大多数年轻人拒绝IS
时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月
AS IT IS 2016-04-15 Most Young Arabs Reject Islamic State 大多数年轻人拒绝IS
The large majority of young Arab adults say they do not support Islamic State (IS) militants 2.
And more than 75 percent say they do not believe that the Islamic State will create a caliphate, or government based on Islamic law.
These are among the findings from interviews done with 3,500 young Arabs in 14 nations. They were aged 3 18 to 24.
The interviews were done by ASDA’A Burson Marsteller, a public relations company. The research comes at a time European governments worry about radicalized young people joining the Islamic State and carrying out terrorist 5 attacks.
Seventy-eight percent of young adults reject the Islamic State even if it “did not use so much violence.” Thirteen percent, down from 19 percent in 2015, say they would support Islamic State if it was less violent.
As to why some young people join the militant 1 group, 24 percent said they believe it is because of a shortage 6 of jobs. Seventeen percent say the support comes because some like the Islamic State’s view of Islam.
Hassan Hassan is an Islamic State expert at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy in Washington, D.C. He offered his views on the survey and why young people continue to join the Islamic State.
“It did not simply invent the problems the responders identified as factors. “Put another way," (Islamic State) "is a symptom of a growing disease that needs to be tackled 8, and not just the disease itself,” he said in a statement.
Some other findings of the survey include:
More than half of Arab young adults said they believe that religion is too big an influence in the Middle East.
63 percent said they view the United States as an ally 9, 32 percent as an enemy. But in Iraq, just 6 percent of young Iraqis view the United States as an ally and 93 percent as an enemy.
Fewer than half the young Arabs, 44 percent, said they believe they can get good jobs in their countries. Only 2 percent of young people in Yemen say they can get good jobs. In Libya, the percentage is 7 percent.
Just 36 percent of young Arabs feel the Arab world is better off after the Arab Spring uprisings. That is down from 72 percent in 2012, at the height of the unrest.
Words in This Story
interview – n. a meeting at which people talk to each other in order to ask questions and get information
radicalized – adj. someone who becomes more radical 4 especially in politics
responder – n. a person who reacts to a request for information or help
factor – n. something that helps produce or influence a result
symptom – n. a change which shows that something bad exists
tackle 7 – v. to deal with something difficult
stability 10 – n. the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
survey – n. an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something
- 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。
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
- 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。
- Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪,我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
- The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。
- The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.这个城市严重缺水。
- The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.问题的关键是缺乏经费。
- Don't forget to bring your sports tackle with you tomorrow.别忘了明天带上你的体育用具。
- We have gained sufficient experience to tackle this problem.我们已经有了足够的经验来处理这个问题。
- The robber tried to run away but a man tackled him. 强盗企图逃跑,但一个人把他抓住了。
- The policeman tackled the thief. 警察捕捉小偷。
- In that war England was not an ally,she was neutral.在那场战争中,英国不同任何一国结盟,保持中立。
- She felt she needed an ally so badly.她感到她极需一个支持者。