2007年VOA标准英语-Homeland Security Secretary Quizzed about Musli
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By Peter Fedynsky
Washington
15 March 2007
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Does the United States face a threat of homegrown radical 1 Islamic terrorism? That is a question put to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday. VOA's Peter Fedynsky has details.
Members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee expressed concern that some American Muslims could be radicalized under foreign influence to commit acts of terror in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the committee the principle way of spreading such influence is through the Internet.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
"I don't think it's necessary to send radical recruiters into the United States, and I think there's a risk to doing that,” Chertoff said. “But I have no question about the fact that [Osama] bin 2 Laden 3, [Ayman al-] Zawahiri and others like them quite consciously use the media, including the Internet, as a recruiting tool."
Chertoff and members of the committee were quick to point out that the ideology 4 of violent extremism cannot be equated 5 with the entire Muslim faith.
"We know that the vast majority of Muslims in this country, like the vast majority of Jews and Christians 6, are not violent, are not adherents 7 to an extreme ideology and are full participants in the United States,” Chertoff said. “So we have to make sure we don't ever make that improper 8 connection or equation of this ideology in any religion."
Secretary Chertoff said his department has regular meetings with Muslim communities across America to promote civic 9 engagement and to discuss issues of mutual 10 concern.
Committee member Claire McCaskill said the United States should similarly engage Muslims abroad. The Missouri Democrat 11 expressed concern that America, as she put it, may be "deporting 12 democracy" through excessively stringent 13 security requirements on those who want to visit this country.
"Because the young people who come here to learn in terms of college education go back home at the highest levels of their government, at the highest levels of the world of medicine or engineering, and they bring back what they saw of this wonderful experiment called democracy in America," McCaskill said.
Secretary Chertoff agreed. He said the government has made adjustments to the visa process. But he noted 14 that a small minority can do a lot of damage, and that is why the visa process takes longer for everyone.
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- Production costs for the movie equated to around 30% of income. 这部电影的制作成本相当于收益的30%。
- Politics cannot be equated with art. 政治不能同艺术等同起来。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- He is a leader with many adherents. 他是个有众多追随者的领袖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The proposal is gaining more and more adherents. 该建议得到越来越多的支持者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
- Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
- Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
- Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。