VOA标准英语2013--'Reluctant Fundamentalist' Explores Cultural Misconceptions
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(五月)
'Reluctant Fundamentalist' Explores Cultural Misconceptions
Changez, a son of an intellectual Pakistani family and a brilliant financial advisor 1, has everything going for him: a great job on Wall Street, a beautiful American girlfriend, connections. After 9/11, everything changes. He is heckled at the airport and profiled as a potential terrorist.
Nair says people like Changez were forced to take sides.
“They were encouraged to because Bush said, ‘Either you are with us or you’re against us.’ He set up this so-called Axis 2 of Evil," she said. "He taught people to look at ‘us' and 'them.’ And I don’t think that that reaction has led to greater understanding or peace."
In the film, Changez loses his girlfriend, gives up his lucrative 3 job and returns to his country to teach economics at the University of Lahore. His theories criticizing rampant 4 capitalism 5 and the American dream attract a following, and he becomes a prime suspect in the kidnapping of an American professor.
An American CIA operative posing as a journalist is convinced Changez is responsible for the kidnapping because he fits the profile of a disaffected 6 emigrant 7. The conversation between the two characters describes two worlds mired 8 in mutual 9 suspicion.
“Because so often both sides and any side in our life is presented as reductionist, as good or bad, or black or white," Nair said. "But there is a whole level of gray and gray is also beautiful in its own way.”
The film reveals that Changez, although radical 10, is not a terrorist and thus counters stereotypes 11.
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Institute for Justice says such stereotypes can jeopardize 12 the fight against terrorism.
“Like growing a beard, wearing traditional Islamic dress, giving up gambling 13 and cigarettes and drinking," Goitein said. "The focus needs to shift from trying to identify these personal attributes of a would be terrorist. It needs to shift from that to focusing on actual criminal activity or activity that has indicators 14 of potential criminality.”
Nair hopes her film will help shatter some of the misconceptions and promote dialogue in a growing multicultural 15 world.
“Yes, I‘m Pakistani," the character of Changez says in the film. "Yes, I’m Muslim. But that’s not all I am.”
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
- The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。
- He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
- It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
- Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
- You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。
- The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
- Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。
- He attracts disaffected voters.他吸引了心怀不满的选民们。
- Environmental issues provided a rallying point for people disaffected with the government.环境问题把对政府不满的人们凝聚了起来。
- He is a British emigrant to Australia.他是个移居澳大利亚的英国人。
- I always think area like this is unsuited for human beings,but it is also unpractical to emigrant in a large scale.我一直觉得，像这样的地方是不适宜人类居住的，可大规模的移民又是不现实的。
- The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
- The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
- Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
- It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
- If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。
- They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
- The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
- The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
- It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
- Children growing up in a multicultural society.在多元文化社会中长大的孩子们。
- The school has been attempting to bring a multicultural perspective to its curriculum.这所学校已经在尝试将一种多元文化视角引入其课程。