2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Expected to Encounter Anti-US Sentiment Du

By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta
16 November 2006

President Bush visits Indonesia next week to meet with his Indonesian counterpart, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Both sides say they will discuss security issues, health, education and investment, but many political analysts² agree that U.S. foreign policy - especially as it intersects with the Muslim world - will be a major topic of discussion.

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Indonesian students hold anti-³Bush posters during demonstration⁴ in Banda Aceh, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006  
  
Indonesia's balance blend of secular⁵ democracy and moderate Islam coincides with U.S. interests in Southeast Asia.

The country, which has the world's largest Muslim population, has transformed itself since the ouster of the dictator Suharto in 1998 into a democratic nation.

However, Indonesia also is the home of an al Qaida-linked organization called Jemaah Islamiyah, which has carried out a number of terrorist attacks over the past several years, killing⁶ hundreds of people.

After a period of strained relations in the 1990s, primarily over U.S. concerns about human rights abuses by the Indonesian military, the overall relationship is now relatively⁷ good. Jakarta has become an important U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism.

But U.S. foreign policy, particularly in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East, is a sore spot among many Indonesians.

Sidney Jones, the director of the Jakarta office of the International Crisis Group, a security research organization, says President Yudhoyono will be shaking hands with Mr. Bush next week against a background of strong anti-American sentiment.

"I think it's going to be a very difficult visit because the mood in the Indonesian public is so anti- the U.S., particularly because of the war in Iraq, the war in Lebanon, and the war in Afghanistan," Jones said. " So I think that President Yudhoyono is going to have to tread a very careful line of welcoming an important head of state and an important donor⁸, and yet not being seen to capitulate in any way to the United States."

Jones says the main focus of Indonesian anger seems to be President Bush himself, whom many here accuse of being a warmonger⁹ and an opponent of Islam.

Indonesian students wear masks depicting¹⁰ U.S. President George W. Bush, right, and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, during anti-Bush demonstration Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 in Jakarta   
  
"I think many Indonesians are particularly anti-Bush, they're not anti-American in the sense of having any kind of hostility¹¹ towards the American people per se. But Bush really is the focus of resentment¹² and anger on the part of many Indonesians, and I think that in that sense there's going to be a lot of protests when he comes," explained Jones.

Small protests against the U.S. president's visit have been taking place almost daily in several Indonesian cities, including Bogor, just south of Jakarta, where Mr. Bush is to meet Mr. Yudhoyono on Monday.

But Dewi Fortuna Anwar, a political analyst¹ at the Habibie Center, a Jakarta research institute, says it is in Indonesia's best interests to maintain good ties with the U.S.

"I think Indonesia's relations with the U.S. is one of the most important bilateral¹³ relations for Indonesia," Dewi said. "Indonesia does need a lot of things from the U.S. - economic assistance, and in terms of military-to-military relations. The United States is the single superpower at the moment, which cannot be ignored."

When the December 2004 tsunami¹⁴ struck Indonesia's Aceh province, killing more than 160,000 people there, the quick response by the United States military engendered¹⁵ a great deal of goodwill¹⁶ toward the U.S. here.

But that goodwill dissipated as U.S. policy in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East became more unpopular here.

Dewi says the United States bears part of the blame for this unpopularity. She says Washington has spent the past few years focusing too much on Iraq and the Middle East.

"While in fact as the world's sole superpower the U.S. has interests all over the world, it really cannot afford to only pay attention to one region to the neglect of the other, and in the past couple of years, the U.S.'s preoccupation with the Middle East has to a certain extent damaged the U.S.'s standing¹⁷ in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia," Dewi said.

American officials in Jakarta say Mr. Bush's visit is aimed at strengthening overall ties, and will not be confined to issues of terrorism and security. They say it will cover such non-security issues such as health and education, as well as economic issues, such as increasing U.S. investment here.

1 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。

2 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。

3 anti-   

pref.[前缀]表示反抗，排斥

参考例句：

• The car has many safety features,including anti - skid braking.这车配有许多特别安全装置，包括防滑制动器。
• The anti-aircraft units opened fire and hit two of the enemy planes.防空部队开炮，击中了两架敌机。

4 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

5 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

6 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。

7 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

8 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

9 warmonger   

n.战争贩子，好战者，主战论者

参考例句：

• The president is not a warmonger.这位总统并非好战分子。
• Since he did not start the war, no one accuses him of being a warmonger.他没有发动战争，所以，没有人可以称他为好战分子。

10 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

11 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

12 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

13 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

14 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

15 engendered   

v.产生（某形势或状况），造成，引起( engender的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The issue engendered controversy. 这个问题引起了争论。
• The meeting engendered several quarrels. 这次会议发生了几次争吵。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

17 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。