BAGHDAD, Iraq - American reporter Jill Carroll's three-month hostage ordeal ended Thursday when she was left on a Baghdad street in front of a Sunni political party office. She appeared composed and eager to talk about her 82 days held captive in a tiny room.

"It's important people know that I was not harmed," she said.

Wearing a green Islamic head scarf and a gray Iraqi robe, Carroll was dropped off at midday near an office of the Iraqi Islamic Party. She walked inside and was then driven 20 minutes to party headquarters, where she called her family and gave an interview to Baghdad Television before being handed over to U.S. authorities.

注释：

reporter：n. 记者
hostage：n. 人质
ordeal：n. 严酷的考验、痛苦的经验、折磨
Baghdad：巴格达（伊拉克首都）
Sunni：（伊斯兰）逊尼派教徒
composed：adj. 镇静的、沉着的
captive：adj. 被俘的
Islamic：adj. 伊斯兰的
headquarters：n. 总部