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听力参考原文 ↓↓↓ [00:00.04]Afghans fearing punishment from the Taliban [00:04.44]have attempted to stay out of sight [00:07.88]since the militant group took control of the country. [00:13.40]Those in hiding include employees of Afghanistan's [00:18.72]collapsed government, civil activists and women. [00:25.40]They distrust the group's promises not to take revenge on them. [00:33.16]They are seeking a safe way to leave the country. [00:38.32]The Taliban quickly took over major Afghan cities [00:43.24]and the national government in recent weeks. [00:48.40]Now, Taliban fighters have set up traffic stops [00:53.04]throughout the capital, Kabul. [00:56.60]The Associated Press (AP) reports the Taliban [01:00.80]is stopping drivers to ask where they are going [01:05.20]and to examine drivers' documents. [01:10.08]There are also reports of Taliban fighters [01:14.24]going door-to-door in search [01:17.12]of former government workers and civil activists. [01:22.92]Such reports, however, have not been confirmed. [01:27.52]The AP reported there have been no signs [01:31.72]of widespread house-to-house searches. [01:36.88]One Afghan in hiding who spoke to the AP [01:41.40]is a 39-year-old reporter named Mobina. [01:47.32]She told the news agency that she fled from the city [01:52.48]of Mazar-e-Sharif with her two children [01:56.48]after the Taliban took over the area. [02:00.48]She is now staying in a safe house in Kabul. [02:05.28]'We are asking ourselves 'What is next?' [02:08.92]We are crying because nothing can be fixed,' Mobina said. [02:14.96]Also in Kabul, 26-year-old Mumtaz [02:19.52]is with his family inside their apartment. [02:24.12]His father worked for the Afghan government [02:27.88]and his brother was killed in an attack in 2010 in Laghman province, [02:35.24]where the Taliban has long been active. [02:38.60]The family went to Kabul's airport [02:43.04]after the Taliban entered the city on August 15. [02:48.12]But they found huge crowds, a lack of organization and gunfire. [02:55.96]The family decided to return home [02:59.24]and has not left the apartment since. [03:03.60]Their worry grew after a neighbor warned them [03:07.32]that a group of armed men were looking for them. [03:11.76]'We can't go out. We just ask our neighbor to bring us food... [03:16.96]We are really scared,' said Mumtaz, who recently completed law school. [03:24.36]Mobina and Mumtaz only wanted to be identified [03:29.60]by their first names because of fears [03:33.12]that they could be punished for speaking out. [03:37.48]Both said they had not received any direct threats [03:42.08]from the Taliban so far. [03:45.72]Mobina said she is in hiding with 25 other people. [03:51.72]The others include heads of civil society groups, [03:56.04]women's rights defenders and leaders of development projects. [04:03.32]They say they have heard that Taliban fighters [04:07.32]are out on the streets, stopping women [04:10.64]and asking them where their male escort is. [04:15.76]Under the Taliban's past rule, [04:18.88]women were required to have such an escort. [04:23.72]Some say it is in the interest of the Taliban [04:27.80]not to return to the brutality shown [04:31.72]during their rule from 1996 to 2001. [04:38.00]In those years, they barred girls and women from schools [04:43.20]and banned them from public life. [04:47.32]The group also ordered extreme punishments [04:51.48]and public executions. [04:54.80]Today, the Taliban will depend on [04:57.84]foreign donor assistance to run the country. [05:02.08]Some experts say this may be a reason for the group [05:07.36]to carry out a more moderate rule. [05:11.48]Evacuations out of the country are being organized [05:15.92]by national embassies seeking to help their own citizens [05:21.08]and the Afghans who worked directly with them. [05:26.08]Thousands of other at-risk Afghans [05:29.52]are not included in these groups. [05:32.68]Even those who do get approved for evacuation [05:37.72]face huge crowds at the airport. [05:41.28]Taliban fighters control which travelers get in. [05:46.36]Many others struggle just to reach the airport. [05:51.64]I'm Bryan Lynn. _____________________ Words in This Storyrevenge – n. something you do to punish someone who has done something bad to you apartment –n. a usually rented room or set of rooms that is part of a building and is used as a place to live province – n. any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into escort – n. a person responsible for going somewhere with someone else to guard or protect them brutal – adj. very violent or cruel evacuation – n. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer |
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