前伊斯坦布尔市长组建新伊斯兰政党

 

Former Istanbul Mayor Launches New Islamic Party

Amberin Zaman

Ankara

14 Aug 2001 15:02 UTC

 

A popular former mayor of Istanbul has announced the formation of a new Islamic-leaning political party in Turkey. The new Justice and Development Party is expected to mount a serious challenge to its 1)secular¹ political 2)rivals.

A former mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, declared that nothing would be quite the same in Turkey with the launch of his new party. With a lightbulb as its 3)emblem, the Justice and Development Party is seeking to become the country's leading party on the right - an ambition that analysts² say it may well 4)fulfill.

Turkish opinion polls consistently place Mr. Erdogan ahead of most of his political rivals, many of whom are 5)tainted by 6)allegations of corruption³.

Like Mr. Erdogan, many of the party's founding members belonged to the now-banned Islamic Virtue⁴ Party. Mr. Erdogan and a group of Virtue lawmakers who see themselves as reformers 7)broke away from the Virtue Party. The remaining members of Virtue last month formed their own party called Felicity.

Mr. Erdogan says his party's aim is - unlike the Felicity Party - to 8)embrace all Turks rather than simply religiously pious⁵ ones. As if to prove that point, one of the founding members of the Justice and Development party is a female Turkish singer.

Analysts say a key issue facing the new Islamic party is whether Turkey's powerful armed forces will be prepared to believe that it is not opposed to Turkey's secular order. The military played a central role in 9)bringing down Turkey's first ever Islamist government in 1997, only one year after it came to power.

Mr. Erdogan was stripped of his 10)mayoral title, 11)banned from politics, and served four months in jail in 1999 for reciting a nationalist poem 12)deemed to incite⁶ a religious rebellion. Mr. Erdogan says a controversial amnesty law passed last year allows his return to politics. But analysts warn Mr. Erdogan's legal 13)status is not clear.

 

 

(1)      secular[5sekjJlE(r)]adj.长期的

(2)      rival[5raIv(E)l]n.竞争者, 对手v.竞争, 对抗, 相匹敌

(3)      emblem[5emblEm]n.象征, 徽章, 符号vt.用象征表示

(4)      fulfill[fJl5fIl]vt.履行, 实现, 完成(计划等)

(5)      taint[teInt]v.感染n.污点

(6)      allegation[AlI5^eIF(E)n]n.主张，断言, 辩解

(7)      break away v.突然离开, 脱离, 放弃, (运动中)反攻为守

(8)      embrace[Im5breIs]vt.拥抱, 互相拥抱, 包含, 信奉vi.拥抱n.拥抱

(9)      bring down v.打倒, 击落, 打死, 降低

(10)      mayoral[`meErLl,`meIE-]adj.市长的

(11)      ban[bAn]n.禁令vt.禁止, 取缔(书刊等)

(12)      deem[di:m]v.认为, 相信

(13)      status[5steItEs]n.身份, 地位, 情形, 状况

 

 

1 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 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。

4 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

5 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。