VOA标准英语2011--Russians Protest Corruption, a Hot Elect
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(四月)
Russians Protest Corruption 1, a Hot Election Year Issue
Two anti-corruption rallies were held Saturday afternoon in Moscow.
Russians turned out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Moscow for two rival protests against corruption, the top issue on voters minds in this election year according to polls.
This tale of two protests speaks volumes about the state of democracy in Russia - 20 years after the fall of the Soviet 2 Union.
The state threw its weight fully 3 behind the official anti-corruption protest.
One day in advance Moscow officials blocked off a one kilometer long avenue for the demonstration 4. The avenue was conveniently located between a 10-lane highway and transit 5 center with two subway and three commuter 6 rail stations.
Chartered buses brought in participants, who were issued flags, banners and crisp white "anti corruption" aprons 8. Numbering in the thousands, they then marched in groups into the protest zone. There, eight massive video screens and a powerful music system thumped 9 out techno music and anti corruption messages.
Each unit chanted its place of origin, in this case Moscow.
The protest was organized by Nashi, widely seen as a youth wing of the ruling United Russia party.
To fight corruption, Nashi asked protest participants to videotape teachers, doctors, policemen, and other government employees asking for bribes 10. Then participants are to post the videos on a new "White Apron 7" website.
Daniel Semyonov, a lawyer, was directing young people to the protest from a subway station. He said that corruption is now everywhere in Russia.
He said that Nashi's new anti-corruption campaign had nothing to do with parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections next March.
Four kilometers across town, leaders of Russia's political opposition 11 held their rally on Bolotnaya Ploshads, literally 12 Swamp Square. They were allotted 13 a small corner of a park, formed from reclaimed 14 river land, a 20-minute walk from the nearest metro 15 station.
In contrast to the official demonstration, the area was surrounded by prison buses and riot police.
Andrei Alatin, the director of an advertising 16 agency, said he had not been to a demonstration in 15 years. But he and his wife came Saturday because they feel that corruption is rotting Russian society.
He said that 20 years ago, children wanted to become businessmen. Now they want to get rich by becoming government officials. He said the only solution for Russia would be a real dictatorship or real democracy - not the "Potemkin village" democracy of today.
No one interviewed at this rally believed that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin or President Dmitry Medvedev are interested in fighting graft 17 in Russia. One man held a sign saying: "Russia rots from the Kremlin" - a play on the saying that a fish rots from the head.
A favorite chant was to call the ruling party, "the party of thieves and swindlers."
In this atmosphere, Boris Nemtsov, a rally leader, said the Kremlin had hastily organized the official anti corruption rally. He drew a rare laugh when he ridiculed 18 Prime Minister Putin.
He said, "Putin against corruption - is like alcoholics 19 against vodka."
This rally ended peacefully, with policemen barking directions through megaphones to herd 20 the estimated 1,000 attendees to the distant subway station.
At the end of the day, a convoy 21 of 10 Nashi buses could be seen heading south from Moscow, lead by a police cruiser escort.
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- 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。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
- She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
- Many people like to wear aprons while they are cooking. 许多人做饭时喜欢系一条围裙。
- The chambermaid in our corridor wears blue checked gingham aprons. 给我们扫走廊的清洁女工围蓝格围裙。
- Dave thumped the table in frustration . 戴夫懊恼得捶打桌子。
- He thumped the table angrily. 他愤怒地用拳捶击桌子。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
- 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。
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
- I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
- Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。
- Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
- The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
- Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
- The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
- I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
- The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。
- Biosphere 2 was ultimately ridiculed as a research debade, as exfravagant pseudoscience. 生物圈2号最终被讥讽为科研上的大失败，代价是昂贵的伪科学。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She ridiculed his insatiable greed. 她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many alcoholics go on drinking sprees that continue for days at a time. 许多酒鬼一次要狂饮好几天。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Do you have a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous book? 你手上有戒酒匿名会的书吗？ 来自互联网
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。