitot probe of boundary layer
reading of recording instrument
Renese
roadmapping
root apex beyond crossing point
Seed-horn
series-parallel control
service company
shatter rock
silicon crystal
sodium aminoarsenate
sparkling fabric
staggeen
stagnation property
steel bar cold working
syntactic salt
syntonic comma
tax on writeup
Temiar
tendon spindles
tenuivirus rice stripe virus
tert-butyl isocyanide
the end of the story
Thurcroft
top jar
transforming gene
troglodytic
Ulakhan-Melemken
unhook
uniform resonance
whitethroat
wiens
zaniacci
zysbena