VOA标准英语2012--Syrian University Town Could Hold Key to End to Conflict
时间：2019-01-04 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
Syrian University Town Could Hold Key to End to Conflict
Aleppo is a major port close to Turkey. It's Syria's economic center. Here, the business elite 1 support the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
"We trust that he's going to do some good stuff to this country and to the people," said interior designer Rashed al-Tabshi. "He likes his people."
Many in Aleppo show their love for Mr. Assad at pro-government rallies.
But across town, a different scene: anti-government protests at Aleppo University, Syria's second largest institute of higher learning.
Grey uniformed security forces monitor the campus and break up the protests, but more demonstrations 2 erupt elsewhere.
Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff attended Aleppo University and now lives in the U.S.
"In terms of students, they are just stubborn," he said. "They go out from their schools, whether it's the department of arts and sciences or on the residential 3 campuses they live in, they can still organize and coordinate 4."
In the city, Aleppo residents complain about blackouts and scarce fuel for their homes and cars. This man says he feels trapped in his home. We spoke 5 with him via Skype.
"You can't trust anybody at all on the streets on Aleppo or any other city in Syria," he said.
The Syrian violence is in its 11th month, with no sign of it ending. Many people say the turning point could be here, in the government stronghold of Aleppo. Our contact via Skype has this to say:
“If the regime falls or the revolution wins, it doesn’t matter for me," he said. "What I need is the peace to go in the street without any restriction 6.”
But for now, most Syrians have little peace.
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- 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。
- The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
- The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。