VOA标准英语2011--First Day After Revolution is Reason to Party For Libyan Students

VOA标准英语2011--First Day After Revolution is Reason to Party For Libyan Students

 

Libyans went about their normal business Monday, the first day after the official end of their revolution, which overthrew¹ Moammar Gadhaffi after 42 years of one-man rule. But the new era was not far from people's minds.

Students returned to the campus of Tripoli University Monday, preparing to register for classes.

But at the engineering department, they ran into a party.

The boys were exuberant², singing and chanting, and even dancing to patriotic³ songs.

The girls watched, clapped, took pictures and sang along.

It was a day they had waited a long time to celebrate, after spending the summer dodging⁴ bullets or raising money for classmates who had gone to the front to fight the pro-Gadhaffi forces.

As they celebrated⁵, some took a moment to talk about their feelings.

“Can you believe yourself that we didn't invite these people, as soon as we turned on the music, everybody came with all their happiness with all their hope to make this place and this country better,” said Hashem Masoui, and engineering student.

“Today we are happy, more than happy, we are delighted. it's the end of the dictatorship, the end of the tyrant⁶. We are free. Today our dreams come true, thank God,” said student Awad Meda.

“I came here to prove, and to give thanks to all the martyrs⁷ that gave their blood,” said Amin.

"We are very glad Libya is finally liberated⁸ and we are free now. I hope that everything is going to be better from now and forever. We hope so,” said medical intern⁹ Amil Abu Kher.

It will back to classes for these students on Saturday, the start of a school year delayed by the revolution. Some talk about getting involved in the hard work of building a new democracy. But for an hour or so, like students everywhere, they just enjoyed the party. And these Libyan students had a particularly good reason to celebrate.

1 overthrew   

overthrow的过去式

参考例句：

• The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。

2 exuberant   

adj.充满活力的；（植物）繁茂的

参考例句：

• Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.在温室里培养出来的东西，不会有强大的生命力。
• All those mother trees in the garden are exuberant.果园里的那些母树都长得十分茂盛。

3 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

4 dodging   

n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
• I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句

5 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

6 tyrant   

n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人

参考例句：

• The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。

7 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。

9 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。