VOA标准英语2010年-Yemeni-American Cleric Calls for Viole

This SITE Intelligence Group handout¹ photo obtained November 10, 2009 shows Anwar al-Awlaki, a former US resident living in Yemen and accused al-Qaeda supporter

A U.S.-born radical² cleric linked to shootings at a U.S. army base and the failed bombing of a U.S. plane, is calling for a violent uprising against the United States in an audiotape Wednesday.

On his Web site, Anwar al-Awlaki, a soft-spoken American-born Yemeni cleric calls Nidal Hassan, the man accused of killing⁴ 13 people in Fort Hood⁵, Texas last fall a "hero." But after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested attempting to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas day, al-Awlaki denied any connection to the plot, and said he does not support violence against civilians⁶.

This week, it appears al-Awlaki has changed his mind. In a tape released to CNN, al-Awlaki once again reached out to young American Muslims, and called for violence against the U.S.

"To the Muslims in America, I have this to say: How can your conscience allow you to live in peaceful coexistence with the nation that is responsible for the tyranny and crimes committed against your own brothers and sisters?" he asked.

The U.S. and Yemeni governments say al-Awlaki is an al-Qaida member, recruiter and spiritual adviser⁷. He is currently hiding out in Yemeni tribal⁸ lands, far from the reach of the government.  Al-Awlaki's followers⁹ include two of the September 11th hijackers, and more recently, Sharif Mobley, an American suspected of plotting terror attacks with al-Qaida from Yemen.

Yemenis say he is little known in his home country, because he grew up in America, and preaches in English.  But on the Internet, he is the jihadist equivalent of a pop-star. His audio lectures have gone viral, as he tries to radicalize young Westerners by tugging¹⁰ at their heartstrings.

"Palestinian children, charging at the soldiers full speed, armed with nothing but rocks and wearing nothing but trousers and T-shirts are cowards? I fail to understand that," he added.

This comes at a time when authorities are worried by an increasing number of Westerners arrested in connection with al-Qaida, including a Pennsylvania woman arrested last week known as "Jihad Jane." In the past two years, more than a dozen Americans have been arrested for or identified as supporters of violent anti-Western jihad.

And after months of near-silence, Anwar al-Awlaki is once again is trying to inspire this trend, or at least re-claim his reputation as "the Osama bin³ Laden¹¹ of the Internet."
 

1 handout   

n.散发的文字材料；救济品

参考例句：

• I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
• His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。

2 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。

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 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。

5 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

6 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

8 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

9 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

10 tugging   

n.牵引感v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Tom was tugging at a button-hole and looking sheepish. 汤姆捏住一个钮扣眼使劲地拉，样子显得很害羞。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• She kicked him, tugging his thick hair. 她一边踢他，一边扯着他那浓密的头发。 来自辞典例句

11 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。