以下即小编为大家分享的英文阅读素材：基地组织再生事端
SUMMARY：
基地组织同政府之间的冲突愈演愈烈，在继某录像出台之后，又扣押10名人质。美国政府协同也门政府展开救援，但是却遇到了阻挠······
CONTENT：
(Reuters) - A U.S. journalist and a South African teacher held by al Qaeda militants in Yemen were killed alongside 10 of their captors during a rescue attempt by U.S. and Yemeni forces, senior officials said on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said al Qaeda militants killed Luke Somers, 33, and another foreign national hostage during the rescue operation, which he said was only approved because of information that their lives were at imminent risk.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is seen by Washington as one of the movement's most dangerous branches, and it has worked with the Yemeni government and via drone strikes to attack its leadership in southern and eastern parts of Yemen.
KEYWORDS:
al Qaeda 基地组织
Yemeni 也门
captors 被俘虏者
Secretary of State 国务卿
John Kerry 约翰·克里
Luke Somers 卢克·萨穆斯
Only 才刚刚
(注意only 这个词有多重用法，最熟悉的就是仅仅。但是这里若做仅仅，则解释不通，因此本文结合上下句，选取才刚之意)
Hostage 人质
Luke Somers 卢克·萨穆斯
Approve 批准
Imminent 即将来临的，邻近的
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula 基地—阿拉伯半岛组织
Via 经由
drone strike 无人机袭击
Branch 分支
参考译文：
周六有高级官员称，美国及也门军队试图援救基地组织武装分子所擒俘虏，在此过程中，一名美国记者并一位南非教师惨遭杀害，同行还有另外10名人质，上述数人均在也门被俘。
美国国务卿约翰·克里表示，在援救操作中，基地组织武装分子杀害了时年33岁的卢克·萨穆斯以及另一位外国人质。 他所说的内容才刚获批陈述，原因在于人质生命危在旦夕。
华盛顿将基地—阿拉伯半岛组织视为该恐怖运动中最具威胁性的分支，并同也门政府一道经由无人机袭击对该组织分置南北两端的领导组织发动攻击。