美国小镇穆斯林市议会选举
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(十一)月
AS IT IS 2015-11-11 US Town Elects Muslim City Council 美国小镇穆斯林市议会选举
A Detroit suburb has made history by electing a city council where a majority of members are Muslim.
The town of Hamtramck has four Muslim-Americans as city council members. Two councilmen - Anam Miah and Abu Musa – were re-elected. Saad Almasmari received the most votes. He received 22 percent of the vote.
Almasmari moved to Hamtramck in 2009. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
Hamtramck has a population of 22,423, and 41 percent are foreign-born, according to the United States Census 1 Bureau. Estimates of Hamtramck’s Muslim population stands between 30 percent and 50 percent, according to United Press International.
The Muslim population of Hamtramck came from Yeman, Bangladesh and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Reactions to the campaigns and elections varied 2. Almasmari said his campaign posters were damaged by paint. Bill Meyer, a city leader, says the Muslim council members “bring stability, security and sobriety while lessening 3 the amount of drugs and crime in the city."
Meyer’s comments came from a Detroit Free Press article on the Hamtramck election campaign.
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suburban 4 – adj. living in or relating to a suburb or to suburbs in general
council – n. a group of people who are chosen to make rules, laws, or decisions about something
sobriety – n. the state of not being drunk
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
- The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
- The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
- So however much he earned, she spent it, her demands growing and lessening with his income. 祥子挣多少，她花多少，她的要求随着他的钱涨落。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion. 谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。