VOA标准英语2012--Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(三月)
Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World
Like many other human rights campaigns, the video released by the organization Invisible Children got help from celebrities 1.
One of them was Angelina Jolie. The Hollywood film actress spoke 2 out against the elusive 3 Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony at a recent appearance.
“He is an extraordinarily 4 horrible human being," she said. "His time has come, and it is lovely to see that young people are raising up as well.”
A collective of some of the biggest U.S. media and entertainment personalities 5 used social media to promote the 29-minute video when it was released March 5. So did high school and college students across the United States and elsewhere.
The Kony video has become the fastest growing ever on the Internet in terms of views.
On Tuesday, it prompted U.S. lawmakers to introduce a resolution calling for increased efforts to boost the number of forces deployed 6 to protect civilians 7 and pursue LRA commanders hiding in Central Africa.
Last year, U.S. President Barack Obama sent 100 U.S. military advisors 8 to help with ongoing 9 efforts against an insurgency 10 which for decades has been abducting 11 children, displacing civilians and mutilating the faces of victims in Central Africa.
An international human rights and development expert at American University in Washington, Lori Handrahan, thinks the Invisible Children campaign is revolutionizing advocacy. She says other advocates should build new activist 12 communities by using video, social media and celebrities.
“I believe that the professionals who have been working in humanitarian 13 response for decades really need to start to embrace this [social media] element and understand that it is here and it is for the good," said Handrahan.
A long-time advocate against the LRA, Washington-based Michael Poffenberger with the group Resolve, says a video can be very effective in bringing out new human rights activists 14.
“Even experts get started on these issues somewhere," said Poffenberger. "Most people who have worked on these issues for decades can still point to some transformative experience in their life, whether it is a good teacher or a moment where their eyes were opened to something going on in another part of the world.”
Poffenberger also says this highly polished video is just a hint of what groups like Invisible Children and Resolve are doing.
“I know that there is a big strategy that has gone on behind this effort that will be taking steps to channel that awareness 15 into concrete measures that actually help protect people on the ground who are suffering LRA attacks," he said.
Invisible Children and Resolve have been working together on an online LRA crisis tracker, which includes a map and timeline for current and past LRA attacks. Most recent attacks have taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while LRA commanders, including Kony, if he is still alive, are believed to be hiding in the Central African Republic.
The stated goal of the video is to bring about Kony’s capture, so that he can be tried at the International Criminal Court for alleged 16 war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Poffenberger also is pushing for more international emphasis on development and social projects in LRA-affected areas.
Lots of the social media commentary spawned 17 by the video has been negative, ranging from criticism of the inadequacies of Western-style justice, to the fact that the much diminished LRA has already been pushed out of Uganda, or that U.S. activists should focus on American problems.
Handrahan, the American University professor, sees a lot of misplaced jealousy 18 in these comments, some of them directed at the movie’s main character, American filmmaker Jason Russell.
“I do not think there is any place for jealousy when we are trying to take down international war criminals," said Handrahan. "I think people who do not understand what Jason Russell and Invisible Children and all the people who are supporting him are trying to do, they need a wake-up call and this is it.”
In one of his rare interviews several years ago, Kony himself said he is innocent, blaming Ugandan troops for atrocities 19. He also said he lacks the tools to communicate his own message to a worldwide audience.
Experts have described his fighters as highly trained and motivated by long-standing grievances 20 against Uganda’s government for past abuses committed on northern Acholi people.
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
- 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。
- Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
- Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
- She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
- The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨,大海出奇地宁静。
- There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
- Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
- At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时,发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。
- 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。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- 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》
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
- The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展,许多新公司纷纷成立。
- Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
- I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》