时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(五月)


英语课

Protesters Camp Out in Central Moscow


Several hundred opposition 1 activists 2 are camping out in the Chistye Prudy area of central Moscow, in an action organizers are now calling “Occupy Abai,” after the 19th century Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayaev, whose bronze statue sits amid the encampment. 


A cafeteria of sorts has been set up to feed activists, while impromptu 3 sing-alongs and poetry readings are held to help keep up spirits. 


Olga, a college student, says she felt more comfortable coming down to “Occupy Abai” then to the May 6 protest rally, which was dubbed 4 the “March of Millions.” “I can do such things: I can help with the meals, with the boiled water, with something else. But I could not - I don’t have enough power to go for such events as (the) March of Millions," she said. 


Thus far, “Occupy Abai” has been, for the most part, left alone. However, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said Friday that the protesters were camping out “illegally” and police would “definitely” shut down the action sooner or later.


One of the opposition leaders, Ilya Yashin, says the movement will not be intimidated 6. “It’s like psychological pressure. But they’ve already tried so many times to intimidate 5 us with clubs and threats: it’s not possible to intimidate us; it’s not possible to disperse 7 us," she said. 


Several top opposition figures were among the hundreds of people arrested during and after the May 6 demonstration 8, including Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny. Both men were jailed for 15 days for disobeying police orders and remain in custody 9.


Another opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, was arrested on May 6 and released after paying a fine. The veteran liberal politician visited the Occupy Abai campsite, urging Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who will attend the Group of Eight summit in the U.S. next week, to drop by. “Nobody’s going to hit you; nothing’s going to happen to you,” Nemtsov said. “People just want to ask you questions.”


Some protesters fear a different kind of official visit. This sign asks the Moscow mayor to protect city residents from the “lawlessness” of the riot police.  



n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.即席的,即兴的;adv.即兴的(地),无准备的(地)
  • The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
  • The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
vt.恐吓,威胁
  • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
  • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
v.恐吓;威胁adj.害怕的;受到威胁的
  • We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
  • The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
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acid-carbonate
al qahirah (cairo)
Alemli
angeloylfuranofukinol
backstairs intrigue
barterable
benippled
beweapons
bus insurance
charabanc
childhood aphasia
CLHE
cold food pantry
colocalisation
common boneset
common licence
corrupcion
cross countries
cross-country skiing
crystal vessel
cupric fluoride
Diksonskiy Rayon
distributing valve board
double-beam oscillograph
drawbeam
dry foot
EAggEC
electroelute
endodermoreaction
enjoyee
eschewal
extension reflex
ezekiass
filter expresser
Flying Scotsman
gadolinia
genus sennas
gergon
get sth out
good natures
Harmonized Description Coding System
highwater marking
hirings
hot-bath quench aging
i was wondering
lame-ducks
laughed my ass off
liquid monomer plastic
maids
Manx cat
melanoderma toxica
Microzamia
modern cybernetics
mountain phlox
negative going
nonlead
octopodes
papillary epithelioma
perichareia
periodic merit rating
phenylmercuric hydroxide
place-brick
Placido's disk
PNID
polydystrophic
pyrometer lamp
radionavigation tailbuoy
robbo
rock craft
rossmen
scrapped vessel
scutle
secondary mouth
see no evil
severe burn
shaw
single-end user
slobbers
small particle contamination
smp (scanning microscope photometer)
son vertex
specialized capital goods
spywares
start-finish
Stoby
stream of people
sulfidize
sun yat - sen university
test ring
tetragnatha ceylonica
thermal conversion
thiazidelike
tonify the kidney to arrest spontaneous emission
toralizumab
tuberculosis of scrotum
tuberculous bacillemia
unemolumented
upper middle class
vitrics
Weston standard cadmium cell
what's your problem
wine-shipper