VOA标准英语2010年-Largest Media Groups in India, Pakista

As the governments in India and Pakistan try to resume their peace dialogue derailed more than 15 months ago by the Mumbai terror attacks, a private peace initiative is underway in both countries.

"Desire for Peace" or "Aman Ki Asha" in Urdu and Hindi. This is a new Web site meant to bring India and Pakistan closer together.

The largest media groups in each country - the Times in India and Jang in Pakistan - launched the effort.
 
Their joint¹ Web site says South Asia is on the brink² of an economic transformation³ that if allowed to develop peacefully could dramatically improve the lives of people in both countries.

Except the ongoing⁴ conflict between India and Pakistan stands in the way. The media groups' TV commercials remind Indians and Pakistanis that they belonged to the same country before the 1947 Partition and can live in peace as neighbors.

"You live within sight, but remain unseen The tunes⁵ bring us together, even when we are apart. We can still see the shadows far away. Calling does not bring back time, or bring you back," the commercial's announcer says.

Aman Ki Asha advocates the benefits of peace. But both media groups also have agreed to articulate issues such as Kashmir and (NATSOUND) terrorism that have been hurdles⁶ to peace for more than 60 years.

Before launching the site, the media groups conducted the first ever survey of people in both countries and found an overwhelming majority wanted peace.

Shahrukh Hasan belongs to the Jang media group in Pakistan. "If the governments that exist as a result of the votes of the people feel sure that they have the confidence of the people, then they can sit across negotiating tables with an open-minded willingness to solve these issues," he says.

Chidanand Rajghatta is the foreign editor at the Times of India media group. "People in Pakistan who yearn⁷ for peace and who want the Pakistani government to tread not an extremist path, not a militaristic path, have to be given some voice, some channel," he says.

Rajghatta emphasizes that it is an ongoing process. "There have been concerts, there will be an exchange of people, personnel, perhaps even among newspapers, exchange of columns,
columnists⁸, and so on," he says.

Hasan of the Janbg group says, "We would like to bring the opinion of the people of the two countries to the respective governments and this opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of peace, so when the two countries and the two governments sit together and negotiate, they will sit across with this confidence that people want peace."

But Hasan says bonding India and Pakistan economically will be the most crucial. "A very important vehicle of this movement will be the mutuality¹⁰ of economic interests. We feel that if there is a lot of mutual⁹ economic interest, then hostilities¹¹ will become difficult to foster, and they will result in ultimate peace between the two countries," says Hasan.

So the "Aman ki Asha" intitiative is planning annual conferences on trade and investment - a meeting ground for the biggest investors¹² of  the two countries. The aim is to create such an economic bond between the two rivals that would relegate¹³ other issues to the background.

 

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

3 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

7 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

8 columnists   

n.专栏作家( columnist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists. 这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
• The columnists coined the phrase \"to broderick\", meaning to rough up. 专栏作家们杜撰出一个新词“布罗德里克”意思是“动武”、“打架”。 来自辞典例句

9 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

10 mutuality   

n.相互关系，相互依存

参考例句：

• The idea of family, mutuality, the sharing of benefits and burdens for the good of all. 这就是家庭、共同性、为所有人的利益分享收益，分担负担。 来自演讲部分
• He practiced Guanxi, a Chinese term that conveys trust and mutuality. 他运用[关系]-一个传达信任和互利的中文名词。

11 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

12 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

13 relegate   

v.使降级，流放，移交，委任

参考例句：

• We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee.我们将把这个问题委托组织委员会处理。
• She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.她总是把困难的问题推给她同事。