VOA标准英语2012--New York Candidates Court Muslim Voters
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
New York Candidates Court Muslim Voters
The Arab-American Association of New York recently held a Meet the Candidates forum 1 at a school auditorium 2 in Brooklyn. The event offered the public an opportunity to grill 3 candidates for local office and to register to vote.
Singer-songwriter Omnia Hegazy, a first generation Muslim American, says casting a ballot 4 helps address what she says is the ignorance of many politicians about her community.
“They’re not aware of the racial profiling, the things that we go through, the scrutiny 5 that we go through on a daily basis, and I think it would be in their interest to actually learn about our community and what are we, who are we, and how we are just as American as anybody else," he said.
Tom McCarthy is a Republican running for the New York State Assembly. He admitted he knows little about allegations that New York police spied on Muslim-Americans based on their religion. But he said he is willing to listen to his Muslim constituents 6.
“They are an immigrant community primarily, and many people are not yet registered to vote, but I think that will change as time goes on and more and more of the community obtain their citizenship 7 and register to vote," he said.
McCarthy is trying to unseat incumbent 8 Alec Brook-Krasny, a Democrat 9 who is himself an immigrant. He came from Russia and says his support for Muslim religious freedom is based on his desire as a Jew for that same freedom.
“If we start taking freedoms from some groups, if we start taking freedoms from each other, it’s not going to be a country we all came to, it’s not going to be a country of the American dream. We just cannot do it," he said.
Linda Sarsour directs the Arab American Association of New York. She says her organization registered more than 2000 new Muslim voters in one of Brooklyn’s electoral districts.
“We are going to be at the polls, and we want to make sure our elected officials that are going to be taking these positions are keeping these positions," she sadi.
In other words, the Arab American Association hopes to make sure, through its voting clout 10, that politicians deliver on their promises.
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
- The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。
- Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
- I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
- She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
- Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
- He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。