VOA标准英语2013--越来越多沙特妇女开始学开车
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十月)
Saudi Women in Drive to get Behind the Wheel 越来越多沙特妇女开始学开车
WASHINGTON — If you are a woman and live in Saudi Arabia, authorities say you are not allowed to drive a car. This Saturday, however, Saudi women across the kingdom are set to defy this driving ban to draw attention to their plight 1.
华盛顿——在沙特阿拉伯,政府规定女性是不允许开车的。然而,这个星期六,沙特妇女在整个王国挑战这项驾驶禁令。
The social media campaign urging women to take the wheel this Saturday is garnering 2 international attention. It's also creating a dialogue among Saudi men.
''I'm for women driving cars and I think that laws and legislation that will be enacted 3 will protect the women, so there won't be any problems, God willing,'' said Ibrahim al-Rashid, a Saudi resident and supporter of women being allowed to drive.
''I'm honestly against women driving. I don't know how she'll cope if she has a flat tire. How would she act? Here, there's a lot of traffic. Riyadh is already crowded enough,'' said Hammad Hisham, another local.
For Saudi Mansour al-Shamari, the issue is personal.
''I encourage women to drive a car. A woman is a mother, sister, wife, beloved. She is a teacher, doctor, bank worker. She's now competing with men everywhere. They're now in the Shura Council, so why not? There's no problem,'' said al-Shamari.
But if there's no problem, why hasn't the ban ended? Al-Yousef hopes it will, and soon.
- The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
- She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
- And at the forefront was Bryant, garnering nothing but praise from his coaches and teammates. 而站在最前沿的就是科比，他也因此获得了教练和队友的赞美。 来自互联网