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By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
09 June 2007

Demostrators protest Bush visit in Rome

Thousands of demonstrators have come out in Rome to protest against globalization and U.S. President George Bush, who was winding¹ up a European tour. The demonstrators filled Rome's streets as the President met with Pope Benedict at the Vatican. Sabina Castelfranco has more for the VOA.

It was President Bush's first meeting with Pope Benedict since the former Cardinal² was elected to lead the world's Roman Catholics in 2005. During their half hour meeting, they discussed many subjects including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the war in Iraq.

The pope told the U.S. president he would like a "regional and negotiated" solution to conflicts in the Middle East.

But as the pope spoke³ of peace, thousands of protesters gathered in Rome to demonstrate against the U.S. president. Security in the city was extremely tight. The Italian authorities deployed⁴ 10,000 police officers to ensure that no violence would erupt as tens of thousands of marched through the streets to also protest against wars and the deployment⁵ of troops in foreign countries.

Anti-globalization protesters and leftists carried out what was a peaceful demonstration⁶, for the most part, as helicopters hovered⁷ overhead. Peace activists⁸ carried rainbow-colored peace flags and banners, which read "No to Wars" and "Bush out".

"There are a lot of people who are here to demonstrate their opposition⁹ to overpowering and violence personified by the man who is here, welcomed with great honor as a friend, while instead he should be treated for what he is: that is an assassin responsible of the worst crimes," she said.

One moment of tension came when the demonstration entered the central Piazza¹⁰ Venezia and was greeted by police in full riot gear with helmets on and shields up. In the end, violence erupted as a group of demonstators put on facemasks in defiance¹¹ of a police order, and threw bottles and other objects at the police. The police responded with tear gas.

The U.S. President will travel to Albania and Bulgaria next before returning to Washington on Monday.

1 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

2 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

3 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。

4 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

5 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

6 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。

7 hovered   

鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
• A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。

8 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

10 piazza   

n.广场；走廊

参考例句：

• Siena's main piazza was one of the sights of Italy.锡耶纳的主要广场是意大利的名胜之一。
• They walked out of the cafeteria,and across the piazzadj.他们走出自助餐厅,穿过广场。

11 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。