巴格达某中学发生炸弹爆炸事件
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A bomb blast has killed at least eight people, mostly children, at a middle school in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

伊拉克首都巴格达一所中学发生炸弹爆炸事件,造成8人死亡,而且多数是儿童。

The explosion also wounded at least 40 others, reports say. The toll1 is expected to rise.

The attack happened in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, an impoverished贫穷的,赤贫的 area that is seen as a stronghold of Shia militants3.

Many children were returning to school for the first time after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha.

"Everything was thrown into the air. I went outside to see what had happened and saw children running in all directions四面八方," neighbour Umm Ali, who was injured in the blast, said.

It happened at 1310 local time (1010 GMT) at Abaa Dhar School for boys in the north-east of Baghdad.

Most of those killed and injured were children, police said.

Blood-soaked

The blast opened a gash裂纹,伤口 in a classroom wall, shattering windows and scattering5 desks.

Blood-soaked books were strewn around the school.

The explosion came after a rubbish tip inside the school was set fire to.

Iraqi security sources told reporters they believed a cache隐藏所 of explosives had been hidden by insurgents起义者,叛乱者 underneath7 the rubbish mound土墩.

Sadr City used to be one of the most violent neighbourhoods in Baghdad.

At the height of达最高点 the insurgency9 in 2006-2007 it saw some of the fiercest fighting, the BBC correspondent in Baghdad Natalia Antelava says.

There have been explosions at markets in Sadr City in recent months, but for residents the attack on children brings memories of some of the worst years of violence, our correspondent adds.

It comes a day after the Iraqi parliament passed the resolution paving a way for the general election in February.

The move was praised as an important step towards political stability but the explosion is a reminder10 of how unstable11 and fragile security is.

Government figures show that violence in Iraq has fallen generally over the past 18 months.

There were 88 civilian12 deaths last month, the lowest level since the 2003 US invasion.



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1 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
参考例句:
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 impoverished 1qnzcL     
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
参考例句:
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
4 gash HhCxU     
v.深切,划开;n.(深长的)切(伤)口;裂缝
参考例句:
  • The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.他胳膊上的割伤很深,需要几个星期的时间才能痊愈。
  • After the collision,the body of the ship had a big gash.船被撞后,船身裂开了一个大口子。
5 scattering 91b52389e84f945a976e96cd577a4e0c     
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散
参考例句:
  • The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒,把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 insurgents c68be457307815b039a352428718de59     
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
7 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
8 mound unCzhy     
n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫
参考例句:
  • The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
  • The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
9 insurgency dqdzEb     
n.起义;暴动;叛变
参考例句:
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
10 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
11 unstable Ijgwa     
adj.不稳定的,易变的
参考例句:
  • This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书。
  • The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
12 civilian uqbzl     
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。
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