时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2005(下)--国政军事聚焦


英语课

French Ambassador: Religion Not Cause of Riots


法国大使:宗教不是导致暴乱的原因


 


Ambassador Levitte says last month's unrest was triggered by the accidental electrocution of two Muslim teenagers who fled into a power substation to avoid police. Mr. Levitte says anger over their deaths then spread from one neighborhood to another.


 


Though the vast majority of the rioters were Muslims, Mr. Levitte believes the violence was not motivated by religion.


 


Levitte: It was not about the role of Islam influence, it has nothing to do with the clash of religions or civilizations or cultures. I think it's very important to understand that. You may say, but are you so sure? Yes, I am. Religion played no role at all during these two weeks.


 


Mr. Levitte says the government has no information that the violence was organized by religious leaders. The ambassador acknowledges that in France there are mosques 1 and houses where militant 2 Islamic groups are recruiting teenagers, but says there is no evidence that any radical 3 Islamic group had a role in the recent violence.


 


Levitte: Absolutely no link with al-Qaida, absolutely no link with events in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in the Middle East process.


 


The ambassador says the teenagers involved in the recent clash are from impoverished 4 neighborhoods, where most of France's Muslims live separate from the rest of the society. He says many of these teenagers come from single-parent homes and are angry at what they consider racial and religious prejudice in the surrounding society.


 


Levitte: These teenagers feel alienated 5 and discriminated 6 both socially and economically. They don't want to affirm any difference, but they want to be considered as 100 percent French. They are not fighting to be recognized as a minority, either ethnic 7 or religious, but on the contrary, they want to be accepted as full citizens of the French republic. They want to be part of the French dream.


 


Mr. Levitte says the government plans to spend $42 billion to improve educational opportunities for immigrants and build new, more welcoming housing developments.


 


Efforts also are under way to create more jobs to make Muslim immigrants a part of the social fabric 8 of France.


 


Anthony Stokes, VOA news, Washington.


 


注释:


trigger [5tri^E] vt. 引发,引起


electrocution [i5lektrEkju:FEn] n. 电死


substation [5sQbsteiFEn] n. 变电站


motivate [5mEutiveit] v. 激发


impoverished [im5pCvEriFt] adj. 穷困的


single-parent [5siN^l5pZErEnt] adj. 单亲的


fabric [5fAbrik] n. 结构,构造



1 mosques
清真寺; 伊斯兰教寺院,清真寺; 清真寺,伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )
  • 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。
2 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
3 radical
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
  • 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。
4 impoverished
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 alienated
adj.感到孤独的,不合群的v.使疏远( alienate的过去式和过去分词 );使不友好;转让;让渡(财产等)
  • His comments have alienated a lot of young voters. 他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
  • The Prime Minister's policy alienated many of her followers. 首相的政策使很多拥护她的人疏远了她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 discriminated
分别,辨别,区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 ); 歧视,有差别地对待
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视?
7 ethnic
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
8 fabric
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
学英语单词
adult T cell leukemia
alarm wheel rocker cover
antonelliana
atomic dusting
attachment of nonpressure parts
back-end networking
booster immunization
Cambridge Platonists
caraneol
case back flaw
central mechanical processing
centre rest
christianly
Class Maintained Certificate
class Taxopsida
cross - country race
currymunchers
Dal'nerechensk
deciple
declining years
degenerative process
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
discharge of pus
dog sleigh
drainage flow
drape moulding
drop-away reset
feed pipe for mortar
filifera
finskos
fishermen
galacantha valdiviae
give a fig
ground rice machine
harnessable
heteroploids
higher-order predicate calculus
horizontal exaggeration
hornlets
hydraulic cylinder piston stop rod
Igarapé Miri
infantile atrophy
inhospitably
iodine metabolism
jadite
khabris
KNRK
kruisinga
laser beam perforating machine
Leach's petrel
lift-type
loosely-suppressible character frame
Ludvika
luls
macrophyte
maitre
meeko
methyl red tests
Miami Dolphins
Microula
milk wagons
n-methyl tetrahydropapaverine
Neo-Darwinism
niching
nutation of gyroscope
oil spill biological treatment
opthalm-
outside firm
Palgrave Pt.
panstroside
paper based artificial leather
peduncular muscle
persist
powder metallurgy molybdenum
Prccyclidine
proplexity
pudding house
Puerto Arturo
quantomechanics
radioactivity log
reference eyepiece
refractory material technology
remortgaging
renal column
sheet stackers
siouaner
sketching paper
stiff-plastic making
stormlessness
subepithelia
take in a movie
temper parameter
tetraplegia
tholi
Trade follow the flag.
tubular-type tank
unwerth
variable deceleration
War Ship Changed from Merchant Ship
whoring around
XenServer