VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Opposition: No Compromise With Ga

Groups opposed to Liyban leader Moammar Gadhafi say they are in control of most of the eastern part of the country and plan to keep pushing until the current government is gone. The opposition¹ says there is no room for compromise.
The uprising that is sweeping² Libya began in the east. After days of violence, the region is now trying to restore some sort of order for itself. Among those helping³ is Rabie el Mahdi Majid, a former policeman who switched sides to protest the government crackdown.
Majid says the government is not here, only national committees. He says the organizers of this new, non-Gadhafi-led region "represent discipline for us and for the state."
In Musaid, near Libya's border with Egypt, civilians⁴ have taken up arms to create what they hope will be an alternate to the state created in 1969 by Mr. Gadhafi. This young man, dressed in a hoodie and carrying a Kalishnikov rifle, argues that if the man known as the brother-leader had allowed peaceful demonstrations⁵, this would never have happened.
"He killed people, he said. "Children, women. He brought mercenaries to cause bloodshed. The young man adds, "unfortunately, we didn't expect this from him, to take the wealth of the Libyan people and give it to African mercenaries to slaughter⁶ us."
Again and again, Libyans talk about mercenaries from other African countries. They dismiss concerns that some of the Africans who flocked to Libya under Mr. Gadhafi's policy of pan-Africanism might be subject to retribution. People here say they knew the migrant workers in their areas. These people were different.
The violent suppression and alleged⁷ use of foreign forces has pushed some to believe there can be no turning back. This Libyan, a sales manager who had been living in exile in Dubai, came back when the unrest began.
"Where is the room of compromise after 42 years of torture, killing⁸ destruction, waste of our wealth," sales manager said. "What do you expect? We are not fighters. Everywhere they went out it was peaceful, but it had to turn ugly because they are defending themselves. They are just defending themselves, okay? What middle ground can you work with Gadhafi. There is no middle ground."
The young man with the Kalashnikov agrees, saying "we will continue to the end."
He adds, the end of every tyrant⁹ is very soon. "God is with us. We care about nothing - annihilate¹⁰ us, wipe us out with his tanks, planes. We die for the sake of freedom."
With Mr. Gadhafi voicing similar intransigence¹¹, even as more defect from his government and more land falls to the opposition, this uprising has turned into one of the bloodiest¹² in the waves of demonstrations washing across the Arab world.

1 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。

2 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 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。

6 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

7 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 tyrant   

n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人

参考例句：

• The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。

10 annihilate   

v.使无效；毁灭；取消

参考例句：

• Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained.阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱，好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
• We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy.我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。

11 intransigence   

n.妥协的态度；强硬

参考例句：

• He often appeared angry and frustrated by the intransigence of both sides.他似乎常常为双方各不相让而生气沮丧。
• Yet for North Korea,intransigence is the norm.不过对朝鲜来说，决不妥协是其一贯作风。

12 bloodiest   

adj.血污的( bloody的最高级 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的

参考例句：

• The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
• It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网