191 专家表示反美情绪在中东蔓延

191 专家表示反美情绪在中东蔓延

Experts Say Anti-American Sentiment Growing in Middle East
Ed Warner
Washington
18 Jul 2001 00:05 UTC
 
Anti-Americanism is rising throughout the Middle East as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Observers say Arab opinion is 1)outraged over the perceived U.S. 2)bias in favor of Israel, despite the far larger loss of life by Palestinians. How will this hardening 3)attitude affect the conflict and U.S. interests in the region?
Opinion is 4)solidifying in the Middle East against the United States, says William Rugh, former U.S. ambassador to Arab countries and now President of Amideast, a 5)nonprofit educational organization.
He has recently returned from the region with some troubling news that he feels is not adequately reported in the American news media. "It is clear to me from my travels in the Middle East that throughout the region there is a great deal of 6)criticism of American policy toward the Middle East and in particular on the Arab-Israeli conflict," he said. "They believe this is an unfair contest, that Israel is 7)provoking the conflict, and this is quite different from the American 8)perception, which is based on American media reports which have a very different 9)portrayal of what is going on in the West Bank and Gaza."
Ambassador Rugh says newspapers and television in the Middle East provide graphic¹ coverage² of the deaths of Palestinians and the destruction of homes by Israeli bulldozers. In his opinion, nothing creates more anti-Americanism than the sight of Israelis using advanced U.S. weaponry against Palestinians, who are throwing stones or simply demonstrating.
The people of the region had high hopes for the Bush Administration, says Ambassador Rugh. They are disappointed that in their view there has been no change of U.S. policy. "They do not see any evidence that the new Bush administration is any more even handed than the Clinton Administration was," he said. "In fact, by not being involved as much in the 10)negotiations toward a peaceful settlement, they see the Bush Administration as allowing the Israeli hard-liners to 11)suppress the Palestinian revolution."
Palestinian hard-liners are 12)inciting the anti-Americanism, 13)contends Robert Lieber, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
He says the Palestinian Authority is spreading false 14)accusations against Israel, charging it, for example, with 15)handing out poisoned candy to Palestinian children or 16)contaminating the Palestinian water supply. Gullible³ people believe this 17)atrocious 18)propaganda, says Professor Lieber, and by inference blame Israel's chief supporter, the United States.
He thinks much of the anti-Americanism is contrived⁴. "In some instances," he said, "national leaders who lead dictatorial⁵, repressive regimes rather than reform and meet the needs of their people for a decent standard of life seek to 19)divert the attention of their populations through 20)whipping up 21)frenzied propaganda about the outside world or about some sort of foreign devil - Israel or the United States or indeed the western world."
But these 22)regimes are also under pressure from their people, says UPI editor at large Arnaud De Borchgrave, who has covered the Middle East for half a century. Arab populations now have 23)access to news of their region as never before and react passionately⁶ to it.
"There is no question that the 24)moderate regimes that are traditionally pro-American Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan have been largely silenced by the streets of these capitals, who are increasingly pro-Saddam Hussein, for instance," said Mr. De Borchgrave. Saddam 25)emerges from many of these ill-educated masses as a new Saladin, and one day this new Saladin is going to liberate⁷ Palestine. There is a lot of that kind of talk."
There is also talk of Arab states acquiring nuclear weapons, says Mr. de Borchgrave. Their people ask: why should only Israel have them? And that kind of talk, says Mr. De Borchgrave, should serve as a wake-up call to the United States to develop a 26)comprehensive policy for the region that will allay⁸ Arab fears.

(1) outrage[5aJtreIdV]n.暴行, 侮辱, 愤怒vt.凌辱, 引起...义愤
(2) bias[5baIEs]n.偏见, 偏爱, 斜线vt.使存偏见
(3) attitude[5AtItju:d; (?@) 5AtItud]n.姿势, 态度, 看法, 意见
(4) solidify[sE5lIdIfaI]v.(使)凝固, (使)团结, 巩固
(5) nonprofit adj.非赢利的, 不以赢利为目的的
(6) criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判
(7) provoke[prE5vEJk]vt.激怒, 挑拨, 煽动, 惹起, 驱使
(8) perception[pE5sepF(E)n]n.理解,感知,感觉
(9) portrayal[pC:5treIEl]n.描画, 描写
(10) negotiation[nI^EJFI5eIF(E)n]n.商议, 谈判, 流通
(11) suppress[sE5pres]vt.镇压, 抑制, 查禁, 使止住
(12) incite[In5saIt]vt.激动, 煽动
(13) contend[kEn5tend]v.斗争, 竞争, 主张
(14) accusation[Akju:zeIF(E)n]n.谴责, [律]指控
(15) hand out v.把...拿出来, 分发, 施舍
(16) contaminate[kEn5tAmIneIt]v.污染
(17) atrocious[E5trEJFEs]adj.残暴的, 凶恶的
(18) propaganda[prRpE5^AndE]n.宣传
(19) divert[daI5v:t]v.转移, 转向, 使高兴
(20) whip up v.鞭打
(21) frenzied[`frenzId]adj.狂热的, 激怒的, 狂乱的
(22) regime[reI5Vi:m]n.政体, 政权, 政权制度
(23) access to有权使用
(24) moderate[5mRdErEt]adj.中等的,适中的v.缓和
(25) emerge[I5m:dV]vi.显现, 浮现, (事实)显现出来
(26) comprehensive[kRmprI5hensIv]adj.广泛的, 能充分理解的, 包容的

 

1 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 gullible   

adj.易受骗的；轻信的

参考例句：

• The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.骗子们已使一些轻信的人上了当。
• The advertisement is aimed at gullible young women worried about their weight.这则广告专门针对担心自己肥胖而易受骗的年轻女士。

4 contrived   

adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的

参考例句：

• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

5 dictatorial   

adj. 独裁的，专断的

参考例句：

• Her father is very dictatorial.她父亲很专横。
• For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.多年来这个国家一直在独裁政权的铁蹄下。

6 passionately   

ad.热烈地，激烈地

参考例句：

• She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
• He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。

7 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

8 allay   

v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)

参考例句：

• The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
• They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。