穆斯林妇女向卡梅伦首相发推文
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月
AS IT IS 2016-01-27 Muslim Women Tweet to British PM David Cameron 穆斯林妇女向卡梅伦首相发推文
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Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan that would require women immigrants to learn English within 30 months of arriving in Great Britain.
The plan targets Muslim women joining their husbands already in Britain. Cameron said his plan would help Muslim women immigrants who spend most of their time at home. He said the plan would help them feel less socially isolated 1.
A government source told the media that “David knows that the traditional submissiveness of Muslim women is a sensitive issue.” Submissiveness is a willingness to obey, or submit to, someone else.
Some British Muslim women were offended by the comment. They responded on social media with humor and sarcasm 2. Sarcasm is the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say.
Mashable.com reported that British author and activist 3 Shelina Janmohamed created the hashtag #traditionallysubmissive. She tweeted sarcastic 4 responses to Prime Minister Cameron.
In one tweet, she wrote: “I bought a sportscar and published a book (in English and 8 other languages.) I must be doing this wrong. #traditionallysubmissive.
Throughout the weekend, more than 30,000 tweets with the hashtag were sent to David Cameron’s Twitter account.
Women tweeted #traditionallysubmissive along with a photo of them holding a sign that listed their accomplishments 6 and life experiences.
The hashtag highlighted examples of Muslim women’s independence and their lack of submissiveness.
Many of the women listed their university degrees, professional goals, athletic 7 interests, and a long list of languages they speak fluently -- including English.
Twitter user Mamana Beelah wrote: @David Cameron, I speak 4 languages, how many do you speak? #traditionallysubmissive.”
And Twitter user Asmaam wrote: “My mother was so #traditionallysubmissive she left home to go to med school in 1960s Pakistan. Thanks to her, I’m a journalist and a professor.”
Words in This Story
isolated - adj. separate from others?
submissiveness - n. the willingness to obey someone else; the act of conforming to the authority of others
sensitive - adj. likely to cause people to become upset
sarcasm - n. the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation 8, or to be funny
accomplishment 5 - n. something successfully done or achieved
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
- His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。
- She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。
- 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。
- I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
- She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
- The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
- Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
- He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
- He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
- Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说，但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。