访谈录 2008-02-12&02-13

To make the point, Omar and his wife Zaina are organizing a horse race later this year,hoping to cross Northern Africa with a message of peace. But finding sponsors is difficult when your last name is Bin¹ Laden².

Zaina: “It would have probably been easier to do a race without having Omar's name but then the race would be just a race . It wouldn’t be a race for peace.”

It is a big unknown: Can this son rebrand a name his father has made synonymous with terror.

Newswoman: Aneesh Raman is joining us now live from Cairo. Aneesh, fascinating story. I do wonder, though, why doesn’t he think his father as a terrorist.

Aneesh: Yeah, I pushed him on that height, how can you condemn³ someone’s tactics and not condemn the man. Omar says ‘Look, it’s a false title back when Osama Bin Laden was fighting the Soviets⁴. At that time many in the West regarded him as a hero. Of course 911 changed that--undoubtedly perhaps forever, linking the Bin Laden name with mass murder. He also, Omar said that the key issue here is that the religious clerics around his father continued to give him the religious justification⁵ to kill civilians⁶. Omar says he does not believe Islam allowed that. And what needs to happen is that clerics and also Arab leaders througout the Middle East need to stand up forcefully condemn what Osama Bin Laden is doing and forcefully say this is not Islam Height.

Newswoman: Yeah absolutely, we know his father though Osama Bin Laden as you just mentioned does have some support. Does Omar have supporters in what he is trying to do?”

Aneesh: Yeah it was funny we asked him and his wife what life is like and perhaps the most engaging response is when they talked about how difficult it is to make friends. And at first people get to know him and then people disappear for a period of time out of fear or even associate him with the Bin Laden , then, er eventually some come back. I think he has some support. He is trying to introduce himself as different from his father.I asked him as well that does he feel himself at danger or at risk of Al-Qaeda turning on him as a traitor⁸. He said “look, you know if I am to die that’s up to God. I can’t do anything. He is very sort of shy, as we hear his father as well as in person. He was very laid back. His English, he just picked up in a-year-and-a-half conversation with his wife. So there is only so much he could fully⁷ communicate. But you got a sense that he is stuck, it was literally⁹ defined by his father, trying to change that identity, trying to be someone different. But part of a lineage that highly likely for generations to come perhaps who knows how many will never be separated from Osama Bin Laden.

Newswoman: Boy, it was a certainly fascinating story. I appreciate it. CNN's Aneesh Raman joining us live from Cairo, Egypt. Thanks so much Aneesh.

 

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

3 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

4 soviets   

苏维埃（Soviet的复数形式）

参考例句：

• A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
• The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。

5 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

6 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。