VOA标准英语2012--Greeks Face Decisive Vote as Anti-German Sentiment Soars
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(五月)
Greeks Face Decisive Vote as Anti-German Sentiment Soars
Athens’ oldest university has become a canvas for citizens venting 1 their anger.
Anger at the government... anger at capitalism 2...calls for banks to be burned.
There is much anger too at Germany. Athens resident Anastasis Koutsoukos interrupted VOA’s filming to make his point.
“[German Chancellor 3 Angela] Merkel has the ideology 4 of ‘pan-Germanism’. All is Germany. That is the problem,” he said.
It is a common sentiment. On June 17, Greeks return to the polls.
The EU warns that Greece’s future in the euro is at stake.
Voters who spoke 5 to VOA appeared strongly divided.
“They try to push the Greeks to accept something that is unbearable 6. The [austerity] memorandum 7 is unbearable, simply. It will make the Greek economy a desert,” said Athens resident Theo Phanis.
“Voting for a party won’t make things better. Only the people themselves can make things better. Am I optimistic? No,” said student Katy Volonaki.
On April 4 Dimitris Christoulas, a 77-year-old pharmacist, shot himself. In his pocket was a note saying that he couldn’t bring himself to go searching through the garbage to feed himself.
Greek supporters, and campaigners from across the world, have turned the spot where he died in front of parliament into a shrine 8 against austerity.
Still, polls show an overwhelming majority of Greeks want to stay in the euro.
Konstantis Michalos, president of the Athens Chamber 9 of Commerce, says there will be no easy Greek exit from the single currency.
“Greece may be in the spotlight 10 at the moment but it’s not just Greece. We’ve got Italy, we’ve got Portugal, and we have Spain, and potentially France. So Germany has to look seriously towards this situation because, in a few months’ time, we will have an addition to this long list of problematic economies from northern European states.”
Fears of a run on Greek banks have so far not materialized.
But the uncertainty 11 over Greece’s future in the eurozone is causing instability across the world economy... and prolonging the agony of the Greek people.
- But, unexpectedly, he started venting his spleen on her. 哪知道，老头子说着说着绕到她身上来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- So now he's venting his anger on me. 哦，我这才知道原来还是怄我的气。
- The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
- Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
- The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
- The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。