VOA标准英语2012--Egyptian Singer Tackles Real, Metaphorical Walls
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Egyptian Singer Tackles Real, Metaphorical 1 Walls
Egyptian songwriter Youssra el-Hawary is new to performing, but she won the global music award with her first video Al Soor, or The Wall.
El-Hawary set her video against walls built by Egypt's military rulers earlier this year around government ministries 2 in Cairo.
In a light and lilting voice, el-Hawary tells the story of a “poor man” who stands before a wall and “peed - on the wall, and on those who built it.”
It's a cheeky dig at the authorities, at one with the sunny scenes protesters painted on the imposing 3 walls.
But the lyrics 4, from a poem by her friend Walid Taher, were written in 2005, well before last year's revolution. "When Walid wrote it, he didn't mean this wall, of course. It was more like a philosophy, about any wall," she said.
The military's walls have since fallen, like the old government before it. But even after democratic elections, el-Hawary says, other barriers remain.
"For the government, I see that nothing changed. I don't see that we have more freedom now actually. It's still the same. Actually, I face more problems in the arts after the revolution,” she said.
El-Hawary lives on a bustling 5 street not far from Cairo's Tahrir Square. In general, she is optimistic, heartened that her fellow Egyptians have been empowered by the revolution. And despite growing concern for women under an Islamist government, she says she has not suffered for not wearing the veil.
There is a freshness to the 29-year-old singer, who also is an actor and a mime 6 - a contrast to the pop trends common among her contemporaries.
And then there is the accordion 7. "I wanted to play an instrument that I can take anywhere because I was very jealous of my friends," said el-Hawary. "They can take guitars on trips or something. And I play piano, so I can't take it anywhere.”
Although the instrument is played in Egypt, el-Hawary evokes 8 a French style that she balances with Middle Eastern melodies. She says the novelty of “a young girl playing the accordion in Cairo” helped make The Wall a success. She recalls posting the video late one night.
"I woke up the next morning with my phone saying that I had 350 emails and 400 notifications on Facebook and I said, 'There's something wrong with my phone,'" she said.
The song went viral, catching 9 the attention of the Fair Play judges in Brazil, where she will receive her prize in November and take part in a “Voices Against Corruption” festival. Hers is a political voice, and a strong one, yet light, cheerful and sly.
- Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样，我们在换喻（者翻译为转喻，一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法）上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
- So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说，我们可以这样作个比喻：熵像是时间之矢。
- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
- music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
- The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
- The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
- This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
- Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
- I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。
- The accordion music in the film isn't very beautiful.这部影片中的手风琴音乐不是很好。
- The accordion music reminds me of my boyhood.这手风琴的乐声让我回忆起了我的少年时代。
- The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
- Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。