1.2025上半年大学英语六级听力真题练习 篇一
If Mourad Benchellali's life had gone as planned, hewould not be here, warning about the dangers ofmilitant Islam. Fourteen years ago, he had a job anda fiancee.Then he went to Afghanistan,and his lifeturned upside down.He says his older brother tricked him into going toAfghanistan for a vacation. Instead, he ended up atan al-Qaida training camp.And few months later a prisoner at US Guantanamo Bay detentioncamp.
Today, 33-year-old Benchellali is back home in Venissieux, a gritty suburb of Lyon, in centralFrance. He is telling his story so young people will think twice before joining jihads in the MiddleEast.
People don't find all the answers because every story is personal. But I help them find somekeys.
Middle East and North African specialist Mansouria Mokhefi says French authorities are alsosearching for answers.
“The most important questions today are why are these young people leaving France? And,above all, what has failed in France to have the young people leaving for jihad?"
These questions are being asked across the country, but especially in places like Venissieux,where youth unemployment is high and drug dealers lurk in the shadows. It is here whereBenchellali grew up,and where his older brother turned to radical Islam.
Benchellali says he paid the price for that brother's deceit. He spent 30 months in Guantanamobefore being transferred to French custody.He wrote a book about his experience. He called it AJourney to Hell.
2.2025上半年大学英语六级听力真题练习 篇二
NAIROBI— The Riyadh Majengo Mosque on theoutskirts of Nairobi has been accused of being ahub of radicalization, for youth turning to theSomali militant group al-Shabab. But the imamof the mosque said he and others work to turnyoungsters away from extremist activity.This is twenty-three-year-old Ibrahim Nyongesa, a resident of Pumwani on the outskirts of theKenyan capital. He earns about $50 per month, making and selling coconut confections.
Four years ago, Nyongesa became radicalized after listening to sermons from some of themosques in Pumwani. But he stopped short of joining al-Shabab, he said, after hearing what hecalls "correct" teachings from the Riyadh Majengo Mosque.
“I changed from being radicalized after listening to sermons and teachings of the sheikhs at themosque, and I came to discover that in Islam one is not allowed to shed innocent blood,” saidNyongesa.
High unemployment
Pumwani has a population of about thirty thousand people. Unemployment here is high withmost youth doing odd jobs to earn a living.
Critics of the mosque say it has become a focal point for young men who think militancy is theanswer to Kenya's problems. Two years ago, police raided the area and arrested youths whosaid they were part of the mosque. Two weeks ago, a member of the mosque who works forthe country’s parliament was arrested on allegations that he has links to al-Shabab.
Three years ago, Idrisi Nyaboga joined the mosque as its imam. He said allegations the mosquefunds and encourages terror activities are unfounded.
Nyaboga said the mosque works to de-radicalize the youth around Majengo.
“When we encounter a Muslim so radicalized meaning his views are against the teachings of theProphet and the Quran, we explain the truth in detail until they change their hardline stance.Once they know the truth it's then up to them," he said. "Forcing them to be moderate isanother thing altogether. We cannot force them. Ours is to show them the way and tell themthat their radicalized stand is wrong.”
Advocating inclusion
Benji Ndolo from the Organization of National Empowerment, a group that advocates for policychange and good governance, said the problem of radicalization could be addressed by thegovernment through inclusion.
“It's got to do more in terms of programs, in terms of affirmative action, in terms of proactive,you know, measures, to bring the youth into mainstream nation-building, whether it's tenders[contracts], whether it's projects, whether it's different undertakings to create opportunity forthem to earn something and get them off the sidelines," said Ndolo.
Kenyans are concerned about Islamic militancy in the wake of deadly attacks claimed by al-Shabab. Last month, al-Shabab gunmen killed 148 people at a university in the town of Garissa.The group said the attack was in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
3.2025上半年大学英语六级听力真题练习 篇三
Romina Kola's family moved from a village inAlbania,where the closest school was two hoursaway, to the city of Shkodra so she could get aneducation.“Many of my friends can't attend school because ofdistance and poverty. Schools are too far away fromthe village where we live.”
What her parents didn't know was that by doing so,they kept her from being one of sixty-twomillion girls around the world were not in school.
Susan Markham, of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) saysdistance and risk of violence are only some of the barriers to a girl's education.
“Whether it's child marriage or economic pressure because of school fees, we want to addressthose.”
The Obama administration has launched a campaign called "Let Girls Learn."
First lady Michelle Obama went to Japan and Cambodia in March to promoted,along with PeaceCorps director,Carrie Hessler-Radelet.
“The First lady is incredibly passionate about this topic.She looks at her own life and herhusband's life, President Obama's life and they see how important education was in themachieving their life goals.And they want to make sure that every girl has the same chance thatthey had.”
Peace Corps voulunteers like this in Tirana, Albania will help implement the program in manycountries.
These volunteers work mostly in remote areas,their initiatives include programs to promotegender equality and empower young women,says volunteer Mary Quandt.
“It is about starting a dialogue and increasing expectations of these girls;let them know thatthey can achieve this and they can grow in their sense of self and their capabilities of leadershipand experience and as soon as you plant that seed in them, they are going to nurture it andit's going to grow.”
USAID's Susan Markham points out that educating girls benefits the entire society.
“Women who stay in school, young girls who stay in school till womanhood, are likely to behealthier.
They are more likely to get married later, bear children later and they are more likely to keeptheir own kids in school for longer.So it has a great ripple effect across the whole community.”
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