NBC晚间新闻 埃及人民烦透了骚乱，等待稳定

Sick of turmoil¹, Egyptians await stability

埃及人民烦透了骚乱，等待稳定

Small business owners and other Egyptians are exhausted² by the ongoing³ clashes, and hope for a return to normalcy. Meanwhile, former president Hosni Mubarak could be released from jail. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.

小企业主和其他埃及人民受够了持续的骚乱，希望恢复正常秩序。同时，前总统胡斯尼·穆巴拉克也可能会被释放。NBC的Richard Engel报道。

Now to Egypt and the stunning⁴ news tonight, it appears Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown⁵ in the Arab Spring, could be freed from prison within days. Our chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel, is in Cairo again tonight. Richard, good evening.

reporter: Good evening, Lester. We spoke⁶ to Mubarak's lawyer today who told us we should know if the former president will be released this week, and some people in this country say it wouldn't be such a bad thing. A new plague seems to have descended⁷ over Egypt, exhaustion⁸. The pyramids are closed. The streets around them usually a carnival⁹ of tourists and hawkers. empty. Horses and camels wait without riders. A woman holds carved statues but no buyers. Not a single customer has come for 20 days to buy the perfumes Yasir makes from jasmine and lotus flowers. He says he's had enough of the last three years of turmoil brought on by Egypt's experiment with democracy. He wants former president Mubarak out of jail, says things were better back then.

Mubarak is like a father to us.

reporter: Mubarak in prison since 2011 faces a court decision tomorrow. He's already been acquitted¹⁰ of corruption¹¹. While no one in Egypt seriously expects Mubarak to be restored to power, his release would be a powerful symbol, a return to square one. And perhaps even the start of the end of the Arab Spring and a reemergence of the strong men who have ruled these lands for millennia¹². It is a stunning turn of events. In just weeks, Mubarak considered for release, the elected president, Mohamed Morsi, detained. The head of the Muslim Brotherhood¹³ arrested overnight. A new general in charge. if Egypt, the biggest Arab country, turns on the Arab Spring, so may other countries in the Middle East. For Americans living in Cairo like Byron Skaggs' family, the last few weeks have been a wild ride. The U.S. embassy told Americans to leave Egypt, but Byron, a public relations consultant¹⁴, decided¹⁵ with his family against it.

We're careful. We're definitely careful, but we're not afraid.

reporter: Mostly now they stay at home, playing cards and computer games to ride out the clashes and curfews. And on the question of aid to Egypt, Lester, while the Obama administration says some of it is under review, Saudi Arabia , which is a big backer of Egypt's military-led government, says it will compensate¹⁶ for any cuts from Washington.

Richard Engel in Cairo for us tonight, thanks.

1 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

2 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

5 overthrown   

adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词

参考例句：

• The president was overthrown in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被赶下台。
• He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准。

6 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。

7 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

8 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

9 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

10 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

11 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。

12 millennia   

n.一千年，千禧年

参考例句：

• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
• In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。

13 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。

14 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

15 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

16 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。