VOA慢速英语:Schools Are Latest Victims in Kashmir Conflict

短语讲解：

1. Unidentified attackers have set fire to more than 20 schools in Indian Kashmir over the past two months.

set fire to 放火烧， 点着了…; 激起; 燃点
例句：They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.
他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。

2. For almost 20 years, groups have protested and even fought against government forces for the right to separate from India.

separate from 分开; 区别; 脱钩
例句：Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones.
银行的商业账户和个人账户是分开管理的。

3. The court said the government should “unmask the enemies of education” and deal with them with an “iron hand.”

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾
例句：He had no capability to deal with the matter.
他没有能力处理那件事。

4. That way the separatists will have more followers to carry out attacks.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成; 抬出去
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties.
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责。

5. Yet a top separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has said they will only let schools re-open once the government agrees to their demands.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods.
我们不同意寄售此货。