环球英语 — 46：Hunting My Husband’s Killers

　　Voice 1
Hello. I’m Liz Waid.
Voice 2
And I’m Mike Procter. Welcome to Spotlight¹. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live
Voice 1
The girl looked lovely in her long white dress. Her light brown hair looked wonderful. The African sun was shinning. Everyone looked happy. It was a perfect day to get married. A friend captured the day’s events on film.
Voice 2
Ten years later, Lesley Bilinda looks at the film. She remembers that day and tears fill her eyes. She watches her husband Charles as he looks directly into the camera. He waves and laughs. For Lesley the film brings back happy and sad thoughts. Her husband is no longer alive. He was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Lesley has recently made a film called, ‘Hunting My Husband’s Killers²’. Here is her story.
Voice 1
Lesley was born in Scotland in the United Kingdom. As a young woman she trained to be a medical nurse. She wanted to help sick people. She worked in Scotland. Then she decided³ to travel to Africa to work. It was while she was in Rwanda that she met Charles. He was a local pastor⁴ - a Christian⁵ leader. In time they decided to marry.
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Lesley loved her new life in Rwanda. She made some very good friends. One of these friends was a fellow nurse - Anatolie. The two young women enjoyed spending time together. Lesley often came to the school with Anatolie. She helped to teach the children about keeping healthy.
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But Lesley’s happy life soon changed. Charles seemed increasingly worried. His happy nature had disappeared. Now he was tense, quiet and serious. Lesley asked him what was wrong. Charles told her that for many years there had been conflict between the Hutu tribe⁶ and the Tutsi tribe. Tutsis and Hutus are the two main ethnic⁷ groups in Rwanda. Charles was Tutsi. He was worried about possible violence.
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Lesley says that she did not really understand the problems between the tribes⁸. Some of them were very complex. But she knew that each tribe had its reasons to hate the other. In 1994 Lesley travelled to visit her family in Scotland. She did not know at the time that she would not see her husband again.
Voice 1
In April 1994 the genocide in Rwanda started. Genocide is the planned killing⁹ of a whole race of people. An estimated eight hundred thousand [800,000] Rwandans were killed in just one hundred [100] days. Most of the dead were Tutsis. And most of those who did the killing were Hutus.
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The events in Rwanda were tragic¹⁰. Rwandans killed Rwandans. Even people who had been friends and neighbours killed each other. Many people died unnecessarily. Many others became refugees¹¹. The country was torn apart.
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Charles was one of the victims. People came one night and captured him. They took him away. No one saw him again. Friends wrote to Lesley. They told her that Charles was dead. Ten years later she travelled back to Rwanda with a film crew. She wanted to discover the truth about what had happened. She wanted to, ‘hunt her husband’s killers’.
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Since the genocide some of the killers had chosen to admit the things that they had done. They wanted to confess their crimes. They wanted to put the past behind them. Lesley wanted to meet with them. She says,
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‘Charles was a Christian pastor. He was not perfect. He did not always do everything right. But he tried to live his life as God wanted him too. In the Bible it asks us to forgive our enemies. I did not know if I would be able to do that. But I wanted to try’.
Voice 1
The film shows Lesley as she travels around Rwanda. She meets Pastor Kabeira. He was the manager of the guesthouse where Charles was last seen. Local people tell Lesley that this man betrayed¹² Charles. Kabeira told the armed militants¹³ where to find Charles. Kabeira is now in prison. But he refuses to admit that he did anything wrong. The meeting with Pastor Kabeira left Lesley in tears. But the film shows her continuing her trip.
Voice 2
The film then shows Lesley visiting the Murambi Genocide Memorial site. She looks at the hundreds of bones. The bones from people killed in the genocide. They are the bodies of men, women and children. Lesley starts to understand the full terror of what Charles suffered. She falls to her knees.
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Many women would have turned away and gone home. But not Lesley - she wanted to know more. The film then shows her travelling to Gahini. This is the small village where she lived with Charles. A local man agrees to speak to her about the killings¹⁴. As they talk, it becomes clear that he was one of the men who murdered her best friend, Anatolie. Lesley looks at him in the eyes as he explains what happened,
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‘We cut her neck. She died quickly. We then attacked her young child with a machete.’
Voice 2
Lesley tells Gasto that she forgives him. It is a difficult part of the film to watch. It was even more difficult for Lesley to do. Anatolie was a young woman - a good friend. But Lesley feels that continued anger and hate can only lead to more anger and hate. Lesley said,
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‘Part of me felt sick at what he was telling me. But another part of me also felt, I suppose, pity for him. I felt sad for him. He has to live with what he has done for the rest of his life’.
Voice 1
In the film Gasto thanks Lesley for visiting him. Lesley is not sure if Gasto is really happy to receive her forgiveness. Lesley believes that forgiveness and peacemaking is the only way forward for the people of Rwanda.
Voice 2
Lesley never found out what actually happened to Charles. She knows that people he trusted betrayed him. She also knows that he met with a terrible death. She met people who played a part in her husband’s killing. But she cannot prove anything. So what purpose did the film serve? It did not bring about justice for Charles. No one has been punished for his death. Did Lesley just waste her time?
Voice 1
Lesley is clear about her answer to this issue.
Voice 3
‘The film is about a woman coming to terms with the death of her husband. It is about telling the story of Rwanda and its people. It is about finding hope. As a Christian I believe that this hope can be found through the love of Jesus Christ. In some small way this film helps people remember the past. But I also hope it will encourage people to build a new future. A future based on love, understanding and forgiveness’.
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 tribe   

n.部落，种族，一伙人

参考例句：

• This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
• Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。

7 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

8 tribes   

n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群

参考例句：

• tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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。

10 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

11 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

12 betrayed   

对…不忠( betray的过去式和过去分词 )； 背叛； 出卖； 泄露

参考例句：

• The shakes of the speaker's hands betrayed his nervousness. 发言者双手颤抖，可见他很紧张。
• He betrayed all his friends on his own account. 他为自己的利益出卖了所有的朋友。

13 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。

14 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。