美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-03-21

 It's March and the madness is upon us, hello, everyone, I'm Carl Azuz. Later on today, we're going to tell you exactly how all of this came together. But we're starting today with an anniversary, it was exactly ten years ago on March 19th, 2003, that the war in Iraq began.

"At this hour, American and coalition¹ forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm² Iraq, to free its people and protect world from great danger."

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

"By removing Saddam Hussein from power, America is safer and the world is better off."

You guys have grown up with this war, you've seen images like those, may be learn phrases like weapons of mass destruction or shock and awe³. For years, the war in Iraq is part of our daily lives, when it began ten years ago, Iraq was under the control of Saddam Hussein. The longtime president was forced out of power and in the hiding as U.S. and coalition troops moved through the country and took control of Baghdad, the capital city. Hussein was captured in December of 2003. The war went on for eight more years, as U.S. coalition and Iraqi forces fought against insurgence⁴. By the time the war did end, Iraqis had voted in their country's first free election in half a century. Tens of thousands of lives, troops and civilians⁵ have been lost. And for many of the people who lived through it, like the family that Arwa Damon sat down with. Life had changed forever.

"And why did you stow?"

"I still got hope back then."

"You know, we didn't lose hope."

"Right now, it's worse than 2006, 2007 or 2008?"

"Of course. This is what we said, it's entrenching⁶."

"That's frustrating⁷. I was depressed⁸, all my close friends left the country."

"Did you ever say I want to go to?"

"No, because I know that she is doing the right thing that what we're not leaving. And I know that there is a hope."

"We trust her."

"But you've changed your mind now."

"Six, seven months ago?"

"When I walk, I don't feel comfortable, because I feel threatened that someone might hurt me, or you know, or harass⁹ me, or do anything to me. And I can't feel safe unles I'm with my mother or with someone who is older than me."

"So you guys just online all the time?"

"Yeah, I spend most of the times on my phone here."

"One is not enough, so it's mostly their lives."

"So you're living in a virtual world, effectively."

"Yeah, yeah, we can say that."

"And when they meet, now they meet at home."

"A lot of people have a tendency to look at the numbers. They looked at the numbers of people who were killed from, but from everything you, you three are describing. that's not your barometer¹⁰."

"No."

"No, it's about how to live like human being."

"There is no future here."

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• 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。

2 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

3 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

4 insurgence   

n.起义；造反；暴动；叛乱

参考例句：

• US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence. 美军日前进军阿富汗山区阻止塔利班组织的一次暴动。 来自互联网

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 entrenching   

v.用壕沟围绕或保护…( entrench的现在分词 )；牢固地确立…

参考例句：

• It has the same effect of entrenching the elite in corrupt economies. 它有着令精英陷入腐败经济的相同效应。 来自互联网
• This in entrenching on other domains. 这是在侵占别人的领土。 来自互联网

7 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

9 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

10 barometer   

n.气压表，睛雨表，反应指标

参考例句：

• The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
• The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。