美国国家公共电台 NPR Imran Khan: From Swaggering Cricketer To Populist Prime Minister

 

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Now, to Pakistan, where a cricket hero will be the country's next prime minister. That follows last week's election. His name is Imran Khan. And for who he is and what kind of leader he'll be, we turn to NPR's Diaa Hadid, who has this profile from Islamabad.

DIAA HADID, BYLINE¹: Before Imran Khan was a politician, he was a legendary² cricketer. This sport is worshipped here, and Khan led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

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BILL LAWRY: That's up in the air. He's getting under it. This could be victory, it is. Pakistan win the world cup.

HADID: It's still a really big deal says Umar Riaz (ph), a political analyst³.

UMAR RIAZ: You hear this chants, which says who will save Pakistan? Imran Khan. Imran Khan.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Chanting) Imran Khan. Imran Khan.

HADID: For his followers⁴, Khan will do the same for the country. He preaches a new Pakistan. He rages against corruption⁵. He promises jobs and offers dignity; a chance for Pakistanis to be proud of who they are.

HADID: One of his fans is Iftikhar Ahmed (ph). He's a 23-year-old salesman.

IFTIKHAR AHMED: (Foreign language spoken). We want change. Imran will improve education. He will stop money laundering⁶. He will put an end to corruption.

HADID: Imran Khan has a rare trajectory⁷. He's a sporting legend, a handsome playboy and a British celebrity⁸. He married one of the wealthiest socialites in Britain and transformed his public image - became a philanthropist, embraced religion and politics. He and his first wife, Jemima Goldsmith, divorced on good terms after nine years of marriage. There's volumes written about him, including a salacious tell-all book by his second ex-wife, a broadcast journalist. Now, at 65, he has a third wife. He married her in secret. She's one of his spiritual advisers⁹, and she covers her face in public. Imran Khan's popular.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Chanting) Imran Khan.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Imran Khan.

HADID: But his victory, it's tainted¹⁰. His chief opponent, the former prime minister, accuses the army and the courts of initiating¹¹ corruption cases against him to curb¹² his own electoral success and to help Khan win. Weeks before the election, the former prime minister was sentenced to prison. And there was a crackdown on media outlets¹³ sympathetic to him. The army denies any interference. So do the courts. At a recent press conference, I ask Khan for his response. He said his rival was brought down by corruption. There can't be any sympathy for somebody like the former prime minister.

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IMRAN KHAN: How would a Western government react? Would they not put someone like that behind bars?

HADID: But Khan has plenty of critics in Pakistan's liberal media. On the campaign trail, he supported Pakistan's blasphemy¹⁴ laws; laws that have encouraged vigilantes to kill people, even rumoured¹⁵ to have offended Islam. They say he's close to militants¹⁶, particularly the spiritual father of the Taliban, who Khan has supported in the past. That's a dangerous charge in a country under fierce scrutiny¹⁷ for not cracking down on extremist groups. The U.S. recently cut off most of its military aid to Pakistan precisely¹⁸ because of that accusation¹⁹. Analysts²⁰ here debate if Khan's conservative or just politically expedient²¹. Riaz, the analyst, says it's not that. Khan's contradictory²², like many Pakistanis.

RIAZ: Imran's not alone in being someone who can appeal liberal at one moment, but also holds conservative views, be comfortable in the West and also be comfortable in a village.

HADID: Imran Khan has juggled²³ so many identities; playboy to pious²⁴, sportsmen to politics, a Pakistani comfortable in English and Urdu. Now, the question for Pakistan is which one of these men will lead their country? Diaa Hadid, NPR News Islamabad.

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

3 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。

4 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。

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 trajectory   

n.弹道，轨道

参考例句：

• It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
• The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。

8 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

9 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

10 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 initiating   

v.开始( initiate的现在分词 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything. 他善于创建项目，但难得坚持完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties. 只有高氯酸盐表现有显著的感度和可能具有起爆性能。 来自辞典例句

12 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

13 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 blasphemy   

n.亵渎，渎神

参考例句：

• His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
• You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！

15 rumoured   

adj.谣传的；传说的；风

参考例句：

• It has been so rumoured here. 此间已有传闻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• It began to be rumoured that the jury would be out a long while. 有人传说陪审团要退场很久。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

16 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

17 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

18 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

19 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

20 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

21 expedient   

adj.有用的，有利的；n.紧急的办法，权宜之计

参考例句：

• The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
• Every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.我们的朋友想出了各种各样的应急办法。

22 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

23 juggled   

v.歪曲( juggle的过去式和过去分词 )；耍弄；有效地组织；尽力同时应付（两个或两个以上的重要工作或活动）

参考例句：

• He juggled the company's accounts to show a profit. 为了表明公司赢利，他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The juggler juggled three bottles. 这个玩杂耍的人可同时抛接3个瓶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。