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英语课
By Ivana Kuhar
Rostock, Germany
05 June 2007
 






G8 demonstrators


G8 demonstrators



Protesters again have fought with police in Rostock, Germany, ahead of this week's Group of Eight summit at the nearby resort in Heiligendamm.   Authorities say more than 8,000 anti-globalization protesters on Monday marched peacefully through Rostock. Stone and bottle-throwing incidents broke out when officers halted a group that violated a ban on wearing facemasks during the protests. The clashes were the second outbreak of violence ahead of  the summit. VOA's Ivana Kuhar and Valer Gergely have more on the protesters.


They come from around the world to make their voices heard. The expected 100,000 protesters are not a homogenous 1 body. Their causes range from reducing global  poverty and AIDS to fighting climate change and corruption 2 in government.


While their ages, aspirations 3 and viewpoints vary widely, the protesters do seem to have one thing in common.


One student, Michael, offers his views. "From my point of view, the G8 and the summit are connected to those developments that I don't like in the world and I am here with many other people to say we are not happy with what is happening [in the world]."


Michael is a student of politics from Germany, who intends to spend a week protesting as the world's top political leaders hold their annual summit in the German North Sea resort Heiligendamm.






Volunteers help feed the G8 Demonstrators


Volunteers help feed the G8 demonstrators



To accommodate the large number of political activists 4 from out of the area, volunteer groups have set up what they call "demonstrators' camps." Spreading within 25 kilometer radius 5 of the G8 summit site, the six makeshift tent cities are expected to house up to 50,000 people this week.


The visiting protesters eat, sleep and stay for free, although donations of five euros per day are encouraged to cover the costs. 


Sasha is a law student from nearby Rostock, who helped organize the demonstrator camps. "They are from all over the world -- from everywhere. There are Americans, Germans, people from the Netherlands, from France from Spain, from Africa.


"It is really diverse. There is a cultural program going on, music and theater and movies, political and social discussion groups, and, on the other hand, it's a place where people can find calm and prepare for the next day."


Demonstrator camps have showers and sanitation 6 facilities, playgrounds for children, bars and recreation fields.  The food is vegan, but organizers say many locals brought deserts to welcome the protesters.


Police are staying out of the protesters' camps.  But, there is a large police presence around the temporary facilities.


Rostock police spokesman Axel Folkenberg says the majority of demonstrators are peaceful, as they try to express what they do not like in the world. But Folkenberg adds not all demonstrators are benevolent 7. "There is a number of people who are ready to use violence. Those people have nothing to do with the G8. They mostly seek confrontation 8 with the police, as they did recently in Hamburg and Berlin and on Saturday in Rostock."


On Saturday, demonstrations 9 turned violent in Rostock, as about 2,000 protesters began rioting against the police. One hundred eight two people from 12 countries were arrested and 433 police were injured, 30 of them seriously.


While some are protesting out of a deeply held conviction, some others might have a lighter 10 approach to demonstrations.  Nevertheless, as a four-legged marcher attests 11, the area around Heiligendamm is these days a protesters' capital of the world.




adj.同类的,同质的,纯系的
  • Japan is a wealthy,homogenous,developed nation with a stable political system.日本是一个富裕的同质型发达国家,政治体制稳定。
  • My family is very homogenous and happy.我们这个家庭很和睦很幸福。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • 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。
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音
  • I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
  • The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.半径,半径范围;有效航程,范围,界限
  • He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
  • We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的
  • His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。
  • He was a benevolent old man and he wouldn't hurt a fly.他是一个仁慈的老人,连只苍蝇都不愿伤害。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
  • Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
  • The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
v.证明( attest的第三人称单数 );证实;声称…属实;使宣誓
  • The child's good health attests his mother's care. 这孩子健康的身体证实他母亲照料周到。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The boy's good health attests to his mother's care. 这个男孩的良好健康就是他母亲细心照顾的明证。 来自辞典例句
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abortiva variola
allegan
amblyeleotris periophthalma
animal husbandry
application for drawback
autoselecting
basic atomic group
be a scorn to
bear-trap
beechy
bepraising
brans-dicke
break-even point
British Radio Communication
broglies
Brumado
Buendia, Embalse de
can-carrier
catch lever
cinoas
clathtate
clowning around
copper stripping electrolysis
Crotalus viridis
decking level
deconjugations
dennisonite (davisonite)
Derrick City
differentiabilities
diplococcus of Morax-Axenfeld
double-current method
El Bejuco
end-of-field marker
equity-warrants
finds oneself
flash of wit
force due of viscosity
gate current degradation
give tongue
glooming
half yearly account
hexaferrite
huskershredder
inertinites
inomyxoma fibromyxoma
Isonin
kerak
kolstad
lay of rope
Lena Trough
limit position of a link
lining method
mafes
malonyl thiourea
megalithic age
methidium
mixed sleep apnea
modem connection
mushroom cloud
notacaphylla chinensiae
occipitoiliac
older sisters
one bath two stage process
overpraises
pay honor to
pentamethazene
Phospatidylcholine
play close to the vest
premonitory pains
primary productivity
proxy attribute
psychic deafness
quarter wave length
queue type
reheating cycle
rim blight
Sabbathesque
sagueiro
sand shell moulding
sand stargazer
saracenis
sillenite
simultaneous prosperity
softball
spread oneself
Stellaria irrigua
stellasteropsis colubrinus
strategic communication
student experience
succinanilide
sunnyside up
take-up bearing
terminal wire
turbo fan
twin engined
unpathetic
vibration ramming
virtual disk system
wack
woodburners
zero power level
zero-water