美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-02

 Well, Mohamed Morsy's supporters say thatthey won't be intimidated¹ there into abandoning their demonstrations². They arestill out on the streets demanding his return to power. Arwa Damon is withMorsy supporters in Cairo joining us now, live.

 

 

It was a month ago today that both his supporters and detractors(诽谤者) last sawMohamed Morsy. At that time, Arwa, he was president. He made a very long speechon television, long in rhetoric³, short in specifics. And after that, we didn'tsee him again. These supporters still out on the streets, are they telling youwhy, specifically?

 

 

Well, they have a number of theories as to why that is, in fact, what has takenplace. And you were talking about how people are not being intimidated by therhetoric, by the possible threat that security forces could come in andforcibly clear them out.

 

 

And it's pretty evident from the crowd around us, we are at the sit-in thattakes place on a regular basis. It is a pretty much permanent camp city. It isthe smaller of the two main sit-ins that do take place regularly in the Cairo.

 

 

People here were talking about Catherine Ashton's comments on how she had metwith deposed⁴ president Mohamed Morsy. They were talking about how they felt acertain sense of relief when they heard that he was in good health. But theysay at the end of the day, their aim is to see him brought back into power.Their aim, they say, is to reverse what has happened in the last month. 

 

 

And as you can tell, there are women and children here. They mostly come at night.It is the men who really are here for the long haul. But they come out despitethe fact that there is a relative risk there, because they do feel stronglythat this is their right. 

 

 

But of course this puts Egypt in a nearly impossible situation because you havethis side of this standoff hard and determined⁵ to keep up these sit-ins, and onthe other side, the military-backed interim⁶ government wanting to impose somesort of order and clear the streets of these demonstrators, Becky.

1 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 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 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

4 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。