The Srebrenica Genocide and the Search for Truth
斯雷布雷尼察種族滅絕事件與尋找真相
Introduction
Courts punished the leaders of the Bosnian Serb army for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Experts are still looking for the missing people.
法院懲罰了波士尼亞塞族軍隊的領袖,因其在1995年製造了斯雷布雷尼察種族滅絕事件。專家們目前仍在尋找失蹤者。
Main Body
In July 1995, General Ratko Mladic and his army took the town of Srebrenica. They killed more than 8,000 men and boys. They forced women and children to leave their homes. In 2007, a big court said this was a genocide.
1995年7月,拉特科·姆拉迪奇將軍及其軍隊佔領了斯雷布雷尼察市。他們殺害了超過8,000名男子和男孩。他們強迫婦女和兒童離開家園。2007年,一家高級法院認定這是一場種族滅絕。
Courts put many leaders in prison. Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic got life sentences. Other soldiers also went to prison in Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia. Some bad people are still free, and one leader died before his trial ended.
法院將許多領袖送入監獄。拉特科·姆拉迪奇與拉多萬·卡拉季奇被判處終身監禁。其他士兵也在波士尼亞、塞爾維亞和克羅埃西亞入獄。部分罪犯目前仍處於自由狀態,而一名領袖在審判結束前就已去世。
Experts look for the bodies in the ground. The army moved the bodies to different places to hide the crime. Experts use DNA to find the names of the dead. They found many bodies, but more than 1,000 people are still missing.
專家在地下搜尋遺體。軍隊將遺體搬移至不同地點以掩蓋罪行。專家利用DNA鑑定來確認死者身分。他們發現了許多遺體,但仍有超過1,000人失蹤。
Conclusion
The Srebrenica genocide was a terrible crime in Europe. Courts and scientists are still working to find the truth.
斯雷布雷尼察種族滅絕是歐洲一場可怕的罪行。法院與科學家目前仍在努力尋找真相。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking about the Past
To reach A2, you must know how to describe things that happened and finished. In this text, we see a pattern called the Simple Past.
The Pattern: Most words just add -ed at the end to move from today (present) to yesterday (past).
- Force → Forced
- Punish → Punished
The Rule Breakers: Some words change completely. You must memorize these because they don't follow the -ed rule:
- Take → Took
- Kill → Killed (Follows the rule!)
- Go → Went
- Die → Died (Follows the rule!)
- Find → Found
Quick Look:
- Present: Experts look for bodies.
- Past: The army moved the bodies.
Key Vocabulary for A2:
- Missing: When you cannot find someone.
- Truth: The real facts.
- Trial: The process in a court to decide if someone is guilty.