美国国家公共电台 NPR In Germany, A Murder Sparks Anti-Immigrant Demonstrations

 

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Close to 10,000 protesters descended¹ upon the small East German city of Chemnitz today, sparked by the stabbing death a week ago of a German man allegedly by two Middle Eastern asylum-seekers. The demonstration² raised new concerns about the extent of anti-refugee sentiment in Germany. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is in Chemnitz covering the demonstrations³, and we go to her now. Soraya, hello. Thanks so much for joining us.

SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON, BYLINE⁴: Hi. My pleasure.

MARTIN: So what was the atmosphere there? I take it there was some violence despite a heavy police presence?

NELSON: Yes. I mean, certainly a lot less than earlier in the week, when this all started here. I mean, the murder, as mentioned, happened a week ago, and there's been nothing but protest since. But today, we had many of hundreds of police officers who had come here from all over Germany, including horseback units and K-9s and special riot police. But even with this heavy police presence, a number of so-called antifa demonstrators - these are leftists and often violent protesters who come from around the country - they were able to break through the cordon⁵ to clash with the far-right protesters who took part in a silent march across Chemnitz.

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NELSON: About a dozen riot policemen chased down the antifa protesters who managed to sneak⁶ in among the far-right marchers and yelled slurs⁷ at them. And despite pleas by the far-right organizers for their people to stay calm, many of those protesters screamed at police and accused them of failing to protect them just like the Germans stabbing victim they were marching for. And his name was Daniel Hillig.

MARTIN: So what do we know about what happened to Hillig - about his murder?

NELSON: Well, we seem to know more about him than what actually happened, as police have been pretty tight lipped. They do have two men in custody⁸. But what we do know about Hillig is that he's 35, a carpenter. His father was from Cuba. The far-right claim that he was trying to defend a woman who was being harassed⁹, but there is no police claim about this. But again, it's something that's managed to get people riled up here. And the two men in custody that I mentioned, they're a Syrian and Iraqi asylum-seeker. And the Iraqi, as it turns out, had been ordered to be deported¹⁰ back to Bulgaria, which is where he was last year. And, in fact, Bulgaria had accepted that they would take him back, but it's unclear why he was never deported then.

MARTIN: How are the residents there reacting? It's my understanding that a lot of these demonstrators, from what you're telling us, are from out of town. So how are the residents of that area reacting to all of this?

NELSON: Well, they're very annoyed with the media coverage¹¹. They're very annoyed with these people who come from the outside. But they also don't really know how to react or what to do about it. I mean, a lot of the townspeople were in fact with the far-right demonstrators today. There were definitely many townspeople among them or lining¹² the route showing their support for this. They had a much larger crowd, about 6,500 according to earlier estimates which were later revised downwards¹³ somewhat by the city because I think they were embarrassed by the fact that the counter-demonstration which talked about heart rather than incitement¹⁴ only drew about 2,500. They revised those numbers up to about 4,000 later.

MARTIN: So overall, though, I know you've reported quite a bit on how the German Chancellor¹⁵ Angela Merkel's refugee policy is affecting politics across Germany. What is her government doing about the kind of sentiment about what's happening in Chemnitz?

NELSON: Well, according to residents here not enough. And we're only now starting to see some of the federal government ministers showing up. The family minister came yesterday and laid flowers at the site where this young man had been stabbed to death. It's basically what Angela Merkel's saying is that the far-right movement here is not acceptable, but they don't seem to really come up with solutions yet as to what they will do to ease the tensions.

MARTIN: That's NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson speaking to us from Chemnitz, Germany. Soraya, thank you.

NELSON: You're welcome, Michel.

1 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

2 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。

3 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 cordon   

n.警戒线，哨兵线

参考例句：

• Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
• There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。

6 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

7 slurs   

含糊的发音( slur的名词复数 )； 玷污； 连奏线； 连唱线

参考例句：

• One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
• Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

10 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 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。

12 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

13 downwards   

adj./adv.向下的（地），下行的（地）

参考例句：

• He lay face downwards on his bed.他脸向下伏在床上。
• As the river flows downwards,it widens.这条河愈到下游愈宽。

14 incitement   

激励； 刺激； 煽动； 激励物

参考例句：

• incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
• Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。

15 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。