2006年VOA标准英语-Britain Welcomes Moussaoui Verdict

By Michael Drudge¹
London
04 May 2006

Relatives of the British victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York are welcoming the life sentence handed down to confessed al-Qaida terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.

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Zacarias Moussaoui (File photo)  
  

Sixty-seven Britons were killed in the collapse² of the World Trade Center towers in New York City and many of their relatives say they are pleased Moussaoui will be jailed for life, but they are upset al-Qaida leader Osama Bin³ Laden⁴ remains⁵ at large.

Patricia Bingley, whose son Kevin was killed, was asked by British television if the verdict helps heal her loss.

"No, there isn't any closure," she said, "because for nearly five years I've waited for Bin Laden to be captured and I'm still waiting. That would be closure for me. But today, it has given me some satisfaction to know that one of his conspirators⁶ has now been brought to trial and has been sentenced to a life imprisonment⁷."

The Moussaoui verdict also has revived recollections of his time in London in the 1990's.

The chairman of the Brixton mosque⁸ in south London, Abdul Haqq Baker⁹, recalls confrontations¹⁰ he had with an agitated¹¹ young Moussaoui.

"He would come and confront me and persisting in asking me: 'Where is the next jihad? Where is the next jihad?' And, when I told him I didn't actually know, he would become very frustrated¹² and angry with me," Baker said.

The security correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Gordon Carrera, says Moussaoui fell under the influence of radical¹³ Muslim preachers and joined a cadre of extremists who became al-Qaida terrorists.

"Here is another figure who came through London. Came from abroad. Spent time in London," explained Carrera. "Appears to have come here as a bit of drifter, but not a particularly radical figure. But through contact with people in London in the '90s became radicalized, went to al-Qaida training camps and becomes part of terrorist plots."

British police have been more aggressive against suspected terrorists since the 2001 attacks, but Carrera says they cannot be certain there are no other figures like Moussaoui, awaiting their turn to commit an atrocity¹⁴ in the name of al-Qaida.

1 drudge   

n.劳碌的人；v.做苦工，操劳

参考例句：

• I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
• I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 conspirators   

n.共谋者，阴谋家( conspirator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The conspirators took no part in the fighting which ensued. 密谋者没有参加随后发生的战斗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The French conspirators were forced to escape very hurriedly. 法国同谋者被迫匆促逃亡。 来自辞典例句

7 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。

8 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

9 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

10 confrontations   

n.对抗，对抗的事物( confrontation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations. 有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• These confrontations and uncertainties were bing played out for the first time on a global scale. 所有这一切对抗和不稳定，第一次在全球范围内得到充分的表演。 来自辞典例句

11 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

12 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• 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。

14 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。