VOA标准英语2011--Rare Gadhafi Footage Shows Libyan Dictat
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(九月)
Rare Gadhafi Footage Shows Libyan Dictator's Softer Side
Much of the world has seen the strong, loud and defiant 1 side of the ousted 2 Libyan leader.
But there is another side, too. A family man with his granddaughter, recorded on home video found in Tripoli.
This earlier happiness is in stark 3 contrast to the angry autocrat 4 still fighting to stay in power despite an international reputation that scholar Daniel Serwer says has gone from bad to worse. "He had a moment of recovery there when he gave up the nuclear technology, the weapons of mass destruction, but this finale is going to wreck 5 any legacy 6 he might have left," Serwer said.
Gadhafi is a man with few cares in one video. He asks his granddaughter how she feels about him. She gladly approves.
Jerrold Post, director of the political psychology 7 program at George Washington University, says Gadhafi is a complex individual who sees defiance 8 as boldness. "He slides into this posture 9 that's been part of his psychology from the earliest days: the lonely Arab leader standing 10 up bravely against a superior force," Post said.
In one video he promises his grandchildren he will protect them from their ghosts.
For years, Gadhafi never shied from the spotlight 11, but he has not been seen for weeks. Libya's provisional leaders are hunting for him even as they try to negotiate a peaceful surrender of his last remaining strongholds.
- With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
- He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
- He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
- He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.他是个有造诣的政治家，也是个狡黠的独裁者。
- The nobles tried to limit the powers of the autocrat without success.贵族企图限制专制君主的权力,但没有成功。
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
- He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
- She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
- He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
- He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
- He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
- The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
- He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。