万花筒 2013-03-06&03-08 意大利大选 贝卢斯科尼遭遇半裸女示威者

 Soaking rain didlittle to deter¹ protesters determine to greet Silvio Berlusconi as he arrivedat a polling station in Milan.Shouting " Enough, Berlusconi, enough"and baring their breasts, the demonstrators grappled with security asthey tried to deliver their message to the former Italian prime minister inperson. Berlusconi, who is trying to make a return to his Italian politics, facescharges he slept with an under-aged prostitute. His attempt to come back isn'tsitting well with some Italians who feared the billionaire's penchant² forscandal will overshadow the country's economic crisis, a fact that didn't seemto face Berlusconi as he cast his ballot³. Asked about the day's rockets, he hadthis to say, ”This behavior is excessive and exaggerated, intelligent peoplewill use their heads and they will use their vote in this election. Theirstrange demonstration⁴ wasn't reasonable, dosen't make sense and we really can'tdo anything about them.” The protesters from the international women's rightsgroup were taken away by police.

1 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

2 penchant   

n.爱好，嗜好；（强烈的）倾向

参考例句：

• She has a penchant for Indian food.她爱吃印度食物。
• He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.他喜欢拿人开玩笑。

3 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

4 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• 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。