VOA标准英语2013--Iran's Presidential Candidates Courting Female Vote
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(六月)
Iran's Presidential Candidates Courting Female Vote
When Iranians go to the polls on June 14, they will get to select one of eight presidential candidates - all but one older than 50 and all men. Iran's Guardian 1 Council ruled last month a woman cannot be president even though 30 women sought to be included in the race.
That worries Iranian women's rights activists 3, who say Iran's clerics, led by Supreme 4 Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were trying to send a message.
"They think that Iranian women - they should stay at home and it's better they make them more limited than this,” said long-time activist 2 and lawyer Mehrangiz Kar.
But some of the candidates appear to be reaching out to women voters anyway.
When Mohammad Reza Aref, the 61-year-old university professor seen as the leading reformer in the race, registered to run, he did so with his wife.
It quickly drew comparisons to Turkey, where Islamist-leaning Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared in campaigns with his wife. Iran hardliners criticize the husband/wife appearances as "Western."
Still, some of the more conservative candidates have promoted joint 5 appearances with their wives - something current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also did when he was a candidate.
Kar said it means little.
“Sometimes you can see some women beside their husband during elections. It seems something like a propaganda for the men and not for women,” she stated.
But some analysts 7 say the ability of women to influence the election outcome is not out of the question. They point to Mohammad Khatami’s election in 1997, when he appealed to women and minorities.
In the last presidential election, in 2009, the four final candidates spoke 8 on women's issues.
Analyst 6 Geneive Abdo with the Stimson Center said this election is much different.
“Unlike last time, there are no candidates that are inspiring people,” she noted 9.
Despite that, a hunger for inspiration, especially among women, seems to linger.
In recent weeks - this video showing former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during his last campaign - has gone viral on Iran's social media sites. In it, a young woman criticizes the societal status of Iran's women. The video shows Rafsanjani with tears forming in his eyes.
But voters cannot choose Rafsanjani this time. The Guardian Council barred his candidacy during its final cut.
- The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
- The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
- 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。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- 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。