VOA标准英语2012--Some Egyptians Admit Facing Depressing Choice in Runoff Election
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(六月)
Some Egyptians Admit Facing Depressing Choice in Runoff Election
The crowds on Tahrir Square last year were euphoric; they had forced their president of nearly 30 years to resign. The promise of the revolution was still there in round one -- 13 candidates on the ballot 1, the first real choice most voters had ever had.
But the fruits of that effort - a run-off between Islamist Mohamed Morsi and a candidate of the old guard, Ahmed Shafiq - have proved bitter to many.
The majority of Egyptians voted for neither. Going into round two, many face a depressing decision of which candidate they dislike the least.
Political sociologist 2 Said Sadek is no fan of the old government - he calls it “military fascism.” But, he says, one alternative is worse.
“Politics is about relative points of views," said Sadek. "When you use religion, you're talking about the absolute: this is their opinion and that's it."
Sadek points to experiments with religious rule elsewhere.
“Are we going to repeat the Iranian revolution and what the Iranian secularists and liberals did? -- that out of their hatred 3 to the Shah they collaborated 4 with a worse political group that in the end slaughtered 5 them," said Sadek.
For decades the Muslim Brotherhood 6 has publicly renounced 7 violence. But even among Egyptians who find the group less distasteful than the military, its current promise of moderation is less than convincing.
A columnist 8 and advocate of the revolution, Rania el Malki, says the Muslim Brotherhood "would say something today and change their mind about it tomorrow. And this is what they have done even, you know, when it came to fielding their president in the first place."
Despite her reservations, el Malki says at least there is hope the Brotherhood's stated commitment to civil liberties is better than the known repression 9 of the old guard.
“We are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea [two bad choices], the devil or drowning]] and I think, in the deep blue sea scenario 10 some miracle could happen," said el Malki. "I’d rather take that chance than know we are going back to exactly where we were on 24th of January 2011.”
Adding to the sense of gloom, is the possibility of the worst of both.
“What I fear most is an alliance between military fascism and religious fascism and this has started from the beginning of the revolution,” said Said Sadek.
While such pessimism 11 is not shared by all, it is the sentiment of many, not just in Egypt, but across the region - where the hopes of the Arab Spring are tempered by political realities.
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
- Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
- We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
- We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。
- The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
- We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes. 我们已再次宣布放弃使用武力来解决争端。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Andrew renounced his claim to the property. 安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
- She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。
- The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
- This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。
- But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
- This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。