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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。
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agrobiodiverse
aluminium casting alloy
ammonium hydrogen carbonate
anti-heroine
asbestos curtain
Aunay
Avoine
baseball club
binding precedent
bleed illustration
bookkeeping process
Brazilian Shorthair
breaking speed
burla r.
Byam Martin Chan.
C-polymerization
carcinomycin
chemosensitizers
co-produce
delhi sore
demi-definitive time
derail shutdown switch
dichotomous approach
digital equipment computer users society
direct undertaking work
distributed interac
dribble urine
drunk as a boiled owl
electronic voltohmmeter
fast food chain
fire button
flashed
flow process chart
gawpuses
hederin
heroin(diacetylmorphine)
Higgins furnace
hocusses
hoeing machine
hydraulic central station
iatrarchy
immingling
in-house network
Indian mockstrawberry
jud
key wests
kirkyards
Lawson's cedar
lay barge
lead hydrogen arsenate
line abreast
liquorice olive
longitudinal (cross) section
lugworm
mersoben
midget capacitor
mispatches
mitral P wave
multistage Curtis turbine
non-salient pole alternator
nourishing calf
octahedral copper ore
over-the-range
paddock grazing method
pedal generator
Petersville
pinacyanole
pipeline company
plain transfer line
postinfective fistula of small intestine
potguns
poudreuses
preprepare
re-formation
relativitist
Riaba
root amputation
rustmicin
saprolegnoid
screw lift
separate payment
sequence of events
ship model towing tank
sintered metal products
slow-setting cement
slowwitted
snap time
sodium iodophthalein
sRGB
stou
street-food
study of burns
subincumbent
technology gap
Thomas A.Edison, Lake
tray salver
turbine follow mode
Unari
vestas
Wabasca-Desmarais
walimah
windshield wiper