VOA标准英语2012--Popular Indian Yoga Guru Could Influence Election
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Popular Indian Yoga Guru Could Influence Election
Gopal Singh Bisht says he was healed from Hepatitis B under Ramdev’s guidance. He believes it’s now his duty to spread the guru’s message. Soon, he will join thousands of others in traveling across India to spread the guru's message of yoga and self-reliance, while also influencing voters in the 2014 national elections.
“We want to preach to people and make them understand what is correct and what is wrong and what is only illusions they talk about," he explains. "This is how people will know the truth and select the best candidate.”
Ramdev believes supporters like Bisht are crucial to help bring about change in India.
“We will go in every house in every village and city," the guru says. "Our volunteers will talk to every villager. Coming five, ten, 25 years we will change. We want to change socially, economically, spiritually, and politically.”
Ramdev has emerged as one of the country's most vocal 1 anti-corruption crusaders. He says the greatest threat facing India is the illegal money many wealthy Indians keep stashed 2 away in overseas bank accounts.
A strong believer in Gandhi’s ideas of self-reliance, Ramdev wants Indians to boycott 3 all foreign products and only buy Indian brands.
“India has everything we need. We don’t need foreign support,” he notes.
Haridwar housewife Arun Rathi has taken Ramdev's message to heart. She says her son has stopped wearing jeans and has become more politically aware.
“We use products from India so that our own country gains," she says. "My son asks me before buying anything. ‘Is it an Indian product?’”
But political activist 4 Shazia IImi isn’t convinced Ramdev’s ideas are realistic. She, like some other political experts in India, believe Ramdev could be galvanizing support for the country's main opposition 5 the Bharatiya Janata Party.
"He can be seen as a force multiplier for the BJP in the elections," she explains, "So, his followers 6 can really support BJP in a huge way.”
“We don’t support anyone," Ramdev insists. "Who we support we will announce before the 2014 elections.”
Bisht and Rathi see Ramdev as a political savior. They’re investing their time and hopes in what they believe is his ability to transform India -- one person, family, and village at a time.
- The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
- Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
- She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她有一大笔钱存在几个不同的银行账户下。
- She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- 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。
- 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。