时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(七月)


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Iran's opposition 1 movement is holding what is being described as a "silent memorial" to remember the victims of the unrest that erupted following last month's contested presidential election. The Iranian government banned the gathering 2, leading to fears of more violence.


Iranian security forces are once again clamping down hard on an opposition demonstration 3 in a Tehran cemetery 4 called to honor those slain 5 during weeks of unrest, following the June 12 election.
 
Iranian reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi during a press conference after polls closed in Tehran, 12 June 2009


Eyewitnesses 6 say police and paramilitary basij forces carrying clubs beat demonstrators at Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, arresting dozens and dispersing 7 dozens of others.


A video, posted on opposition leader and presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's Facebook website showed scores of demonstrators waving the "V" for victory sign, and chanting "Mir Hossein", as they faced off against riot police.


An Iranian émigré radio station in Los Angeles, spoke 8 with a man who said he was at the demonstration, and indicated opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi had visited the cemetery before being escorted to his car by police.


Another man, who said he was at the cemetery, told an Iranian opposition website that police were chasing young people who were chanting "death to the dictator", while others were "throwing flowers at the police, asking them to support them."


Al-Arabiya TV reported Iranian security forces also attacked defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi's car, as he was arriving at the cemetery.


According to émigré radio, Ayatollah Karroubi told supporters at the cemetery to head towards Tehran's Grand Mosalla mosque 9, where a mourning ceremony had originally been planned.
 
Mehdi Karroubi


On their websites, Mr. Moussavi and Ayatollah Karroubi urged supporters to go ahead with the planned "silent memorial", despite being refused permission for the gathering by Iran's interior ministry 10.


Thursday marks the 40th day after bloody 11 and bitter clashes between demonstrators and police, in which many were killed or wounded. The 40-day anniversary of a death is traditionally used for mourning, in Islam.


Opposition supporters also prepared a video, set to music, on Mr. Moussavi's Facebook website, honoring those slain during weeks of unrest and clashes with police. It showed demonstrators covered with blood and others writhing 12 in pain after being shot by police.


Iranian government TV ignored the protests, talking instead about the upcoming August 3 inauguration 13 of incumbent 14 President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. He was officially credited with 64 percent of the vote, amid charges of widespread vote-rigging.



1 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
3 demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
4 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
5 slain
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
6 eyewitnesses
目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )
  • The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
  • Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。
7 dispersing
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
8 mosque
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
9 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
10 bloody
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
11 writhing
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
  • She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
  • He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。
12 inauguration
n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
13 incumbent
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
学英语单词
abkary
air force cadet screening test
alphanumeric bookkeeping machine
Anacardiaceae
animal tolerance
associable design
B.Adm.Eng.
bedfellows
booked for
brushed aside
burnt coal
cathode vacuum etching
centrifugal lubricator
chemi-ionization process
cherf
chongoni
clinozoisites
comble
commercial agencies stationed abroad
coordinatively
cratylus
crowper
detonating-cartridge
dynamic fragmentation
energy-conversion device
expired gas
factorial experimentation
ferro nickel alloy
fibrae perventriculares
first press felt
fore-hand rent
Fort Saint-Pierre
Fraas breaking point
Gajisan
gammier
gastric indigestion
haliplankton
Hegar's dilator
Holboellia angustifolia
Horner syndrome
immune-related peptide
include me out
input source
lattice vibration
Leptohymenium
linearized filter
Linociera leucoclada
Lubasz
lubritory
luttmann
Marano, L.di
Marcillac-la-Croisille
material wastage rate
noncommunism
nonhaemolytic
oloron
opportunity for buying large quantity
overdramatic
overhead cableway
overhead crane with grab
parenesis
pastor sturnuss
perfluocarbon
perihelion precession
pock-mark
Polygala globulifera
powder-metallurgy
precast ribbed roof slab
propeller blade spacing
prophylaxi
pull-ring
pullbutton
radiotelegraph autoalarm
rail-slitting mill
rasing raze
reduction thickening
refrigeran
Richella
semigraphical method
sequential structure
setting circle
sigmoidaugmentationcystoplasty
stack dilution factor
steering gear assembly
supereon
syn synchronous idle
Tafel equation
thin shell surface
torricellis
trade name aspirin
trithio
tuco-tucos
turretlike
unidimensional search
urban growth
violet-tinged
wastlers (mediaeval england)
wedge beam
weighted 4-bit code
widely-accepted
winch motor