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Americans continue to follow1 reports on people and events linked to2 a bomb attack more than a week ago during3 the Boston Marathon.
Two young men are accused of carrying out the attack4. The two are brothers. The surviving5 suspect told investigators that he and his older brother had planned6 to drive7 to New York City to explode more bombs.Nineteen year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke8 from a hospital where he was taken9 after his capture.
His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died10 last week after a gun fight11 with police. He was 26 years old.
Police say the brothers caused two explosions near the finish line12 for the race13. The explosions killed14 three people, including an eight-year- old boy and wounded15 more than 250 others.
The Tsarnaev brothers came to the United States with their family as refugees16 from the Chechen conflict with Russia.
Silvia Dominguez teaches17 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 homeland18 by danger and conflict. She says refugees carry19 strong beliefs20 about the conflicts they fled21. She says this is especially true when they leave22 areas where they experienced unfair treatment23.
“The ideology around them is very significant and very powerful24. And, there is an aspect of injustice that is very difficult to not want to25 act on.”
Russian officials had warned26 America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 learn27 if Tamerlan Tsarnaev had contacts with Islamist extremists.
Professor Dominquez says it is possible that the older brother never developed28 an identity29 as an American because he left30 theCaucasus area during the Chechen conflict. She says young refugees know they were lucky to get out31 but also know that many others could not escape32.
She says those who leave at a young age need to have a sense of belonging33 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 receives34 refugees.”
Television “broadcasts show”35 Zubiedat Tsarnaeva arguing36 that her sons37 did not carry out the crimes. She says accusations against38 them are false and part of a plot39.
Enrique Pumar teaches sociology at the Catholic University of America in Washington. His recent research40 deals with41 migration and violence. He notes that42 the Tsarnaev family was divided with the father and mother in Russia, and their sons in the United States.
Americans continue to follow1 reports on people and events linked to2 a bomb attack more than a week ago during3 the Boston Marathon.
Two young men are accused of carrying out the attack4. The two are brothers. The surviving5 suspect told investigators that he and his older brother had planned6 to drive7 to New York City to explode more bombs.Nineteen year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spoke8 from a hospital where he was taken9 after his capture.
His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died10 last week after a gun fight11 with police. He was 26 years old.
Police say the brothers caused two explosions near the finish line12 for the race13. The explosions killed14 three people, including an eight-year- old boy and wounded15 more than 250 others.
The Tsarnaev brothers came to the United States with their family as refugees16 from the Chechen conflict with Russia.
Silvia Dominguez teaches17 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 homeland18 by danger and conflict. She says refugees carry19 strong beliefs20 about the conflicts they fled21. She says this is especially true when they leave22 areas where they experienced unfair treatment23.
“The ideology around them is very significant and very powerful24. And, there is an aspect of injustice that is very difficult to not want to25 act on.”
Russian officials had warned26 America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 learn27 if Tamerlan Tsarnaev had contacts with Islamist extremists.
Professor Dominquez says it is possible that the older brother never developed28 an identity29 as an American because he left30 theCaucasus area during the Chechen conflict. She says young refugees know they were lucky to get out31 but also know that many others could not escape32.
She says those who leave at a young age need to have a sense of belonging33 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 receives34 refugees.”
Television “broadcasts show”35 Zubiedat Tsarnaeva arguing36 that her sons37 did not carry out the crimes. She says accusations against38 them are false and part of a plot39.
Enrique Pumar teaches sociology at the Catholic University of America in Washington. His recent research40 deals with41 migration and violence. He notes that42 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 without43 the support44 of a family or a
community.
“A lot of times45 immigrants that are alone46 and don’t have a community and support group47 of ten times they suffer48 from status deprivation49. They tend to be50 violent or at least51 deviant52.”
Police have charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction53. The crime is punishable by death54.
And that’s IN THE NEWS. I’m Steve Ember.
“A lot of times45 immigrants that are alone46 and don’t have a community and support group47 of ten times they suffer48 from status deprivation49. They tend to be50 violent or at least51 deviant52.”
Police have charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction53. The crime is punishable by death54.
And that’s IN THE NEWS. I’m Steve Ember.
1. follow = seguir
2. linked to = ligado a
3. during = durante
4. accused of carrying out the attack = acusados de executar o ataque
5. surviving = sobrevivente
6. had planned = tinham planejado
7. drive = dirigir
8. spoke = falou
9. was taken = foi levado
10. died = morreu
11. gun fight = tiroteio
12. near the finish line = perto da linha de chegada
13. race = corrida
14. killed = matou
15. wounded = feriu
16. refugees = refugiados
17. teaches = ensina
18. homeland = terra natal
19. carry = carregar
20. strong beliefs = crenças fortes
21. fled = fugiu
22. leave = abandoner, deixar
23. unfair treatment = tratamento injusto
24. powerful = poderoso(a)
25. difficult to not want to = dificil não querer
26. had warned = tinham alertado
27. learn = ficar sabendo
28. never developed = nunca desenvolveu
29. identity = identidade
30. left = abandonou, deixou
31. they were lucky to get out = eles tiveram sorte em sair
32. could not escape = não conseguiram escaper
33. sense of belonging = sensação de pertencer
34. receives = recebe
35. broadcasts show”
36. arguing = argumentando
37. sons = filhos
38. against = contra
39. plot = complô
40. research = pesquisa
41. deals with = lida com
42. notes that = observa que
43. without = sem
44. support = apoio
45. A lot of times = muitas vezes
46. alone = solitário, sozinho
47. support group = grupo de apoio
48. suffer = sofrem
49. deprivation = privação
50. tend to be = tendem a ser
51. at least = pelo menos
52. deviant = depravados
53. weapon of mass destruction = arma de destruição em massa
54. punishable by death = Punível com a morte
