所有美国及阿拉伯联合酋长国发起Sawab中心抵制伊斯兰国家的信息
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月
US, UAE Launch Sawab Center to Counter IS Message
The United States and United Arab Emirates launched a joint 1 effort Wednesday to counter the Islamic State militants 3 on social media.
The Sawab Center, based in Abu Dhabi, uses social media to confront the militants’ efforts to recruit members. It also presents “moderate and tolerant voices from across the region.”
The Arabic word “sawab,” means “right” or “correct” -- as in, “the right path.” The center has sent messages on Twitter and posted a YouTube video saying the Islamic State is changing the meaning of Islam to spread hate, fear, and intolerance.
Richard Stengel is the U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy 4 and Public Affairs. In an interview with Alhurra, Mr. Stengel says the Sawab Center aims to use information to prevent people from joining the Islamic State.
"One of the ideas of the Sawab Center and what we do in terms of messaging ourselves from Washington is to try to stem the flow of foreign fighters. To, if somebody is debating whether to go, tell them that the mythology 5 of what Daesh [Islamic State] is creating is false, you know, the caliphate isn't a paradise -- there's no plumbing 6, there's no electricity, there's no Internet access."
Mr. Stengel says the center hopes to “take offline” those who are using social media to recruit new members for IS.
The U.S.-led coalition 7 has launched more than 5,000 airstrikes against the Islamic State in the past year. But the goals are to stop the flow of new foreign fighters and cutting off funding to the militant 2 group.
The under-secretary said the coalition of more than 60 nations is seeing some success. But he also said that the fight against IS and terrorism in general is a “generational struggle,” - one that will not be won quickly. He adds that,
"I think it's not realistic to say that any form of terrorism will go away, or that any manifestation 8 of Daesh or ISIL will go away, but as an acute threat, as an existential threat, as an expanding threat, that will be reversed and it already is being reversed.”
Words in This Story
counter – v. to do something in defense 9 or in response to something
tolerant – n. willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own
funding - n. an amount of something that is available for use
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
- He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
- What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。