美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-20

 Moments ago the Muslim Brotherhoodspokesman announcing over Twitter that tomorrow will be a, quote, "Fridayof anger," a day of anger, calling for marches to head toward Cairo'scenter after noon prayers.

 

Also tonight the death toll² from yesterday's clashes revised upwardssignificantly. The state-run TV station Nile TV now saying at least 580 peoplewere killed in fighting yesterday and 4,000 wounded -- 580 killed, 4,000 peoplewounded. Eyewitnesses³ say the killing⁴ mostly at the hands of government forces,many of them are troops and security forces firing live ammunition⁵ to demolisha pair of protest camps in Cairo. Today the Pentagon canceled upcoming jointmilitary exercises with Egypt and President Obama condemned⁷ the militarygovernment's recent actions. He did not, however, condemn⁶ the regime itself.

 

"We don't take sides with any particular party or political figure. I knowit's tempting⁸ inside of Egypt to blame the United States or the West or someoutside actor for what went wrong. We've been blamed by supporters of Morsi. We'vebeen blamed by the other side, as if we are supporters of Morsi. That kind ofapproach will do nothing to help Egyptians achieve the future that theydeserve."

 

We got a full panel. Arwa Damon is -- is there in Cairo for us live. Egyptianjournalist Mona Eltahawy on the phone, also from Cairo, Arab analyst⁹ RobinWright, senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center joins us, special"Newsweek" and "Daily Beast" correspondent Peter Beinart,he's the editor of the "Daily Beast's" OpenZion.com blog, and formerBush White House spokesman Ari Fleischer.

 

Arwa, let me start with you, you're on the ground. Hundreds dead, thousandsinjured. Can you take us through what's happened there today and what to expectwith this just announced Friday of anger?

 

"Well, when we compare the situation to what took place yesterday, it wascertainly significantly calmer but that does not mean that this crisis is byany stretch of the imagination over. The streets of Cairo were pretty emptythroughout the entire day. Of course, now there's that curfew in place. Secondnight in a row that we've had the curfew here. Of course, everyone very anxiousabout what tomorrow is going to bring especially with those mass demonstrationsbeing called for by the Muslim Brotherhood¹, those expected to take place afternoon prayers not too far from where we are right now Anderson."

 

Mona, you say you support neither the military nor Muslim Brotherhood. But ifyou support neither then who are you left with and is that part of the problemright now, that there's, that there's basically this polarized sides in Egypt?

 

"Yeah, absolutely Anderson. I mean I support neither side and I want tomake it very clear that I unequivocally condemn the mass killing by securityforces yesterday and condemn the attacks on churches across the country. Andour biggest and most urgent need right now is to stop the killing and stop theblood because in one day yesterday, almost as many Egyptians were killed inthat one day as they were during the 18 days that took us to get rid of HosniMubarak. Now we do need somebody who's an alternative to the Muslim Brotherhoodand the military could then constantly push the two between the two. And Idon't think that Egypt needs to choose between the two. Egypt is much bigger thanthat."

 

Robin¹⁰, the Egyptian ambassador to the U.S. says that this is the most seriousjuncture Egypt has been in the last 30 years. Do you agree with that?

 

Oh, absolutely. Er and this is a real challenge for the Obama administration.(Er) after all the military has been the cornerstone of U.S. relations sincethe peace treaty (er) since the Egyptians walked away from their relationshipwith the Soviet¹¹ Union. All of the presidents since the monarchy¹² were ousted¹³ in1952 have come from the military until Mohamed Morsi, and this is a momentwhere the United States really has to review its relations with Egypt with themilitary, many of whose leaders were trained in the United States. It has sometough decisions to make. What the president said today had some tough words butthe action was actually rather symbolic¹⁴. There are tough questions about notjust aid but actually whether United States has enough influence to really makea difference because the military is basically kind of sticking it to Washington,and has indicated it's prepared to take its own action irrespective of what itsallies or the international community has said in condemning¹⁵ what's happened inthe last week.

1 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

6 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。

7 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

8 tempting   

a.诱人的, 吸引人的

参考例句：

• It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
• It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。

9 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

10 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

11 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

12 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

13 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

14 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

15 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》