Europe's Top Diplomat Meets with Morsi

　　EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has met with ousted¹ Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

 

　　Ashton and Morsi talked for two hours.

 

　　Ashton says Morsi is in good health and has access to the news.

 

　　Morsi is being detained at an undisclosed location after being ousted on July 3rd amid the massive protests against his rule.

 

　　He has not been seen publicly since his ouster.

 

　　Meanwhile, the Egyptian courts have ordered Morsi continue to be held for an additional 15 days in an investigation² connected to charges of spying and a jailbreak during the 2011 unrest that toppled then-president Hosni Mubarak.

 

　　Ashton is also urging Egypt's government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood³.

 

　　CRI's Jordan Lee has more.

 

　　Ashton has met with military chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Vice⁴ President Mohamed ElBaradei and interim⁵ President Adly Mansour.

 

　　She has also met with members of activist⁶ groups, including Tamarod.

 

　　Tamarud spokesman Mohamed Badr says that the group would not agree to a plan that allowed Muslim Brotherhood leaders to escape prosecution⁷.

 

　　"When they asked us about the solution, the solution clearly starts from; number one: admitting that June 30th was a revolution or a wave of the revolution and admitting the legitimacy⁸ of the roadmap; secondly⁹, presenting all those involved in any shedding of Egyptian blood and those which were issued arrest warrants by the public prosecutor¹⁰ to quick and just trial; thirdly, clearing out all the public squares. Only then will we all start the political process."

 

　　Ashton has also met with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, she asks all sides to start an inclusive transitional process, which would include the Muslim Brotherhood.

 

　　Mohammed Mahsoub is a spokesman for the Brotherhood.

 

　　"We wait to hear from those who currently hold power to start the initiative by sending messages for a truce¹¹ and reassurances¹² calling for an end to media campaigns which only allow for more bloodshed."

 

　　It was European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's second visit to Cairo since Islamist President Morsi was ousted nearly a month ago.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Jordan Lee.

1 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。

2 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。

3 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

6 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

7 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

8 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

9 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

10 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

11 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

12 reassurances   

n.消除恐惧或疑虑( reassurance的名词复数 )；恢复信心；使人消除恐惧或疑虑的事物；使人恢复信心的事物

参考例句：

• We have had some reassurances from the council that the building will be saved. 理事会保证会保留那座建筑，这使我们得到了些许安慰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everybody's reassurances have encouraged me. 大家的勉励鼓舞了我。 来自辞典例句