美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Fight For Rights Will Continue' In Zimbabwe, #ThisFlag Movement Pastor Vows

'Fight For Rights Will Continue' In Zimbabwe, #ThisFlag Movement Pastor¹ Vows²

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Now to Zimbabwe, where, for years, the mantra from opponents of the country's longtime leader was Mugabe must go. Now that Robert Mugabe has gone, what's the future for activists³ seeking change in the South African nation? NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton has been speaking to the leader of the opposition⁴ movement known as #thisflag. His protests recently drew thousands of supporters onto the streets.

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EVAN MAWARIRE: Give the incoming president wisdom to take this nation where it needs to go. It's going to be a hard journey because many of us are divided. You have shown us how important it is to be united.

OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON, BYLINE⁵: Preaching on stage, Pastor Evan Mawarire is something of a cult⁶ figure in Zimbabwe. He's known for wearing his country's national red, yellow, green, black and white flag around his neck. And Mawarire has deftly⁷ used social media to push his #thisflag campaign, seeking social justice for which he has been hounded by the security forces and jailed. Even though 93-year-old Robert Mugabe has been ousted⁸, the pastor has warned incoming President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military that backs him that his fight will continue.

MAWARIRE: It's important that we let the administration that is coming in right now know that if they do to us what Robert Mugabe's government did to us, we will do the same thing to them that we've done to Robert Mugabe.

QUIST-ARCTON: Mawarire says even though Mugabe has been driven from power, that doesn't mean that abuses have ended.

MAWARIRE: There still are many citizens right now who are imprisoned⁹ for political reasons, in terms of having stood up against the regime. The citizens of our nation are not enemies to our government. They are allies in building a better Zimbabwe.

QUIST-ARCTON: In the bad old days, Pastor Mawarire and his supporters would have been chased off the streets of the capital Harare with tear gas and batons¹⁰ and possibly arrested had they tried to hold a rally. Now, he's addressing a gathering¹¹ in Africa Unity¹² Square, a street away from the High Court that acquitted¹³ him of trying to subvert¹⁴ Mugabe's government and incite¹⁵ violence.

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MAWARIRE: (Shouting) Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

QUIST-ARCTON: Mawarire and other campaigners say Zimbabweans must hold the new leadership to its pledges of change, unity and economic revival¹⁶ but must also take action themselves.

MAWARIRE: We stopped talking. We stopped standing¹⁷ up. We stopped being citizens that participate. And so the space shrunk, and the fear grew. And so Zimbabweans became quiet out of fear. Our agenda is the agenda of scaling the wall of fear, emboldening¹⁸ citizens. It's such an opportunity.

QUIST-ARCTON: And Mawarire told NPR...

MAWARIRE: We're going to encourage some of our citizens to prepare to run for elections - yes, in 2018. We're saying, you are good candidates. Why don't you run for office? And we want people to register to vote.

QUIST-ARCTON: Another campaigner, Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, who's also been imprisoned in the past, is now campaigning to become an independent member of parliament. While Masarira says she understands why jubilant Zimbabweans took to the streets to celebrate and fraternize with soldiers after the military takeover, she remains¹⁹ cautious about the armed forces and President Mnangagwa.

LINDA TSUNGIRIRAI MASARIRA: I want to see if he's truly reformed and if he's truly willing to take Zimbabwe forward and to, you know, confess for the wrongs that he has done in the spirit of forgiveness, tolerance²⁰, truth and healing. We'd have to see it in action and not just as a speech.

QUIST-ARCTON: Zimbabwe's new president has not included any opposition politicians in his new cabinet despite calls for an inclusive, representative government. So, says Masarira, it's time for the younger generation to take the plunge²¹.

TSUNGIRIRAI MASARIRA: The reasons that made me want to run for political office is, I realized, you just have to take your activism from the streets, from the protests into the august house, where laws are made that will benefit the masses in Zimbabwe.

QUIST-ARCTON: There's concern that Mnangagwa - once a loyal aide of Mugabe before he was fired as vice²² president last month - will not make good on his pledge to be a leader for all Zimbabweans in a new democracy. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Harare.

1 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

2 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

3 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》

4 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。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

7 deftly   

adv.灵巧地，熟练地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

8 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。

9 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。

10 batons   

n.（警察武器）警棍( baton的名词复数 )；（乐队指挥用的）指挥棒；接力棒

参考例句：

• There were many riot policemen with batons. 有许多带警棍的防暴警察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Chinese police fight? Number one is a person with batons to fight! 满街飘的中国国旗，是一个老华侨在事发时那出来分给大家的，很感动，真的，从来一向多一事不如少一事的中国人今天团结到一起站出来反抗。 来自互联网

11 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

12 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

13 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。

14 subvert   

v.推翻；暗中破坏；搅乱

参考例句：

• The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.反叛军队企图颠覆政府统治。
• They tried to subvert our state and our Party. This is the crux of the matter.他们是要颠覆我们的国家，颠覆我们的党，这是问题的实质。

15 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。

16 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

17 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

18 emboldening   

v.鼓励，使有胆量( embolden的现在分词 )

参考例句：

19 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。

20 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

21 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

22 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。