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Major Protests Expected at IMF/World Bank Meeting

Barry Woods

16 Aug 2001 02:22 UTC

 

Police in Washington say they believe next month's World Bank/IMF meeting could attract more than 20,000 anti-globalization protesters. Protest organizers have a long list of demands.

Thousands of demonstrators converged¹ on an IMF meeting in Washington 18 months ago, when the anti-globalization movement was smaller and less media 1)savvy than it is today.

In the past two months, protesters 2)disrupted a European Union meeting in Sweden and an economic summit in Italy.

Fearful of mass demonstrations² and violence, Washington police have persuaded the World Bank and International Monetary³ Fund to scale back their late September meeting from a week to just two days.

According to veteran protest organizer Njoki Njehu of the Network for Global Economic Justice, the protesters have specific demands of the IMF and World Bank. It's not enough that they've cut back their meetings to two days, she said. If the [third world] debts aren't canceled, if the structural⁴ 3)adjustment policies are still being 4)implemented⁵. The meetings are not open to the public and the media. Then nothing has changed. Because it [the demos] aren't about the meetings, it's about the policies and the practices of the institutions.

Ms. Njehu says U.S. trade unions are 5)embracing the call for protests. She says the IMF and World Bank are instruments of 6)dominance by industrial nations. She wants complete debt cancellation⁶ for poor countries and 7)dismisses debt relief measures implemented so far as inadequate⁷.

IMF and World Bank officials say they share the goals of the protesters and are 8)tailoring their policies to help developing countries overcome 9)poverty and debt.

But the protest appeal is 10)diverse. The 11)mobilization drive connects with university students and young people by accusing world economic organization of financing huge projects that pollute and disrupt the lives of the poor.

Globalization - the process of freer and expanding trade - is identified as inherently unfair and weighted in favor of rich countries. To try to expand their movement, protest organizers are preparing for a week of seminars that emphasize the need to combat sexism, racism⁸, classism and 12)homophobia.

 

 

(1)      savvy[5sAvI]v.知道, 了解n.机智, 头脑, 理解, 悟性

(2)      disrupt[dIs5rQpt]v.使中断, 使分裂, 使瓦解, 使陷于混乱, 破坏

(3)      adjustment[E5dVQstmEnt]n.调整, 调节, 调节器

(4)      implement[5ImplImEnt]n.工具, 器具vt.贯彻, 实现v.执行

(5)      embrace[Im5breIs]vt.拥抱, 互相拥抱, 包含 vi.拥抱n.拥抱

(6)      dominance[5dRmInEns]n.优势, 统治

(7)      dismiss[dIs5mIs]vt.解散, 下课, 开除, 解职vi.解散

(8)      tailor[5teIlE(r)]n.裁缝vt.剪裁,适应, 适合v.制做

(9)      poverty[5pRvEtI]n.贫穷, 贫困, 贫乏, 缺少

(10)      diverse[daI5v:s]adj.不同的, 变化多的

(11)      mobilization[9mEJbIlBI`zeIFEn;-lI`z-]n.动员

(12)      homophobia n. 对同性恋的憎恶（或恐惧）

 

 

1 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 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 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

5 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

6 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

7 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

8 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。