2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistani Police Use Tear Gas Against Cart

By Ayaz Gul
Islamabad
19 February 2006
 

Pakistan's police officers retreat as mob advance during a protest in Islamabad, Feb. 19, 2006  
  
Police in Pakistan fired teargas and rubber bullets to prevent hundreds of activists¹ from Islamic and political parties from organizing a protest rally in Islamabad against editorial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad. Violent anti-cartoons protests across the country in the past week have left at least five protesters dead and of scores others injured.

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Pakistani authorities had imposed a ban on protest rallies in Islamabad following past week's violent demonstrations² in other parts of the country. But hundreds of demonstrators led by leaders of major Islamic parties tried to rally in a central part of the capital in defiance³ of the ban. Security forces used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse⁴ them while protesters retaliated⁵ by throwing stones.

Police also detained several lawmakers and religious leaders during raids in three cities to prevent them from taking part in the protest rally in Islamabad. Paramilitary troops patrolled streets in Islamabad while barbed wire was placed across main routes leading to parliament and elsewhere.

An alliance of six Islamic parties, known as the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, is leading the anti-cartoons protests. One of its senior members and leader of the opposition⁶ in the parliament's lower house, Maulana Fasul-ur-Rehman, was heading the protest march in Islamabad.

 
Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamat-e-Islami condemn⁷ the publication of cartoons depict⁸ Islamic Prophet Muhammad, during a rally, February 19, 2006
  
The religious leader told his followers⁹ that the whole Pakistan nation and the Muslim  world will continue coming onto the streets until an apology is offered for 'this sinister¹⁰ act' and a promise made not to repeat it.

Cartoons depicting¹¹ Muhammad were published in a newspaper in Denmark last year and later reprinted in many European countries. The images have angered Muslims around the world who believe the cartoons insulted their prophet.

Meanwhile, Denmark announced that its ambassador to Islamabad has returned home following violent protests in Pakistan.

The anti-cartoons' protests have turned violent in several Muslim countries, including Libya, where 11 people have died, and Nigeria, where clashes with security forces have killed 16 protesters so far.

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

2 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

3 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

4 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

5 retaliated   

v.报复，反击( retaliate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• When he once teased her for her inexperience, she retaliated. 有一次，他讥讽她没有经验，她便反唇相讥。 来自辞典例句
• The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen. 恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。 来自辞典例句

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

7 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

8 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

9 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

10 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。

11 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。