时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(二月)


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Egyptians are cleaning up after celebrations that followed the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's leader of nearly 30 years. The military, which assumed control of the country, on Saturday said Mr. Mubarak's Cabinet will remain in place for now while Egypt transitions to a democratic system.

Saturday was a day of cleaning at Tahrir Square and throughout Central Cairo even as celebrations were going on. Groups of people went to the streets and to the square with brooms and dustpans in hand to help clear up the filth 1 and debris 2 that built up during the 18 days of demonstrations 3.

Some wore banners on their clothing that said "yesterday I was a demonstrator, today I am building Egypt."

24-year-old architect Rania Tamoum says it was important for her to show she wants to be a part of the rebuilding process. "It's our country. It's our responsibility, so we have to clean it," she said.

Tamoum joined thousands of others in celebrating Hosni Mubarak's resignation. She said she has not thought about a blueprint 4 for the future, since her only goal while demonstrating was to see Mr. Mubarak go.

"Actually, I cannot say what clearly I want. I can say that I want a better Egypt. I really want a new government. We don't want any of the icons 5 or the symbols of the old government," said Tamoum.

The mood was jovial 6 Saturday, even as celebrations were winding 7 down. A group of men sang an Islamic song, as they walked off the square. Some people began taking down the tents where they have been camping out, and preparing to go home. Some are staying.

Abdel Hamed Taha, an imam, said Mr. Mubarak's departure was only the beginning of the changes he wants to see. He will remain on the square.

He says he is at the square to follow up on what he says was the victory of the revolution. He said demonstrators have achieved only one of the demands, and he wants a dialogue with the army.

The transition is now in the hands of the military, which has promised to hand over power to an elected civilian 8 government. The demonstrators demanded free and transparent 9 elections in which all groups - including the banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood 10 can participate. They also want a lifting of emergency laws, and a re-writing of the constitution.

A spokesman for Egypt's supreme 11 council of the armed forces on Saturday said it has asked the existing Cabinet to stay in a caretaker capacity. He also said Egypt will respect its existing international agreements that include a peace treaty with Israel.

Over the past few days, the army has emerged as heroic in the eyes of many Egyptians for not cracking down on the demonstrators. On Saturday, tanks stayed in their positions throughout central Cairo. People took pictures with soldiers, and children handed them flowers.

Now, Egyptians are counting on the military to take the country to the next step, and deliver on the promises of a change for the better.



n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥
  • I don't know how you can read such filth.我不明白你怎么会去读这种淫秽下流的东西。
  • The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.这段对话全是下流的言辞和影射。
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
  • 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。
n.蓝图,设计图,计划;vt.制成蓝图,计划
  • All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
  • The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
n.偶像( icon的名词复数 );(计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的)符号,图像
  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下,后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
adj.快乐的,好交际的
  • He seemed jovial,but his eyes avoided ours.他显得很高兴,但他的眼光却避开了我们的眼光。
  • Grandma was plump and jovial.祖母身材圆胖,整天乐呵呵的。
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的
  • The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
  • The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
学英语单词
a day at the office
a mic
abnormal end of task
absolute democracy
aeacid
agri-environments
air-speed computer
American cheese
amino valeramide
auguster
back-filleds
bid proposal
biscuit-tins
boculle
body powder
calcaric gleysols
catastrophe cover
caution against sth
centrality theory
centre of suspension
chelmer
cholanthrenyl
colliculi craniales
commodity exchange
continuous recirculation
cryophile
dejecter
disintricates
doubled words
eggshell procelain
entodermal epithelium
etosha
exhaust detoxation
exoterical
F-AGENT
Freeborn County
full-value variable
geared exciter
government contract
gubernatorial election
heat of change of phase
hellmuth
hydraulic flanging press
indirect retainer
ink slab
international consortium of bank
internucleonic force
iodinated human serum albumin
jis-mark
join on
K scope
lannerets
leukophores
linear speed of twisting
lo phonon
local railway
lycopodioides
mandibular arch
masticke
medium fat content fish
meritest
mordancies
muktananda
mycalesis perseus blasius
oktibbehite (octibbehite)
on a line with
orbit transfer engine
Palmer, Samuel
payroll management application
plattelands
plinth course
plunge shaving,radial feed shaving
power standing wave ratio (pswr)
premium channel
privacy regulation
prunus japonicas
purging croton croton tiglium l
quartz-fluorite lens
queit
rapid settling device
recurrent ulcer
reduction thickening
renegotiation-proof equilibrium
resizes
ropery
rotary brush damper
San Luis de la Paz
scutellaria austrotaiwanensis
sequential operations
Ship's Seaworthiness
soaked
spiritual expression
spring loaded accumulator
storage section
streaming stick
strict deterministic language
tidal hypoxia
time homogeneous
two-component model
typewrote
white-and-black
wraparound host