Terrorismo Flashcards

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What is terrorism? It has appeared a lot in the news, and I know it is happening, but what is it.

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¿Qué es el terrorismo? Ha salido mucho en las noticias, y sé que está sucediendo, pero ¡¿Qué es?!

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A terrorist can hijack, or take by force, a plane to force a government to free his friends from a prison.

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Un terrorista puede secuestrar, o tomar por fuerza, un avión para obligar a un gobierno a que libere a sus amigos de una prisión.

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A terrorist almost always relies on threats of violence, planned murders, hostages, poisoning, bombs or suicide bombs.

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Un terrorista casi siempre se apoya en amenazas de violencia, en asesinatos planeados, secuestros, envenenamientos, bombas o bombazos suicidas.

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In contrast, it is typical of the terrorists to go against civilians - they can explode into pieces (blow up) places like restaurants, passenger trains or housing.

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En cambio es típico de los terroristas ir contra los civiles - pueden volar en pedazos lugares como restaurantes, trenes de pasajeros o edificios de vivienda.

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They try to blend with their environment and not call attention, so that it is very difficult to stop them before they take action.

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Intentan mezclarse con su entorno y no llamar la atención, así que es muy difícil detenerlos antes de que entren en acción.

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And if we see the other side of the coin, many organized terrorists consider themselves special soldiers that fight for a common cause.

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Y si vemos la otra cara de la moneda, muchos terroristas organizados se consideran a sí mismos soldados especiales que luchan por una causa común.

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Terrorism has existed in the world for thousands of years. Even the ancient romanans

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El terrorismo ha existido en el mundo desde hace miles de años. Hasta los romanos antiguos tuvieron que lidiar con él.

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Perhaps you are a little young to remember what happened in the United States on September 11 of 2001.

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Tal vez seas un poco chico para recordar lo que sucedió en Estados Unidos el 11 de septiembre de 2001.

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The thing is that one can’t really put an end to terrorism.

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La cosa es que no se puede realmente acabar con el terrorismo.

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It has existed for a long time and it there will always be some beasts who are prepared to kill for an empty cause.

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Ha existido desde hace mucho y siempre habrá algunos brutos que estén dispuestos a matar por una causa vacía.

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But, given that the purpose of terrorism is to generate panic, the best thing that one can do is to not be afraid.

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Pero, puesto que el terrorismo tiene como propósito generar pánico, lo mejor que se puede hacer es no tener miedo.

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Read the newspapers, listen to the radio and look at the news on the television to find out about what is happening around you.

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Lee los periódicos, escucha el radio y ve las noticias en la tele para enterarte de lo que sucede a tu alrededor.

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You are not afraid, right Moby?
And me neither, because I have you to protect me.
Right?

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Tú no tienes miedo, ¿verdad Moby?

Y yo tampoco, porque te tengo a ti para protegerme, ¿cierto?

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