2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq War Opponents to March in Washington
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Bill Rodgers
Washington, D.C.
07 March 2007
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A coalition 1 of anti-war groups is planning a march on the Pentagon to protest the Iraq war. The March 17th protest will come on the 40th anniversary of a 1967 march on the Pentagon that was a major milestone 2 in the anti-Vietnam War movement. VOA's Bill Rodgers reports.
Representatives of almost a dozen civic 3 and anti-war groups announced their plans at a news conference Tuesday in Washington. Organizers say they expect tens of thousands of people to join the protest march on the Pentagon.
Cindy Sheehan says the protesters are sending a message to Congress to stop the war
Anti-war activist 4 Cindy Sheehan says the protesters are sending a message to Congress to stop the war. "We have to stand up and say, 'You know what? We went out in record numbers on November 7th [election day] and we voted against George Bush. We voted against his lies, we voted against his war, we voted against further aggression 5 and we voted for you to stop it’."
Sheehan's son was killed in Iraq three years ago. She has been one of the most prominent American anti-war activists 6 since 2005, when she staged a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch 7.
The march on the Pentagon this month will come 40 years after a similar mass protest in 1967, a watershed 8 event in the anti-Vietnam War movement.
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
- I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
- 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》
- He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
- The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。