2014年12月英语六级听力备考练习5
英语六级听力部分算是同学们考试时的难点吧。听力这部分不能急于求成，需要时间来练习。对于这部分同学们平时在积累词汇的基础上多加练习就可以，听的多了就能掌握技巧，距离12月份的四六级考试还有一段时间，同学每天练习一点听力，考试时听力就能取得高分了。听力音频点击下载
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Women and girls living in areas of Iraq and Syria thathave fallen under the control of the Islamic State ofIraq and the Levant, or ISIL, have been deliberatelytargeted for brutality by these militants, and havesuffered terribly at their hands.
Wherever ISIL has seized control, it has imposed a strict code on women that includesconfining women to their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, as well as the wearingof a black, full-coverage robe, face veil and gloves. ISIL’s all-female militia unit, al-KhansaaBrigade, has been formed to enforce these requirements on Iraqi and Syrian women.
But even worse, women have been arbitrarily murdered by shooting, torture, or stoning.Every day, women and children, especially those from minority communities, face the threat ofbeing abducted. In fact, over the past two months, some 1,500 to 4,000 women and children,some as young as 12, have been abducted in Iraq by ISIL terrorists.
As Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine Russell wrote in a recent opinionpiece, “While captive, these women and children have been tortured, raped, given to ISIL thugsas ‘brides,’ or kept as sex slaves. Some have committed suicide to avoid sexual enslavement.Others have been forced to watch as ISIL beat their children to coerce the women intoconverting to Islam. Some have simply been executed. Hundreds of women and girls have beentaken from Iraq to ISIL camps in Syria and never heard from again.”
According to survivors who managed to escape ISIL’s clutches, the women are given a choice:those who convert to Islam are sold as ‘brides’ to Islamist fighters. Those who do not convertface daily rape and even death.
Ambassador Russell noted: “The de-humanization of women and girls is central to ISIL'scampaign of terror, through which it destroys communities, rewards its fighters and feeds itsevil. A coalition that fights ISIL must also fight this particularly egregious form of brutality.”
“As we galvanize an international coalition to work with the newly formed Iraqi government toconfront the evil represented by these extremists, we need to ensure ISIL's horrendoustreatment of women and girls is front and center.
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