听一分钟英文：Terrorism-恐怖主义

Ever since I can remember, I’ve seen terrorism on the news. I grew up in London. In the 1970s, we had a lot of bombings and I even heard a bomb once. There has also been terrorism in other countries from Spain to Sri Lanka. But terrorism really hit the headlines after 9-11. Suddenly there was a war on terror¹. The whole Western world prepared for terrorist² attacks. And they came. There were bombs that killed hundreds in Bali and Spain and Iraq and London. Now Pakistan is feeling the terrible force of terrorism. When will it all stop? There has to be a time when people are happy and can live a day without wanting to blow up people they don’t know. So much would change in the world if this happened.

1 terror   

n.恐怖；可怖的人(事)

参考例句：

• We were in mortal terror of being found out. 我们非常害怕被发现。
• That guy is a proper terror. 那家伙真是讨厌。

2 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。