曼谷宵禁过后局势依然紧张_时事要闻

曼谷宵禁过后局势依然紧张

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-05-20 02:56 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Thailand's capital Bangkok remains¹ tense after a night under curfew, following a deadly army assault on anti-government protesters.

泰国首都曼谷一夜宵禁过后局势仍然紧张，近日泰国军队与反政府武装发生致命冲突。

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There are fears the Central World shopping centre could collapse

Gunshots were heard early on Thursday near a temple where many red-shirt protesters had sought shelter.

Some 27 buildings had been set ablaze³（着火，闪耀） after protest leaders surrendered, and pockets of resistance remain.

Some 40 people had died since troops ringed the protesters last week, with at least 14 more deaths on Wednesday.

Reuters news agency quoted a spokesman for Bangkok's governor as saying there were 31 fires on Thursday morning.

There are fears that Central World, one of South-East Asia's biggest shopping centres, could collapse after it was set ablaze by the protesters, Thai police officials were quoted as saying by AFP.

The stock exchange（证券交易所） suffered a small fire and will be closed on Thursday and Friday. Banks in other parts of the country will also stay shut.

Buses were running in the capital on Thursday morning and TV channels continued to show approved programmes.

At least six people died on Wednesday during the army crackdown（制裁，镇压） on the protesters' fortified⁴ camp in the Lumpini Park area of central Bangkok.

However, witnesses and police now say that at least eight more people were killed in the temple inside the protesters' site after the army assault.

Thai authorities also imposed the overnight curfew（宵禁） in 21 provinces, after outbursts of unrest in some regions in the north-east - a red-shirt stronghold（要塞，大本营） .

In a televised address late on Wednesday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he was "confident and determined⁵ to end the problems and return the country to peace and order once again".

Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister living in self-imposed exile whom many red-shirts support, warned that the crackdown could spawn⁶（酿成，造成） mass discontent and lead to guerrilla warfare⁷（游击战） .

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1 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 ablaze
adj.着火的，燃烧的；闪耀的，灯火辉煌的
参考例句：
The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。 Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。

4 fortified
adj. 加强的
参考例句：
He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。 The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。

5 determined
adj.坚定的；有决心的
参考例句：
I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。 He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 spawn
n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产
参考例句：
The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。 These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

7 warfare
n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突
参考例句：
He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。 Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

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