2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Bosnian City's Unique Statue Choice: Bruc

Back in the 1980s and 90s, the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina was a scene of civil war, between the Catholic Croates on the west side of town and the Muslim Bosniacs on the east side. The two groups coexist today, but as you could imagine it's hard to find symbols that unite them, which brings us to Veselin Gatalo the president of Urban Movement Mostar, a group that has received permission from the municipal government to erect¹ a statue. And Mr.Gatalo, I'd like you to tell our audience who is depicted² in the statue that seems to have won approval across communal³ lines in Mostar.
It's a statue to Bruce Lee.
We're talking about Bruce Lee, the Kung Fu actor.
That's hero from our type of world, that's pretty clear. Even your type of world. It will be in bronze, and it is not monument to one actor, not monument to China. That's monument to idea of universal justice, one idea telling that justice, knowledge, honesty, good intention can fight against corruption⁴, evil, ignorance. And that's the reason we make that monument.

And in this statue, in this statue of Bruce Lee, what is he doing, what do we see the great Kung Fu actor doing?

Look he, he will be in defending position. If you know judo⁵, it will be some kind of oidachi, with the hands defending position. Turn to the north.(Turn to the North) We should be very careful with that since you know , that mustn't be turned to east, west, Croates or to the Bosniacs .

Are you saying that if the statue faced west then the Croats might take offence that is defending against them, and if it faced east, the Bosnians might.. (Yes ,that is(what) it meant).
So if he faces north , then he is in a sort of neutral position with respect to the people of Mostar.(Yes, indeed.) After all of those years of war in Herzegovina and in the Bosnia and before that in Croatia, I'm surprised that one would imagine a statue to Gandhi, to someone who didn't fight at all, who seemed know a little bit more pacifistic than grande hostly is defensive⁶ in your post, but he was, though he was a martial⁷ artist, yet?

Our hero is not aggressive, you know, he was highly educated man, he didn't take any narcotics⁸ or something like that, and that idea of universal justice, fight for justice is very important to Mostar, Mostar is full of injustice⁹ like Sarajevo (The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina) and all Bosnia-Herzegovina, of corruptions¹⁰, money laundry, of breaking of human rights. Here in this country, we see them as maybe stronger than Montenegro, and we have to show that we have many sub-entities that we are not Muslim Croats and Bosniacs, we are smokers¹¹ and no smokers. I don't know we are poor people, tall people, short people, and we have many other sub-entities, and one of such sub-entities is Bruce Lee. He is a hero from childhood of everyone of us. Nobody will ask what kind of activities his people, made during Second World War, First World War,Turkish time. He is not Orthodox, He is not Muslim. He is Catholic, He is not Jewish. It makes him be the ideal hero for us to Urban Movement, we have to show that we are positive.
Mr.Gatalo thank you very much for talking with us today. Thank you.
As Veselin Gatalo, who is the President of NGO called Urban Movement Mostar, which has won approval from the government of that city in Herzegovina and Bosnian-Herzegovina, ah to place a statue to the late Bruce Lee, star of so many Kung Fu movies.

1 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

2 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。

3 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 judo   

n.柔道

参考例句：

• The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
• Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中，力量和技术哪个更重要？

6 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

7 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

8 narcotics   

n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒

参考例句：

• The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

10 corruptions   

n.堕落( corruption的名词复数 )；腐化；腐败；贿赂

参考例句：

• He stressed the corruptions of sin. 他强调了罪恶的腐朽。 来自互联网

11 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。