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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Rebekah Schipper.
感谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是丽贝卡·席佩尔。
And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
我是莉兹·怀德。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
In January 2007 Bassam Aramin’s ten year old daughter died.
2007年1月，巴萨姆·阿拉明十岁的女儿去世。
She received a serious head injury outside of her school in the Palestinian West Bank.
在位于巴勒斯坦约旦河西岸的学校外，她的头部严重受伤。
Palestinian young people had been throwing stones at Israeli policemen.
巴勒斯坦年轻人一直在向以色列警察投掷石块。
The police fought back.
警方进行了反击。
They fired rubber bullets and tear gas over the crowd of students.
他们向学生发射橡皮子弹和催泪瓦斯。
Bassam’s innocent daughter found herself in the middle of the fighting.
巴萨姆无辜的女儿发现自己置身于战斗之中。
Something hit her head, and she died.
有东西砸到了她的头，她死了。
If you were Bassam what would you do?
如果你是巴萨姆，你会怎么做？
Would you seek revenge?
你会寻求报复吗？
Would you want to hurt the person who killed your daughter?
你想伤害杀害你女儿的人吗？
What do you think Bassam did?
你觉得巴萨姆做了什么？
His answer may surprise you.
他的回答可能会让你大吃一惊。
Today’s Spotlight is on Combatants for Peace.
今天重点报道节目的主题是争取和平的战士。
For many years there has been conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
多年来，巴勒斯坦人和以色列人之间一直存在冲突。
It is a very complex conflict, one that is hard to solve.
这是一场非常复杂的冲突，很难解决。
Much of the conflict is a struggle over land.
这场冲突在很大程度上是一场土地之争。
And some of the conflict has to do with religion and politics.
这场冲突的一部分原因与宗教和政治有关。
Parents teach their children about the conflict.
父母教他们的孩子关于这场冲突的知识。
So, children grow up hating other children.
因此，孩子们在成长过程中会憎恨其他孩子。
It is a cycle, a seemingly unending conflict.
这是一个循环，一场看似永无止境的冲突。
When Bassam Aramin was a young man he became a Palestinian soldier.
巴萨姆·阿拉明年轻时成为了一名巴勒斯坦士兵。
He joined the conflict.
他加入了这场冲突。
At that time he believed that military force was the only way to gain Palestinian rights.
当时他认为，军事力量是获得巴勒斯坦权利的唯一途径。
But, Israeli soldiers caught Bassam carrying a weapon.
但是，以色列士兵抓获了携带武器的巴萨姆。
They discovered that he was part of an illegal military group.
他们发现他是一个非法军事组织的成员。
So, they put him in jail for 7 years.
所以，他们把他关进了监狱7年。
