2006年VOA标准英语-Chile's Pinochet Mourned by Family, Friends

By Jane Chambers¹
Santiago
12 December 2006

Family and friends of former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet have paid tribute to the late general at a funeral in Santiago. Pinochet died Sunday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. From Santiago, Jane Chambers reports for VOA.

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Honor guard carries coffin of Gen. Augusto Pinochet for funeral at Military Academy in Santiago, 12 Dec 2006

Flags were flown at half staff at the military school as thousands of supporters chanted the General Pinochet's name in the hot sunshine. He died at 91 on Sunday of yet another heart attack on his wife Lucia's birthday.

President Michelle Bachelet who was imprisoned³ during the general's time in power did not attend the funeral. Instead, she sent her defense⁴ minister, who was greeted by the crowd with jeers⁵. The government would not allow a state funeral so the service took place at Santiago's military academy.

Chile remains⁶ divided over the legacy⁷ of General Pinochet. When he died thousands of Chileans made their way to the hospital. Women stood waving flags and clutching huge pictures of the man they see as their saviour⁸, while other Chilean's celebrated⁹ his death.

In her funeral speech, his daughter urged the country to keep alive what she called the flame of freedom of his rule.

One supporter, Horacio, said General Pinochet saved Chile from the Marxists and stopped the country from becoming another Cuba or Russia.

"Well he was in the right place because, somebody had to do it and get the Marxists out and not to become another Cuba or Russia where both countries in the last century calculated 30 million died because of those ideas," he said.

Following the funeral, the general's body was taken by helicopter to the coast to be cremated¹⁰. The remains will then be given to his family.

But, while his supporters mourned his death, in other parts of Santiago critics gathered to remember the late Salvador Allende, the Marxist president who was ousted¹¹ by General Pinochet. When Pinochet died on Sunday many people gathered at Plaza¹² Italia to drink champagne¹³ and rejoice.

One woman, who gave her name as Maria, told me she has mixed feeling about his death. She feels happy he is dead but is also sad he was never judged or condemned¹⁴.

"I think it is mixed feelings," she said. "Somehow we are very happy that he passed away finally but we are sad that he was never judged or condemned."

More that 3,000 people were killed or disappeared during the General's rule and although he was under house arrest when he died he was never actually brought to trial, because of his failing health.

Even in death, the general still manages to divide the country.

1 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

2 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

3 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 jeers   

n.操纵帆桁下部（使其上下的）索具；嘲讽( jeer的名词复数 )v.嘲笑( jeer的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They shouted jeers at him. 他们大声地嘲讽他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The jeers from the crowd caused the speaker to leave the platform. 群众的哄笑使讲演者离开讲台。 来自辞典例句

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

8 saviour   

n.拯救者，救星

参考例句：

• I saw myself as the saviour of my country.我幻想自己为国家的救星。
• The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。

9 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

10 cremated   

v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句

11 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

12 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

13 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

14 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。