VOA标准英语2011-Police, Demonstrators Clash in Tunisian C
时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(一月)
New clashes between police and demonstrators erupted Wednesday in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, after sporadic 1 disturbances 2 overnight.
The new wave of unrest took place just hours after Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announced that the country's interior minister had been fired and replaced.
Ghannouchi told reporters the sacking of Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem would be accompanied by the appointment of committees to investigate recent violence and cases of official corruption 3.
Ghannouchi said all those who were arrested during the recent events that took place in parts of the country will be released, with the exception of those proven to be involved in acts of extreme violence, destruction and looting of property.
Tunisian Minister of Communication Samir Laabidi defended the government's performance, saying outside forces have been trying to destabilize the situation.
Laabidi said that small groups of extremists have infiltrated 4 popular demonstrations 5 in order to take advantage of the situation and to create strife 6 in the country. He specifically accused Islamic and leftist groups of infiltrating 7 public protests.
Labidi said 21 people have died in the recent wave of unrest, challenging significantly higher figures presented by human rights groups.
Schools and universities across the country remain closed following a government decree, in an apparent bid to stifle 8 a burgeoning 9 student protest movement.
Khattar Abou Diab, who is professor of political science at the University of Paris III, argued that the protest movement has been mostly spontaneous and driven by young people, worried about unemployment.
Abou Diab said the catalyst 10 for this crisis was a lack of employment opportunities for Tunisia's educated professionals. Both in Tunisia and Algeria, he pointed 11 out, the wave of protest has been led by those who are neglected by the system. Among them are young people without any future, embittered 12 by political stagnation 13, a lack of freedom of expression or a free press, combined with unemployment and a global economic crisis.
Abou Diab notes that Tunisia combines an authoritarian 14 political system with a free market economy that has traditionally performed better than that of most North African countries, along with a generally strong educational system.
He said the reaction of President Ben Ali has been mostly cosmetic 15, and doubts that promising 16 to create more jobs and firing the interior minister will stifle protests.
The wave of unrest in Tunisia began last month after a 26-year-old university graduate set himself on fire when police confiscated 17 merchandise he was hawking 18 on the street. Authorities insisted he did not have a permit. The young man later died from third-degree burns
- The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
- You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚,而我听到的只是零星消息。
- The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. 政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
- Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
- Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
- Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
- Be vigilant against the danger of enemy agents infiltrating the government and boring from within. 要警惕敌特渗入政府内部进行暗中破坏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The metastatic melanoma is seen here to be infiltrating into the myocardium. 图示转移性黑色素瘤浸润到心肌。 来自互联网
- She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。
- It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈,我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。
- Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句
- A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.催化剂是一种能加速化学反应的物质。
- The workers'demand for better conditions was a catalyst for social change.工人们要求改善工作条件促进了社会变革。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- These injustices embittered her even more. 不公平使她更加受苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The artist was embittered by public neglect. 大众的忽视于那位艺术家更加难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
- Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的。
- Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
- The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。
- These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
- Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。