VOA常速英语2008年-US Continues Push to Drive Out Al-Qaida in Iraq

By Deborah Block
Iskandariyah, Iraq
26 February 2008
 

For more a year, the U.S. military in Iraq, with its reinforcements, has been on the offensive in an effort to wipe out insurgents¹ from their strongholds. The Bush administration claims "the surge," as the reinforcement was called, has helped reduce violence around the country.
One key area of focus, just south of Baghdad, was once known as the "Triangle of Death."   VOA's Deborah Block went to a village there with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion², 502nd Infantry³, 101st Airborne, on a mission to find suspected al-Qaida militants⁴.

1 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

2 battalion   

n.营；部队；大队(的人)

参考例句：

• The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
• At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。

3 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

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。