VOA慢速英语--伊斯兰国家收紧着装的女人

AS IT IS 2016-05-14 Islamic State Tightens¹ Dress Code for Women 伊斯兰国家收紧着装的女人

Islamic State has issued new dress codes on women living in its areas in Syria, say local residents and activist² groups.

IS is forcing women to wear only black. It punishes women who don’t obey, local residents say. IS says any women’s clothing that is not black is seductive.

One man living in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor said IS members arrested him because his wife and mother were wearing colorful clothes.

The resident, Abu Hassan, told the Syrian opposition³ website All4Syria the women were in their home when religious police drove by and saw their colorful clothes.

“They didn’t release me until I paid the equivalent of one gram of gold,” the man said. His statements could not be independently verified by VOA. IS bans contact with outsiders in areas it controls.

IS has imposed strict rules on civilians⁴ – especially women -- since gaining control of large areas of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014.

Religious police, also known as al-Hisbah, are in charge of enforcing the IS rules about clothes. The word al-Hisbah means accountability in Arabic.

In addition to punishing women for the way they dress, IS has also arrested many women for hanging laundry outside.

IS “considers anything related to women as tempting⁵ for men,” said a resident in the IS de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria.

The man, who did not give his name, told VOA that IS requires his wife and two adult daughters to be escorted by a man to leave the house.

He said a neighbor who let his wife visit her sister without a male escort was punished with 40 lashes⁶ in public and spent several days in jail.

Local activists⁷ say IS recently strengthened its strict moral codes after the U.S.-led international coalition⁸ stepped up its bombing campaign against IS positions in Syria and Iraq.

The latest attacks have affected⁹ Islamic State on many levels, according to Hussam Eisa, a member of “Raqqa is being Slaughtered¹⁰ Silently,” which reports on IS abuses in Syria.

Eisa said the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, along with attacks on IS by Russia and Syrian government forces, have made the group look weak to local residents. He said this has led Islamic State to take “desperate measures.”

Despite the airstrikes, IS militants¹¹ have made some recent advances in government-held areas of oil-rich Deir Ezzor. Local reports say the group controls much of the area around a military airbase it has been surrounding for months.

Words in This Story

impose – v. to force something to be accepted or put into place

seductive – adj. tempting or attractive

equivalent – adj. equal in value, amount or meaning

rules – n. a set of understood regulations regarding conduct

accountability – n. the fact or condition of being accountable

tempting – adj. to be appealing or attractive

de facto – adv. in reality, actually

escort – n. a person who accompanies someone else for protection

desperate – adj. losing hope in something, sometimes leading to reckless or dangerous behavior

1 tightens   

收紧( tighten的第三人称单数 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• One set of provisions tightens emission standards. 一套使排放标准更加严格的规定。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Requires no special tools or fittings; hand tightens to relief valve outlet. 不需要专用工具或管件；用手将其紧固到安全阀上即可。

2 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 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。

5 tempting   

a.诱人的, 吸引人的

参考例句：

• It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
• It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。

6 lashes   

n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。