英国新闻听力 首尔大规模游行要求朴槿惠下台

There’s been a massive political protest in the South Korean capital Seoul. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation. She is accused of allowing her friend Choi Soon-sil to access government documents without clearance¹.Ms. Choi is accused of trying to extort² huge sums of money from South Korean companies and is under arrest on charges of fraud and abuse of power. These protesters explained why they want President Park to go.

Right now, it’s a politically difficult situation. And the people are having a difficult time. In order to quickly put an end to this situation, it is much better to cut off the tangled³ thread. And I came out here with that in mind. What I want is for the President to make a decision quickly and step down.

I came out here to call for the resignation of the Park administration which’s made living conditions worse, worse for workers, completely messed up the state governance and monopolized⁴ state affairs within the secret powerhouse. It feels much better to shout together with many other people.

The president has apologized for being what she called “neglectful” but denied any criminal wrongdoing. Our correspondent in Seoul Steve Evans spoke⁵ to us from the venue⁶ of the protest.

This is a big demonstration⁷ on anybody’s figures and the police say a quarter of a million. The best estimate is that it’s one of the biggest demonstrations⁸ there’s been since democracy in 1986. There’s no doubt it is a pretty broad based movement. And if you look at the opinion polls, her standing⁹ is right down rock bottom five percent, no more than five percent. And that’s lower than the president when the country was officially bankrupt. So there’s certainly a very strong movement here. And you can feel it on the streets. It’s not just about the president. It’s a whole amalgam¹⁰ of stuff, the scandals surrounding the president or people close to the president certainly, but also there are investigations¹² of corruption¹³ in some of the conglomerates¹⁴ for example. There are attempts to make it easier to sack people. The economy is not growing as fast as people think it should do. It was even the Samsung smart phone debacle where some of them caught fire and the whole thing was withdrawn¹⁵. So there’s a sense of things not going right, which is crystallized by this investigation¹¹ swirling¹⁶ round President Park.

Steve Evans in Seoul.

Hundreds of residents of Venice staged a protest on Saturday.

近日韩国首都首尔上演了大规模政治抗议活动。数十万民众参加，要求总统朴槿惠辞职。她被指控允许朋友崔顺实不经授权直接接触政府文件，崔被控告企图侵占韩国企业大批资金，并已因诈骗和滥用权力的罪名被拘留。抗议人员解释了他们希望总统朴槿惠下台的原因。

目前这是一个政治困局，人民的日子也不好过。为了迅速结束这种局面，最好还是快刀斩乱丝，我就是抱着这个念头出来游行的。我想要的是总统迅速做出决断并下台。

我出来游行的目的是要求朴政府辞职，它让民众的生活条件越来越差，尤其是工人，它完全搞乱了国家治理，秘密权势集团独揽国家大事。和这么多人一起喊一喊，感觉好多了。

韩国总统已经为她所谓的“疏忽”道歉，但否认任何犯罪行为。本台驻首尔记者斯蒂夫·埃文斯从抗议活动现场向我们发回报道。

对所有人来说这都是一场大的示威游行，警方称参与人数为25万。最好应该这样评价：它是1986年实行民主制度以来最大规模的示威游行之一。毫无疑问，它的涉及范围非常广。看一下民意调查就知道，朴槿惠的支持率直降到最低点5%，不到5%，比韩国正式宣布破产时总统的支持率还低。所以肯定要有强烈的运动发生，走在大街上就能感觉到。此次事件不仅关乎总统，而是一整套东西——当然有围绕总统及其亲信的丑闻，还有针对一些大财团等的腐败调查。有趋势人们将更容易失业，经济增长不如人们预想的好。甚至还牵涉三星手机崩溃即部分手机着火导致三星召回所有手机这一事件。所以说大家总感觉事情不对劲，而围绕总统朴槿惠的调查更证实了这一点。

斯蒂夫·埃文斯首尔报道。

周六，数百位威尼斯民众展开抗议活动。

1 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

2 extort   

v.勒索，敲诈，强要

参考例句：

• The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
• They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。

3 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

4 monopolized   

v.垄断( monopolize的过去式和过去分词 )；独占；专卖；专营

参考例句：

• Men traditionally monopolized jobs in the printing industry. 在传统上，男人包揽了印刷行业中的所有工作。
• The oil combine monopolized the fuel sales of the country. 这家石油联合企业垄断了这个国家的原油销售。 来自互联网

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

7 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。

8 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。

9 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。

10 amalgam   

n.混合物；汞合金

参考例句：

• To counter this myth,we explained that we're really an amalgam of little guys.为了打破这个神话，我们解释说，我们确实是由一群小小的老百姓所组成的混合体。
• American literature is to our eyes a curious amalgam of familiar and strange.我们认为，美国文学把我们所熟悉的和陌生的东西奇妙地结合起来了。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

13 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

14 conglomerates   

n.（多种经营的）联合大企业( conglomerate的名词复数 )；砾岩；合成物；组合物

参考例句：

• At the surface, radioactivity of the conglomerates is locally as high as 30 X background. 在地表，砾岩的局部地段的放射性高达30倍本底值。 来自辞典例句
• The conglomerates failed to understand that books could not be sold like soap. 这些联合大企业不懂卖书不象卖肥皂那样。 来自辞典例句

15 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

16 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句