VOA常速英语2008年-Controversial Dutch Film about Koran Gets Muted
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
Amsterdam
28 March 2008
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders says he's ready to have a dialogue with Muslims about Islam and his controversial film Fitna, which made its debut 1 on the Internet Thursday night. It is the first time the anti-immigration politician has agreed to debate his adversaries 2, and opposition 3 politicians in the Netherlands are calling it the only positive thing to emerge from the controversy 4 about his anti-Islamic film. Lauren Comiteau reports from Amsterdam.
Dutch politicians had braced 5 themselves for the worst, but as most of the morning newspapers headlined, all's quiet the day after Fitna aired on the Internet. Dutch media say the 15 minute film, which translates as "strife 6" or "ordeal 7" in Arabic, has already had more than 5.5 million hits on the Internet, where it was forced to air after local broadcasters refused to show it.
Geert Wilders says his film is not meant as a provocation 8. Still, it begins and ends with an image of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb under his turban, an image from one of the Danish cartoons that sparked riots two years ago throughout the Muslim world.
The film juxtaposes Quranic verses with statements from radical 9 clerics and scenes of terror attacks from Madrid to New York.
The images in the film are shocking but Muslim commentators 10 say they are not new. Although they object to Wilders' equating 11 Islam with violence, a sentiment echoed by the prime minister of the Netherlands, the early consensus 12 of Dutch Islamic groups is that the film is less offensive than they had feared.
One Quranic verse in the movie talked about roasting disbelievers in hell. Ahmed Aboutaleb is the Dutch state secretary of social affairs, and a Muslim.
The Moroccan-Dutch politician says Wilders could have easily chosen quotes from the Koran saying it's a sin to kill another man. But Aboutaleb says that didn't work in his favor, so he chose the worst ones. Words of restraint from local Muslim groups were welcome by the government, which put the country on higher alert and warned other EU members of a possible backlash.
A judge is considering a petition by the Dutch Islamic Federation 13, which is seeking a ruling that the film violates Dutch hate speech laws. But legal experts seem to agree that the film, however offensive, falls within free speech guarantees.
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
- Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
- He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
- They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
- Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- [ Ray ] I definitely started equating crossword puzzles with songwriting. 我已经干脆开始把字谜游戏等同于歌曲写作了。 来自电影对白
- But they have a hard time equating plural marriage with those evils. 但是他们很难把这种多妻婚姻与上面说的那些坏事联系起来。 来自互联网
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。