CNN News: 摩苏尔战争 第二位美军士兵死亡

First story this Tuesday -- it`s been almost seven months since the battle begun to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul. The ISIS terrorist group overran Mosul back in 2014. It was Iraq`s second largest city and it became ISIS`s most important stronghold in the country.

周二头条新闻,自收复伊拉克城市摩苏尔战争以来,战斗已经7个月了. ISIS恐怖组织自2014年占据了摩苏尔. 摩苏尔是伊拉克第二大城市,同时也成为IS在伊拉克的最重要的据点之一.

But they`re losing their grip on it. Iraqi and international forces, supported by U.S. troops, launched an effort to retake the city last October. It`s been a long hard fight.

但是,现在IS逐渐失去了对摩苏尔的控制.伊拉克和由美国部队支持的国际武装部队,于去年10月份发动了收复摩苏尔的战争.这是一场长期艰难的战争.

The coalition liberated the eastern part of the city in January and they have been trying to clear out the western parts since then. But though they have the advantage with about 100,000 coalition troops versus a much smaller force of terrorists, ISIS is so dug in. They`ve been using tunnels, explosive traps, human shields, that it`s been difficult to get to them.

今年1月份联合解放了这座城市的东部,之后则试图清除西部的IS恐怖组织. 尽管与IS小部分的控住分子相比较,10万人的联合部队占有很大的优势,但是IS计谋太多.他们使用隧道、爆炸陷阱,人体盾牌,这让联合部队很难找到这些恐怖分子.

Over the weekend, a U.S. soldier died while on patrol in Mosul. Army First Lieutenant Weston Lee was hit by an explosive device. He was the second American military death in the battle.

上周末,一名美国士兵在摩苏尔巡逻时死亡. 第一位是陆军中尉韦斯顿李,其遭受爆炸装置击中.这是在摩苏尔战争中死亡的第二位美军.

For a look at the effects this has had on the city, we`re now able to take you inside, thanks to the work of photojournalist Gabriel Chaim.

我们简单看一下战争给这座城市带来的影响, 谢谢我们的摄像记者盖伯瑞`尔查,我们能够带大家一窥城市的内部.