时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(七月)


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Iran's opposition 1 movement is holding what is being described as a "silent memorial" to remember the victims of the unrest that erupted following last month's contested presidential election. The Iranian government banned the gathering 2, leading to fears of more violence.


Iranian security forces are once again clamping down hard on an opposition demonstration 3 in a Tehran cemetery 4 called to honor those slain 5 during weeks of unrest, following the June 12 election.
 
Iranian reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi during a press conference after polls closed in Tehran, 12 June 2009


Eyewitnesses 6 say police and paramilitary basij forces carrying clubs beat demonstrators at Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, arresting dozens and dispersing 7 dozens of others.


A video, posted on opposition leader and presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's Facebook website showed scores of demonstrators waving the "V" for victory sign, and chanting "Mir Hossein", as they faced off against riot police.


An Iranian émigré radio station in Los Angeles, spoke 8 with a man who said he was at the demonstration, and indicated opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi had visited the cemetery before being escorted to his car by police.


Another man, who said he was at the cemetery, told an Iranian opposition website that police were chasing young people who were chanting "death to the dictator", while others were "throwing flowers at the police, asking them to support them."


Al-Arabiya TV reported Iranian security forces also attacked defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi's car, as he was arriving at the cemetery.


According to émigré radio, Ayatollah Karroubi told supporters at the cemetery to head towards Tehran's Grand Mosalla mosque 9, where a mourning ceremony had originally been planned.
 
Mehdi Karroubi


On their websites, Mr. Moussavi and Ayatollah Karroubi urged supporters to go ahead with the planned "silent memorial", despite being refused permission for the gathering by Iran's interior ministry 10.


Thursday marks the 40th day after bloody 11 and bitter clashes between demonstrators and police, in which many were killed or wounded. The 40-day anniversary of a death is traditionally used for mourning, in Islam.


Opposition supporters also prepared a video, set to music, on Mr. Moussavi's Facebook website, honoring those slain during weeks of unrest and clashes with police. It showed demonstrators covered with blood and others writhing 12 in pain after being shot by police.


Iranian government TV ignored the protests, talking instead about the upcoming August 3 inauguration 13 of incumbent 14 President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. He was officially credited with 64 percent of the vote, amid charges of widespread vote-rigging.



1 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
3 demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
4 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
5 slain
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
6 eyewitnesses
目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )
  • The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
  • Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。
7 dispersing
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • 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。
8 mosque
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
9 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
10 bloody
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
11 writhing
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
  • She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
  • He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。
12 inauguration
n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
13 incumbent
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
学英语单词
a bucket list
a fancy cake
acceptable material list
admixing
Alajja
ammonium monoacid phosphate
Antihydral-M
Arrhamphus
associated series
astrolable
Aubergenville
Aulacomnium
barnstorm
Basel I
Beius
bewelter
bhagavata mela nataka (s. india)
block parties
blue-roan
Bond girls
brando alta regina (italy)
bump harvest
caisson slipway
carbon-equivalent
catering company
cement channeling
ch'ang shou y?eh
close fugue
Colcord
concentrically
confodiate
DDCTP
decatenates
DME transponder
dosometer
dry-chemical fire extinguisher
Edward III
eucoiliform
extravagantine
flat surface heat exchanger
fliered
flukeworm
fovea vagi
functionally
Grandois
have one's full swing
hedysarum gmelinii ledeb.
immunological cell
jetting
jot ... down
kaffir booms
Kameshkirskiy Rayon
kowloon bay
like the mischief
Lirianthe championii
long-transient effect
main couple
make-bold
Marnhull
mass divergence
McCainiacs
member of lloyd's
memorial to the throne
monkey flip
moving in on
multiple molding
nomvete
non-local thermodynamic equilibrium
not-to-scale
Nui Atoll
occidental carnelian
Opeongo L.
oxytelluride
p-chambers
palmo
paraeiopod
phylum protozoas
pick-up limit
Pinxter
poised mine
retention force
rewrite pulse
roomette
set out on a long journey
signon verification security
special weather report
squintiest
stocklist
stress-deviation
sub plan
symbolic power
thermal wheel
time domain specification
triazobenzene
umeda
use-testing
vinification
wastes of time
wear plate leakage
wohlfarths
yield to the dictatorship of
yost