2006年VOA标准英语-Bombs Explode Across Thailand's Restive South

By Scott Bobb
Bangkok
15 June 2006

 
Thai police officers examine the wreckage¹ of a car carrying bomb and exploded at the compound of Pattani governor's office in Pattani province, southern Thailand, June 15, 2006
  
At least 40 bombs exploded in Thailand's restive² south, killing³ two people and wounding at least 16 others. Officials say the devices detonated within minutes of each other, as the government's deputy prime minister for security, Chitchai Wannasathit, was visiting the region.

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The bombs exploded at government offices and police installations in the three southernmost provinces.

Thai officials say they had prior intelligence that separatist militants⁴ were about to stage a major attack, but they did not know what form it would take.

The attacks followed a period of relative calm in the mostly Muslim region. Local resentment⁵ boiled over against the government of the predominately Buddhist⁶ nation more than two years ago and since then 1,300 people have been killed in the south. But in the past month or so, attacks apparently⁷ had been limited.

The head of the Thai Army, Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, said officials must be more aware of the situation.

He says there should be greater cooperation between the people and government officials to combat the violence.

The Thai representative of Human Rights Watch, Sunai Phasuk, says the attacks show that the militants have not been weakened as the government has claimed.

"The attacks [this morning] show the ability of the militants to carry out attacks across three provinces with punctuality, with the ability as well to avoid civilian⁸ casualties," said Sunai.

The attacks come 10 days after a special commission presented a report on the violence based on more than one year of research.

The National Reconciliation⁹ Commission said the causes of the violence - poverty, injustice¹⁰ and a lack of good schools - are common throughout Thailand. But it said in the south these have been aggravated¹¹ by differences in religion, ethnicity and language.

The commission recommended the creation of several commissions to address local grievances¹², economic development and reconciliation.

Sunai, who has spent months studying the violence in the south, called the report solid and accurate but said the government is reluctant to implement¹³ its recommendations.

"The recommendations of the Reconciliation Commission require the government to acknowledge the right of Muslim populations to participate in public administration at all levels and above all the right of the Muslim populations to have access to justice and fairness," added Sunai.

The Thai government has sought to address the grievances in the south through jobs and development programs, but has also vowed¹⁴ to punish the attackers.

Human rights groups accuse security personnel of using excessive force and of being behind dozens of disappearances¹⁵ of Muslim leaders.

The Reconciliation Commission said as a result there is a deep mistrust of the government and its officials in the south. That has led to a climate of fear and made local residents reluctant to cooperate with the authorities.

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 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。

5 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

6 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

8 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

9 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• 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。

10 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

11 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

12 grievances   

n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 )；苦衷；不满；牢骚

参考例句：

• The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

14 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

15 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学