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10 Erdogan Rejects Criticism of Turkey Protests 埃尔多安拒绝接受土耳其示威者的批判

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仔细听

Turkey's Prime Minister has rejected criticism of police violence against protesters.Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reacting to comments from a European Union official.The EU Enlargement Commissioner,Stefan Fuele,earlier urged Turkey to investigate the violence and punish those responsible.The Turkish leader said on Friday that police in Europe would use even greater force against protesters.

土耳其总理雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安拒绝接受关于土耳其警察对示威者使用暴力的批判,埃尔多安是在回应欧盟官员的评论时做出这一表态的。此前,欧盟扩大委员会专员斯特凡·傅尔曾敦促土耳其调查这起暴力事件,并惩罚相关责任人。埃尔多安周五表示,欧洲的警察会对示威者使用更多武力。

听力破解:本段有两处出现明显的连读,比较容易听错,分别是Union official[ˌju:njənnə′fiʃ(ə)l]和in Europe[in′njurəp]。

词汇宝典:responsible在文中做后置定语,意思是“有责任的”;此外,responsible也可以表示“责任重大的”,比如a responsible position(一个责任重大的岗位);在表示“负责……”时,还可以用be responsible for...。

仔细听

The two men spoke at a conference in Istanbul.Turkey is seeking membership in the EU.

On Thursday,Prime Minister Erdogan had demanded an immediate end to nationwide protests against his government.He spoke at Istanbul's airport to thousands of supporters.The crowd shouted“We will crush them”and“God is Great”as they waited for him to return from a week-long visit to North African nations.

二人在伊斯坦布尔的一次会议上发表了讲话。土耳其正在寻求成为欧盟成员国。

周四,埃尔多安总理曾要求立即结束这次全国性反政府示威。他在伊斯坦布尔机场对数千名支持者发表了讲话。当时埃尔多安正要结束对北非多国为期一周的访问回国,在等待过程中,支持者高喊着“我们将打败他们”和“真主万岁”。

听力破解:在spoke at a confcrcncc中,播音员读到at和a时语速非常快,单词a几乎一带而过,需要仔细分辨。

词汇宝典:seek在这里是及物动词“寻求”,在口语中很常用,如to seek fame and gain(追求名利),to seek perfection(力求完美)等;此外,seek还经常与to连用,表示“设法,试图,企图”,后面接动词原形,如:That is what I seek to discover in this movie.这就是我想在这部电影中看到的东西。

仔细听

Speaking to the crowd,the prime minister said the anti-government protests border on illegality.His comments were far different from an apology earlier in the week from Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.He said it was wrong to use“excessive force”against people seeking to protect the environment.

在讲话中,埃尔多安表示,反政府示威已经游走在触犯法律的边缘。他的这一说法与土耳其副总理比伦特·阿林奇于本周早些时候发表的道歉大相径庭。阿林奇表示,对寻求保护环境的人“过度使用武力”是错误的行为。

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听力破解:请注意本段 illegality 一词的发音,它的形容词形式是 illegal[i′li:g(ə)l],而在名词 illegality 中,字母组合 gal 的发音发生了变化,读作[ˌli:gæləti]。

仔细听

The demonstrations began at the end of May after the government announced plans to redevelop Gezi park in Istanbul.Protesters say the park is one of the few open and natural spaces in a city of almost 14 million people.

The early protests were called to protect trees from being destroyed.The demonstrations spread across the country as people reacted to the police violence.

此次示威始于5月底、政府宣布计划重建伊斯坦布尔的格济公园之后。示威者表示,在这个拥有近1400万人口的城市,这个公园是为数不多的有着开放的自然环境的场所之一。

最初的示威活动是为了保护正被破坏的树木而发起的。随着人们开始对警方暴力进行反击,示威蔓延到了全国各地。

听力破解:city[′siti]一词中[t]音发生浊化,播音员将其读作[′sidi],这在英语中也是常见的发音规则。

学着说一说

1.react to comments对评论做出回应

▶在这里,react to 相当于 respond to,是“回应,反应”的意思,如:

A:I heard he will drop out of college.听说他要从大学退学。

B:I wonder how his parents would react to that.

真不知道他父母会作何回应。

▶如果想说“反应过度”,可以用overreact。当你觉得对方的反应过于

夸张,觉得没必要时,就可以用这个句子:

Don't overreact to the bad news.Take it easy.

不要对这个坏消息反应过度,放松点。

2.border on 接近;接壤

▶border 的意思是“接近,与……接壤”,所以 border on也有这两个意思,如:

This kind of risk borders on insanity.这种冒险接近疯狂。

Germany borders on France.德国与法国接壤。

3.protect...from...保护……免受……

▶protect 后多接人,新闻中的trees也可算一种拟人的说法,from后则多是不好的事情,其中from也可以换为against,如:

A:Do you think I should get this insurance?

你觉得我该买这个保险吗?

B:Of course,it can protect you against theft.

当然,如果你丢东西了,保险可以偿付你。