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【托福阅读】背景：利比亚地雷问题 小马过河为大家准备了“【托福阅读】背景：利比亚地雷问题”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267。 　　As the fighting rages in Libya, human rights groups are looking to a longer term consequence of the war - the use of landmines. 　　The hazards of mortar fire and rocket attacks are bad enough, but Libyans must now face the renewed problem of anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines. 　　利比亚人不仅要面临迫击炮和火箭弹的袭击，他们现在还要面对一个新的问题，那就是对人员和车辆都有杀伤力的地雷。 　　There are reports that both sides in the conflict have been using them. Human Rights Watch accused government troops of placing mines last month south of Ajdabiya. And while a rebel commander vowed his forces would not use landmines, over the weekend, journalists reported seeing rebels burying the devices near Ajdabiyas eastern gate. 　　有报导说，交战双方都使用了这些地雷。人权观察指责政府军上个月在阿季达比耶以南埋置地雷。虽然一名反对派指挥官誓言他的军队不会使用地雷，但媒体周末报导说看到反对派在阿季达比耶东部出口埋放地雷装置。 　　Further north, Benghazi driver Tarek el Mehadawi said he is not so worried about the area around his hometown, but is concerned about other parts of the country. 　　在更北部，班加西汽车司机梅哈德维表示，他并不非常担心自己家乡附近的情况，他更担心的是国家的其他地方。 　　Mehadawi said areas around Sirte, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafis hometown, or the besieged city of Misrata would be likely places for the hidden munitions, but that its very difficult to know their precise location. 　　梅哈德维说，利比亚领导人卡扎菲的家乡苏尔特，或者被包围的城市米苏拉塔更有可能是埋藏地雷的地点，但很难知道确切位置。 　　Which is what makes the weapons so deadly. Most of the victims of landmines are civilians. In Libya, they would be the farmers and shepherds who walk the areas close to the roads where the mines are laid. 　　而这正是地雷如此致命的原因。大部分遭地雷伤害的都是平民。在利比亚，这些很可能是农民或者牧羊人，他们会行走在道路附近埋有地雷的区域。 　　For Libyans, the problem is not new. Nearly 70 years after the armies of Britain and Germany fought pitched battles across North Africa, landmines from World War II remain buried beneath the sands. 　　对利比亚人来说，地雷不是什么新问题。在英国和德国部队在北非激烈争战将近70年后，砂子下面仍然留有二战期间的地雷。 　　Simon Brooks, head of the Benghazi mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross, sai