Suspects had planned to drive to New York City to explode
more bombs.
From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS.
Americans continue to follow reports on people and events
linked to a bomb attack more than a week ago during the Boston Marathon.
Two young men are accused of carrying out the attack. The
two are brothers. The surviving suspect told investigators that he and his
older brother had planned to drive to New York City to explode more bombs.
Nineteen year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke from a hospital where he was taken
after his capture.
His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died last week after a
gun fight with police. He was 26 years old.
Police say the brothers caused two explosions near the finish
line for the race. The explosions killed three people, including an eight-year-
old boy and wounded more than 250 others.
The Tsarnaev brothers came to the United States with their
family as refugees from the Chechen conflict with Russia.
Silvia Dominguez teaches sociology at Northeastern
University in Boston. She says it is important to note that the Tsarnaev
brothers were not immigrants, but refugees forced from their homeland by danger
and conflict. She says refugees carry strong beliefs about the conflicts they
fled. She says this is especially true when they leave areas where they
experienced unfair treatment.
“The ideology around them is very significant and very
powerful. And, there is an aspect of injustice that is very difficult to not
want to act on.”
Russian officials had warned America’s Federal Bureau of
Investigation about the older brother after he visited Russia for six months
last year. American investigators have questioned the mother and father in
Dagestan, where they now live separately. The investigators wanted to learn if
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had contacts with Islamist extremists.
Professor Dominquez says it is possible that the older
brother never developed an identity as an American because he left the Caucasus
area during the Chechen conflict. She says young refugees know they were lucky
to get out but also know that many others could not escape.
She says those who leave at a young age need to have a sense
of belonging in their new country. She says it is very important to have
activities to get young refugees involved.
“You know this is not just in the United States. It’s any
country that receives refugees.”
Television broadcasts show Zubiedat Tsarnaeva arguing that
her sons did not carry out the crimes. She says accusations against them are
false and part of a plot.
Enrique Pumar teaches sociology at the Catholic University
of America in Washington. His recent research deals with migration and
violence. He notes that the Tsarnaev family was divided with the father and
mother in Russia, and their sons in the United States. He says it is much more
difficult to adapt to a different country without the support of a family or a
community.
“A lot of times immigrants that are alone and don’t have a
community and support group oftentimes they suffer from status deprivation.
They tend to be violent or at least deviant.”
Police have charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of
mass destruction. The crime is punishable by death.
And that’s IN THE NEWS. I’m Steve Ember.
Vocabulary:
Investigation /in,vesti'geiʃn/ (n): sự điều tra, bị điều tra
criminal investigation: công tác điều tra hình sự
investigation into something: trường hợp điều
tra, nghiên cứu
to accuse /ə'kju:z/ (v): buộc tội, tố cáo
to carry out: tiến hành, thực hiện
suspect /'sʌspekt/ (noun): người bị tình nghi
explode /iks'ploud/ (v): làm nổ
capture /'kæptʃə/ (n): sự bắt giữ
explosion /iks'plouʤn/ (n): vụ nổ
to wound /waund/: làm bị thương
refusegee /,refju:'dʤi:/: người tị nạn
conflict /'kɔnflikt/: cuộc xung đột vũ trang
immigrant /'imigrənt/: người nhập cư
flee – fled – fled (v): bỏ trốn, lẫn trốn
sociology /,sousi'ɔlədʤi/: ngành xã hội học
ideology /,adiə'ɔlədʤi/: hệ tư tưởng
significant significant/sig'nifikənt/ (adj) quan trọng
aspect of injustice: khía cạnh của sự bất công
to act on: ảnh hưởng đến
extrimist /iks'tri:mist/ (n) người cực đoan, quá khích
identity /ai'dentiti/ cá tính, đặc tính
to involve /in'vɔlv/: dính líu, dính dáng
accusation /,ækju:'zeiʃn/ sự buộc tội, kết tội
plot /plɔt/ âm mưu, mưu đồ
deal /di:l/ sự đãi ngộ, đối xử
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