嫁给美国军人有危险娶了伊拉克太太有麻烦

　　自从和驻伊拉克美军士兵结婚后，伊拉克妇女乔安妮和阿达便为自己的人身安全担忧。这对好友过着东躲西藏的生活，甚至无法同新婚燕尔的丈夫见面。

　　她们的丈夫———来自美国佛罗里达州国民警卫队的一名上尉和一名中士，有可能被扣上玩忽职守的罪名。

　　结婚前，现年26岁的乔安妮和25岁的阿达均在巴格达一家饭店为驻伊美军当翻译。在那里，她们结识了各自的丈夫。

　　由于不少伊拉克人视美军为“敌人”，把乔安妮和阿达看作美军的“合作者”，因而她们面临着遭绑架和谋杀的危险。

　　雪上加霜的是，她们的新婚丈夫被禁止同她们见面或交谈。按照美军第一装甲师发言人的说法，由于“这两位太太受到的待遇同来到（营房）大门外的其他伊拉克国民一样，所以她们不能入内”。

　　“但是，她们可以写信或者发送电子邮件。”这名发言人又补充道。

　　说到两女的丈夫，这名发言人说：“他们现时的职责是在一个地区巡逻，保障这一地区的安全。如果他们值勤时做别的事，比如停下来吃午饭，那么这是玩忽职守。但是，调查正在进行，我们还不知道他们已经受到指控。”

　　事实上，两名新郎“停下来”的时间不只“吃午饭”那么短。由于上司没有批准他们的结婚请求，两人8月16日皈依伊斯兰教，身着军装、肩背M－16步枪，秘密地举行了婚礼。

　　法新社记者奈拉·拉祖克见过乔安妮和阿达的结婚证，与她们结为连理的分别是现年27岁的中士克里斯托弗·肖恩·布莱克韦尔和现年37岁的上尉布雷特·哈里森·达格恩。他们目前均在美军第一装甲师服役。

　　结婚证上写明，新郎向新娘支付了1000美元。新郎还承诺，如果离婚，则再支付新娘1万美元作为补偿。结婚证上贴着新郎和新娘的彩色照片。

　　在乔安妮家，一扇大门挡住了花园入口。“请离开这里。我们非常害怕被杀死或者房子被炸毁。”乔安妮的妹妹站在锁闭的大门后向法新社记者请求道。“如果不离开这个国家，我们也得考虑搬家，”她低声说。她还表达了歉意，说：“讲英语是因为邻居正在花园内，能够听到我们交谈。”

　　阿达的家则空无一人。虽然声称“我们已被告知不要同新闻界讲话”，但阿达的一位邻居还是“自愿”提供了一些情况。她说，她第一次猜到阿达结婚是收听电台访谈节目时。大多数人都激烈指责她们与美军合作，只有少数人对她们的勇气表示敬佩。12

　　Mother animals are also notoriously fierce, so the findingsarenot unexpected, Kinsley said. From the females standpoint,ifshes too fcenterened to fend off predators or other threats toheroffspring, she cannot protect her offspring, he said.Kinsleybelieves that the findings almost certainly apply to humans.Sincepeople share most of their genes with rats, he reasons thatsuchbasic behaviors are very likely to be similar among mammalsandprobably other species too. (听英文53647)1 2

　　As the government grew in size in the 1970s, there was alsoasmall but significant countervailing movement totheanti-government (libertarian, not conservative) center. centerorcenter, students mistrusted government and were quick tocriticizepolitical leaders.

　　The bulk of todays professors came of age①in the 1960s and1970s.Not surprisingly, they have tended to assume that todaysyoungpeople are likewise critical of government and society. Since2001,however, they have discovered that their students are oftenmuchmore supportive of government policy than they are.

　　This is what conservative cartoonist Wayne Stayskal islaughingat: a couple of professors bemoaning their failure toenlighten (oras Stayskal would have it, successfully indoctrinate)theirstudents. The two are instantly recognizable asacademicintellectuals: tweed coats, ties, glasses, a pipe, beards,untidyhair, satchels and briefcases -- all characteristic ofthestereotypical professor (and of not a few in real life).1 23

　　It is a bracing fall day on a typically beautifulliberal-artscampus, probably in the northeast. A sign points toFulaton Hall.Fulaton would normally be the surname of analumnus donor, but ifthe name exists at all,②it is certainly rare.It suggests fool aton. Stayskal, who like many US conservativeshas little respectfor intellectuals, regards them as fools who foolothers -- andthemselves.(听英文53547,文章注释535471)1 2 3

　　“最坏警察奖”很容易被四川兴文县金鹅镇的一位警察捧走。他在天黑之后以安全为由指使人把我们从旅店赶了出来，让我们步行到30公里以外的县城去住。我们在派出所对面的当地政府大门的台阶上露天而宿，而李警察此时却睡得又暖和又舒服。我们曾问过能否睡到派出所里，那里可是很安全呢。

　　“派出所不是旅店。”李警察说。

　　显然，对我们来说，旅店也不是旅店。

　　记者们问我们最多的一个问题是“新长征路上留给你们最深印象的是什么？”对此我们有正面与负面的回答。

　　正面的是，遇见了一位68岁的妇女熊化芝，当地人都说她是毛泽东与贺子珍在长征路上送出去的女儿。（编者按：据《毛泽东的人际世界》（红旗出版社出版）一书介绍，贺子珍在长征路上的确生有一女，并送给了当地老乡抚养。）

　　负面的是，媒体令人奇怪地不去了解她的离奇故事。

　　在至少237个场合我们被问道：“是什么支撑着你们走完了这么长的路？”对此，我们要归功于“最高激励奖”的获得者———那位向我们发表了一番傲慢而无知的有关长征的演说的某协会的一位官员，他违背了要帮助我们的诺言，最后要我们对长征的计划“三思”后放弃它。与他会面的记忆激励着我们走过了最困难的时光。

　　但是长征路上有一个问题比任何其他问题都来得多，“你们为什么不乘坐公共汽车？”这一问题我们听到了大约3268次，每一次都不是一两句话能回答得了的，即便我们再也听不到这个问题，满脑子忽悠的还是这个问题。

　　如果有谁知道马普安与李爱德没能找到的第五座雪山，或是想更多地知道新长征路上的事，请浏览网站www.longmarch2003.com,或是发电邮给xinchangzhengren2003@yahoo.com.cn.他们计划于2004年1月15日在北京举办一个新长征摄影展览。

　　We are sad to announce this is the last dispatch well besendingyou from the Red Army Trail. Its been a real joycommunicatingwith the enthusiastic and supportive readers oftheBeijingYouthDaily through this humble column. ①We will missreadingyour e-mails.1 2 3 4 5 6 7

　　As we approach the finish line in Wuqi, Shaanxi, wevebeentotting up Long March statistics and reviewing the best andworstof our year on the road.

　　For example, for all of you who believed the Long March was25,000li, were sorry to say it adds up to just under 12,000:5,860kilometers is our best estimate. You need to add the journeysof the2nd, 6th and 4th Front Armies all together if you wantsomethingaround 25,000 li.[A military historian states that theRed Armyfought as it marched, moving backwards as well as forwardsalong theroute. Also, todays roads are different. According toRed Armyrecords, the Central Red Army did indeed journey some25,000li.]

　　More surprising to us were the Great Snowy Mountainstats.②Ourhistory books all told us there were five, but we lookedeverywhereand only came up with four. And Jiajinshan was thesmallest, notthe biggest.[Jiajinshan is the first, not the highest,of the SnowyMountains on the path of the Red Army. The other fourare Mts.Mengbi, Changban, Dagu and Tuoluogang.]1 2 3 4 5 6 7

　　We met 11 Long March veterans along the way, and interviewed107witnesses. We learned a lot you wont find in the historybooks.And sometimes, it must be said, the witnesses accountswerestrikingly different from what appears in print.

　　Asking the way was perhaps the toughest challenge of thewholejourney. We reckon locals answered our questions by sayingYouwont find the road approximately 568 times. They also likedtotell us we would have problems because the people overtherewouldnt be able to speak Chinese. The number of times peopleoverthere couldnt speak Chinese was...zero.

　　We were tested for SARS 11 times, and detained by SARSofficialsonce. This latter event happened in the village ofQinglong,Yunnan, whose officials win the prize for Worst LocalGovernmentof the New Long March. They ordered our detention duringthe SARSepidemic, while they hid in the government building andrefused tospeak to us. After we released ourselves and marched intothegovernment building to demand an explanation, they had thegall③toinvite us to lunch. Thanks, but no thanks, Party SecretaryLi.1 2 34 5 6 7

　　We met 1,167 policemen on the Long March route. TheBestPoliceman award goes to Tang Hongyun, Ganziyuan, Dao County,whofed us and found us a place to sleep after we received afrostywelcome from locals.

　　The Worst Policeman prize was easily scooped by the lawmanatJine, Xingwen County, Sichuan, who on grounds of safety hadusthrown out of our guesthouse after dark and then suggested wewalkto the county town, 30 kilometers away. We slept rough④on thelocalgovernment steps opposite the police station,swheresOfficerLislept in warmth and comfort. We asked if we could sleep inthepolice stationswheresit was safe.

　　The police station is not a guesthouse, said Officer Li.1 2 345 6 7

　　Neither, apparently, was the guesthouse.

　　The most common question from journalists was, What has beenyourdeepest impression on the New Long March? For this we haveboth apositive and a negative answer:

　　Positive: Meeting Xiong Huazhi, 68, possibly the lost LongMarchdaughter of Mao Zedong and He Zizhen.[AccordingtoTheSocialWorldofMaoZedong (Hongqi Press), He bore a baby girlonthe Long March and gave her to local people to raise.]

　　Negative: The strange reluctance of the Chinese mediatoinvestigate Xiongs amazing story.

　　On at least 237 occasions, we were asked, How do you keepgoingon such a long journey? For this, we refer to ourBiggestInspiration award winner : One official of the ChinaFriendshipResearch Association gave us an arrogant and ignorantlecture aboutthe Long March, reneged on a promise to help us, andconcluded bysuggesting we think again about our project. Thememory of ourmeeting with him saw us through the most difficulttimes.1 2 3 4 56 7

　　But one question outdid all others for popularity on the NewLongMarch: Why dont you get the bus? We heard thisapproximately3,268 times. And it was a good question every time. Ifwe neverhear that question again, it will be too soon⑤.

　　If anyone knowsswheresAndy and Ed can find the missing GreatSnowyMountain, or would like to know anything more about the NewLongMarch, visit or write to . They plan to hold a New Long Marchphotoexhibition in Beijing beginning January 15, 2004.

　　(听英文51136,文章注释511361,作者简介511362)1 2 3 4 5 6 7

　　希拉里：人们不会达到像我这种程度。当然，在切尔西还是一名婴儿以及刚学会走路时，在她十几岁时，无论对少年人还是父母来说，这无疑都是一项挑战。现在，切尔西虽然也会向我讨教，但她已是一位有着自己主见的独立青年，我已学会接受并尊重这一点，这是我在育儿时期所获得的宝贵经验之一。