2014年12月英语六级听力备考练习7
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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Only days have passed since Fouad and his family arrived at Amman International Airport.
“I went to the Catholic Church and he told me to be patient for a day or two so that they could find a place for us. Father Nour called us and said to come to this hall. He promised it's a safe place, and thank God we're fine."
This hall is in Naour, a quiet town about 20 kilometers southwest of Amman, an area distinctively different than this bustling refugee camp in the nearby Jordanian capital.
Lubna is Fouad's wife. She said she can finally breathe. She said the war on Christians had been ongoing since Saddam was ousted in 2003. But she said the last few days under the Islamist militants known as ISIL, or ISIS, were a nightmare.
“They threatened us, saying you have to either leave, be slaughtered, convert to Islam, or pay the jizya tax on non-Muslims. We couldn't bear living in Mosul, and we were scared for our girls and our honor."
ISIL confiscated their home and destroyed sites where their forbears had practiced their faith for nearly 2000 years. According to one United Nations report, more than 1500 Iraqi civilians were killed in June, a majority of them Christian.
“When we were leaving, one shot hit at our feet and a mortar sailed overhead. We were praying Mother Mary, please save us, we just need to get to this bridge.”
They finally arrived at the basement of this Catholic Church, ending up sharing everything with 45 people they had never met before.
“Even if here I'm living in a hall, getting handouts and so on, I feel like I'm better off with how people treat you here, not like how I was living."
“We put up with leaving and the costs and everything for our girls, so that they can have rights, so that they can have a future, because in Iraq there isn't any future."
But even here, the future is still uncertain. They are waiting for their second interview with the United Nations. After that, Fouad hopes they will grant him and his family permanent asylum in the U.S, Europe or Australia, something that can take years.
“I'm waiting to go to a country that has human rights. Human beings actually have their lives, you don't have to ask for it. I'll go to any country."
For now they'll stay right here. So far only France has granted asylum to Iraqi Christians escaping ISIL. Australia has pledged to accept 4000; what the U.S or other European countries will do, remains to be seen.
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