英国新闻听力 对巴黎查理周刊袭击案的思考

`Je suis Charlie' was all over social media yesterday in widespread condemnation¹ of the tragic² killing³ of the Charlie Hebdo journalists and policemen in Paris;

昨天社交媒体上到处都是“我是查理”这样的口号，人们纷纷谴责巴黎查理周刊记者和警察被残忍杀害的袭击事件，

a show of solidarity⁴ with the dead and the injured and an act of defiance⁵ against the Islamist perpetrators.

这是在向死者和受伤者表示团结，是对伊斯兰作恶者的挑战。

This was a cold and carefully planned attack after years of threats against the satirical magazine for its cartoons of the Prophet.

几年来，这个讽刺杂志因刊有先知漫画而不断受到威胁，这次事件是精心策划的冷酷袭击案。

The editor Stéphane Charbonnier, known simply as "Charb," was one of the victims paying the ultimate price for a magazine which refused to be silenced especially in its portrayal⁶ of religions.

人称“查波”的编辑史蒂芬妮·查波涅尔是这家杂志的遇难者之一，这家杂志拒绝保持沉默，尤其是在刻画宗教方面，这位编辑也因此付出了最终的代价。

For some people the magazine was outrageously⁷ bold, overstepping the boundaries of decency⁸ and taste

在一些人看来，这家杂志非常大胆，超越了道德的边界，

while others saw it as clever and inspirational, challenging anything and everything,

而也有人认为杂志机智且发人深省，敢于挑战一切，

central to the establishment, with its own history and ideals of the French republic.

凭借其历史和法兰西共和国的理念立身。

It's been closed down before, it's run out of money, warned for being too provocative⁹

杂志一度被关闭过，当时没有资金，得到的警告是“太具挑衅性”，

but it stood resolute¹⁰ with the editor once saying, "When activists¹¹ need a pretext¹² to justify¹³ their violence, they always find it."

但仍坚持不动摇，这位编辑曾说过，“只要活动人士想为其暴力行为合法性找到借口，他们总能找到的。”

And in 2012, he bravely told Le Monde, I would rather die standing¹⁴ than live on my knees.'

2012年，他勇敢地告诉法国世界报，我宁愿站着死也不愿跪着生。

For Charb, there was never any intention of giving into fear, telling the New Yorker, that mocking Islam must continue "until Islam is just as banal¹⁵ as Catholicism."

对查波来说，绝无屈从于恐惧的思想，它告诉纽约客杂志，嘲笑伊斯兰教必须继续下去，“除非伊斯兰教像天主教那样平淡”。

Ridicule¹⁶ against extremism was his weapon and it angered those who could only confront satire¹⁷ with guns.

对极端主义的嘲笑是他的武器，因此惹怒了那些只能拿武器来对付讽刺的人。

But in using the prophet as an excuse to kill, the gunmen chose to ignore the Qur'anic reprimand of Muhammad himself that he had no right to impose his belief on others.

但是使用先知来作为杀人的借口，这些武装分子完全无视了穆罕默德本人的训诫，即他无权将自己的信仰施加给他人。

The defence of free speech is again at the forefront and while freedom of expression may never be absolute,

捍卫言论自由再次到了风口浪尖上，尽管言论自由可能永远不是绝对的，

let it set its own limits rather than be frightened into submission¹⁸.

让我们先给它设个限制而不是被吓倒。

I've heard many say that just because you can say something doesn't mean you should and at a purely¹⁹ pragmatic level that may sometimes be true.

我曾听说过，你能表达什么并不意味着你就应该这样，而且从纯粹使用的角度来说这也不意味着是正确的。

But it is free speech which gives minorities the right to practice their religion,

但正是言论自由给了少数群体进行宗教活动的权利，

groups to hold anti-war rallies and journalists to expose the tyrannies and hypocrisies²⁰ of power.

让各组织能举行反战集会，让记者们揭露暴君和权力的虚伪。

Freedom of expression with all its messy boundaries lies at the very core of liberal societies;

言论自由尽管有着不清晰的边界，其核心在于自由社会，

if you lose this fundamental and hard fought privilege, you've lost the very soul of western freedoms.

如果你失掉这种基本的、来之不易的特权，那么你就失掉了西方自由的灵魂。

These actions will only entrench²¹ social tensions about Islam in Europe.

这些暴行只能加剧欧洲伊斯兰教方面的社会紧张局面，

The irony²² of course is that more people will now see the very cartoons these gunmen wanted banned.

具有讽刺的是，现在有更多人看到这些武装分子想禁止的漫画。

And they will also see that their actions killed 12 but brought together thousands across the world,

而且他们还看到，自己杀死12个人，却让全世界各地数千人团结起来，

waving a pen in their hands holding vigils and showing that if gunshots try to divide us, the simple act of being with one another can still unite us.

他们挥动着手里的笔，表示如果有武力试图分裂我们，只需简单的行动就能让我们团结起来。

1 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

2 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

3 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。

4 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

5 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。

6 portrayal   

n.饰演；描画

参考例句：

• His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
• The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。

7 outrageously   

凶残地； 肆无忌惮地； 令人不能容忍地； 不寻常地

参考例句：

• Leila kept smiling her outrageously cute smile. 莱拉脸上始终挂着非常可爱的笑容。
• He flirts outrageously. 他肆无忌惮地调情。

8 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

9 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

10 resolute   

adj.坚决的，果敢的

参考例句：

• He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
• The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。

11 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》

12 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。

13 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

14 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

15 banal   

adj.陈腐的，平庸的

参考例句：

• Making banal remarks was one of his bad habits.他的坏习惯之一就是喜欢说些陈词滥调。
• The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

16 ridicule   

v.讥讽，挖苦；n.嘲弄

参考例句：

• You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
• Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。

17 satire   

n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品

参考例句：

• The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
• Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。

18 submission   

n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出

参考例句：

• The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
• No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。

19 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

20 hypocrisies   

n.伪善，虚伪( hypocrisy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

21 entrench   

v.使根深蒂固；n.壕沟；防御设施

参考例句：

• A series of measures were designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law.采取一系列措施旨在巩固民主和法制。
• These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.这些独裁者在政治上已经站稳了脚跟，很难推翻他们。

22 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。