OSCE Chief Promises Freedom, Tolerance, Democracy
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
OSCE Chief Promises Freedom, Tolerance 1, Democracy
Melanie Sully
The new head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says messages of freedom, tolerance, and democracy are crucial for former communist countries. The official is Bulgaria's foreign minister, Solomon Passy, a former dissident.
Mr. Passy told reporters the OSCE represented a beacon 2 of hope for his generation living behind the Iron Curtain. He says that today, people in countries like Turkmenistan still need that type of beacon.
The former Soviet 3 central Asian republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan remain largely cut off from the outside world and are frequently criticized by the OSCE and other organizations for human rights violations 4.
OSCE officials say harassment 5 of journalists, torture and censorship are common in those countries. Some OSCE officials want to expel Turkmenistan, which they feel the biggest culprit.
But Mr. Passy, who will chair the 55-member organization for the coming year, said the international community must not abandon the people there.
"I believe that whatever piece of information we can convey to Turkmenistan and to any other country will be of help. Freedom and democracy need first of all information and that's why information is a crucial element in our policies."
Mr. Passy went on to cite his own experience as an opposition 6 activist 7 during the cold war, when, he said, information from foreign sources was crucial.
"Isolation 8 is counterproductive. We need dialogue, which however should be dialogue with the people. I remember from my youth how important [were] the messages coming from Radio Free Europe, from the Voice of America, from the BBC and Deutsche Welle."
Mr. Passy said for this reason education will be one his main priorities as OSCE chief. He said education is important for the establishment of democratic institutions, and to promote tolerance and create successful market economies.
Mr. Passy said the OSCE will hold a special conference in Berlin this year on anti-Semitism, which is growing in Europe.
注释：
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 欧洲安全与合作组织，缩写OSCE。
crucial [5kru:FiEl] adj. 至关紧要的
Bulgaria [bQl5^ZEriE] n. 保加利亚，欧洲东南部的一个国家，位于黑海岸边。
dissident [5dIsIdEnt] n. 持异议者
beacon [5bi:kEn] n. 灯塔
Iron Curtain 铁幕，第二次世界大战后在苏联集团和西欧之间设置的军事，政治和意识形态上的屏障。
Turkmenistan [7tE:kmeni5stB:n] n. 土库曼斯坦，亚洲中西部的一个历史上的区域，位于里海以东。
Uzbekistan [7uzbeki5stB:n] n. 乌兹别克斯坦，亚州中西部的一个历史地区。
Tajikistan [tB:dViki5stB:n] n. 塔吉克斯坦
Kyrgyzstan 吉尔吉斯斯坦
Kazakhstan [7kB:zB:k5stB:n] n. 哈萨克斯坦，苏联的中亚南部一区，位于里海东北部。
cut off 切断，断绝
harassment [5hArEsmEnt] n. 折磨
torture [5tC:tFE] n. 折磨，拷打
censorship [5sensEFip] n. 审查
expel [iks5pel] v. 驱逐
culprit [5kQlprit] n. 犯人，罪犯
chair [tFZE] n. 任会议主席
activist [5Aktivist] n. 激进主义分子
counterproductive [5kauntEprE7dQktiv] adj. 达不到预期目标的
Radio Free Europe 自由欧洲广播电台
Deutsche Welle 德国之声
priority [prai5Criti] n. 优先（权）
anti-Semitism n. 反犹太主义，排犹
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。