VOA标准英语2014--Religious Freedom Report Highlights Displacement, Repression
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(七月)
Religious Freedom Report Highlights Displacement 1, Repression 2
STATE DEPARTMENT —
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says countries that undermine religious freedoms ultimately threaten their own security.
Secretary Kerry says those who attack religious freedom not only unjustly threaten the people they target but undermine their own stability.
"From South Asia to the Sahel, governments have silenced members of religious groups with oppressive laws, harsh punishments, and brutal 3 tactics that have no place in the 21st century," said Kerry.
This year's report on international religious freedom includes concerns about northern Nigeria where violence between the Islamist-militant Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces have claimed the lives of Muslims and Christians 5.
"In Nigeria, Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 people over the last year alone. And that includes Christian 4 and Muslim religious leaders, individuals who were near, near churches and mosques 6, worshipers and bystanders alike," said Kerry.
In Iraq, Kerry says the world has seen the "savagery 7 and incredible brutality 8" of the Syrian-based Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
"The wholesale 9 slaughter 10 of Shia Muslims, the forced conversions 11 of Christians in Mosul, the rape 12 and executions and use of women and children as human shields. All of these acts of barbarism underscore the stakes," he said.
Human Rights Watch's Sarah Margon says Iraqi security forces have helped enflame sectarian tensions, making it difficult for Washington to support a government in Baghdad that has little support from Sunnis and Kurds.
"We are watching the political situation very closely to see how it works out. But unless there is a different political dynamic in Iraq I worry very greatly that the security forces aren't going to be defending an Iraq that would be inclusive and open for all Iraqis," said Margon.
In Burma, the religious freedom report decries 13 violence against Muslims that Kerry says "continues to displace families and devastate 14 communities."
"Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced in Burma in the wake of sectarian violence. And tens-of-thousands more are living in squalid camps without adequate medical care," he said.
In Russia, Kerry says Vladimir Putin's government is systematically 15 eroding 16 religious freedoms.
"In Russia, the government has used a succession of ever-more-punitive laws against what they call "extremism" to justify 17 crude measures against people of faith," he said.
Kerry says repressive governments and extremist groups around the world are clear about what they stand against. So he says the United States must be equally clear about what it stands for.
"We are not arrogantly 18 telling people what to believe. We're not telling people how they have to live everyday. We're asking for the universal value of tolerance 19, of the ability of people to have a respect for their own individuality and their own choices," said Kerry.
Margon says that is a message sometimes unevenly 20 applied 21 by Washington.
"It's part of smart development. It's part of good security measures. And the United States has sent that message sometimes when it's convenient, and other times it's fallen off the radar," she said.
This year's report on religious freedoms adds Turkmenistan to a list of countries of particular concern, where the Obama administration says people are beaten and tortured because of their religious beliefs.
- They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
- The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
- The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
- This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下?
- The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺,过去年久失修,现在已经修复。
- The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
- They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
- The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出。
- Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- He kicked a penalty goal and two conversions, ie in Rugby football. 他一次罚球得分,两次触地后射门得分(在橄榄球赛中)。
- Few of the intermediates or enzymes involved in these conversions have been isolated from higher plants. 在这些转变中包含的少数中间产物或酶已经从高等植物中分离出来。
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
- Mr Basescu decries communism as criminal, but Bulgarian leaders only mumble. 巴塞斯库总统将共产主义比作犯罪,而对这个问题,保加利亚的领导人却避而不谈。 来自互联网
- A staunch materialist,he decries economy. 一个坚定的唯物主义者公开谴责经济。 来自互联网
- A few days before,a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.几天前,温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
- Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis,which devastate coastal regions.地震还引发海啸,它直接破坏海岸地区。
- This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
- The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。
- The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
- Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是,久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。
- He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
- Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
- The consular porter strode arrogantly ahead with his light swinging. 领事馆的门房提着摇来晃去的灯,在前面大摇大摆地走着。
- It made his great nose protrude more arrogantly. 这就使得他的大鼻子更加傲慢地翘起来。
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
- Fuel resources are very unevenly distributed. 燃料资源分布很不均匀。
- The cloth is dyed unevenly. 布染花了。