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Bush Firm On Boycotting¹ UN Racism² Conference If Zionism on Agenda

Scott Stearns

White House

24 Aug 2001 20:29 UTC

 

President Bush says the United States will 1)boycott an international conference on racism if organizers follow trough the discussion to portray³ 2)Zionism as racism. The president says the United States will not take part in a conference that 3)insults Israel.

This month's World Conference on 4)Racism includes an Arab-backed proposal calling Zionism a form of racism. Zionism is the movement that helped create the modern state of Israel. The draft proposal 5)equates Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with the Nazi⁴ 6)Holocaust of World War II that killed six million Jews.

President Bush has asked Secretary of State Colin Powell to continue negotiations⁵ with conference organizers to have that language removed. If it is not, Mr. Bush stresses the United States will not take part in the conference. "We have made it very clear through Colin Powell's office that we will have no representative there so long as they 7)pick on Israel, so long as they continue to say Zionism is racism," he said. "If they use the forum⁶ as a way to isolate⁷ our friend and strong 8)ally, we will not participate."

The Zionism proposal seeks to revive a 1975 U.N. resolution saying the Jewish movement is racist⁸ because of its treatment of Palestinians. That resolution was 9)repealed in 1991 in a move led by Israel and the United States.

Several heads of state are expected to attend the U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is also expected to address the meeting, which is the first global meeting on racism in 18 years.

 

 

(1)      boycott[5bCIkRt]n.vt.联合抵制, 联合排斥某国货物或与某国绝交

(2)      Zionism[5zaIEnIz(E)m]n.犹太复国主义,犹太复国运动

(3)      insult[In5sQlt]n.侮辱, 凌辱vt.侮辱, 凌辱

(4)      racism n.种族主义, 人种偏见, 种族歧视

(5)      equate[I5kweIt]vt.使相等, 视为平等vi.等同

(6)      holocaust[5hRlEkC:st]n.大毁灭, 大屠杀

(7)      pick on v.作弄, 总是挑剔

(8)      ally[5AlaI]v.结盟, 同盟n.同盟国, 支持者

(9)      repeal[rI5pi:l]v.废止, 撤销, 废除n.废除, 撤销

 

 

1 boycotting   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
• The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

2 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。

3 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

4 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

7 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

8 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。