VOA标准英语2012--Aung San Suu Kyi Meets American Burmese
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets American Burmese
It was an unusual scene for Americans -- but traditional for Buddhists 1. To see Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on the ground, revering 2 monks 3 who chant a blessing 4 of love and kindness.
The activist 5 met with the monks, who flew to the United States from Burma, and Burmese Americans from the Washington area.
These are her countrymen who watched her 19 years of house arrest from their homes in the US, where many of them fled the oppressive military regime. Now, she is their hope for democracy.
“There’s a great future for Burma, provided she’s able to succeed in the next election,” said Burmese American Bilal Raschid.
Some of these Burmese Americans came to this country following the pro-democracy uprisings in Burma in 1988. Others followed. But they all share one thing. They have never lived in their country during an election.
But now that Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in parliament five months ago, many like Rosemary Than are thinking ahead. "When we left Burma, we thought we would always go back to retire there and I never thought the moment would come because it just seemed like such a faraway goal and at this time, this is a possibility,” Than said.
One of those In the crowd was Toe Lwin, who joined others to save Aung San Suu Kyi in 2003, when a mob attacked her convoy 6 and tried to assassinate 7 her. After that he escaped to the United States.
She was put under house arrest again. Aung San Suu Kyi called him up to see her after the speech.
“She said she wanted me to come back Burma. Yes, I agreed with her and I really want to go back Burma,” Lwin said.
But many are worried the new democracy reforms are not permanent. Aung San Suu Kyi suggested compromise.
“We need to work together with military, various groups and ethnic 8 nationalities. We need to be cautious but not to have doubt. Being cautious, being fully 9 aware is totally different from keeping doubt. Doubt will never help us to move forward,” she said.
At another speech with Amnesty International, she focused on youth. "It’s not only a matter of making sure that political prisoners are free, you, the young have to get to the root of WHY there are political prisoners," she said.
The day ended with democracy awards for five other Burmese activists 10. Of her years under house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi says she never thought of herself as suffering, but as following a path. Many here thank her for paving that path toward freedom for others.
- The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony. 处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- The return of Saivite rule to central Java had brought no antagonism between Buddhists and Hindus. 湿婆教在中爪哇恢复统治后，并没有导致佛教徒与印度教徒之间的对立。 来自辞典例句
- It contains Abundant revering the ethics theory in the Confucius theory of goodness. 孔子的仁学中，氤氲着丰厚的敬畏伦理思想。 来自互联网
- The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
- He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
- A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
- 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。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
- A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。