丹麦右翼政党激起关于移民争论热潮

 

 

Danish Party Stirs Immigration Controversry

Peter Heinlein

Copenhagen

24 Aug 2001 12:49 UTC

 

A right-wing political party in Denmark has created an 1)uproar by publishing a list of nearly 5,000 2)immigrants who have recently 3)obtained Danish citizenship¹. Critics accuse the party of 4)exploiting ethnic² and 5)racial divisions to pick up support in upcoming elections.

The controversy³ began Sunday after the Danish People's Party took out a full-page advertisement in Denmark's largest 6)circulation newspaper that listed the names of the country's newest citizens.

Party Spokesman Soeren Espersen says the ad was meant to show Danes that their country, until now one of the most 7)ethnically⁴ 8)homogeneous in Europe, is being 9)inundated by a flood of new immigrants. "We feel in our party that the amount number) of foreigners that achieve citizenship is much too high, and this is depicting⁵ towards Danish population why it is unreasonably⁶ too many people that 10)acquire citizenship every year," he says.

Mr. Espersen says in the past three years, 40,000 people have obtained Danish citizenship, rapidly changing the ethnic 11)makeup of this country of five and a half million people. He says the overwhelming majority of the 4,700 names on the list published Sunday are immigrants from the developing world. "Over 4,000 of the 4,700 would be mainly Muslims from the third world, Somalia, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran," he says. "We feel that some of those persons have also got great difficulty 12)adjusting to Danish traditions and law, which we have unfortunately seen so many bad examples of recently."

Publication of the list has sparked 13)howls of protest from Denmark's minority community, as well as from human rights groups. Morton Kaerum, director of the Danish Center for Human Rights, calls publication the list unethical, and says it unfairly exploits those named in a negative 14)context. "What they achieve by publishing such a list is to create this "us and them" dichotomy in Danish society where every time a foreigner obtains Danish citizenship it is being perceived as a threat to Danish society," he says.

Mr. Kaerum says the right-wing party is simply whipping up ethnic hatred⁷ for political gain. "Their aim with this ad is to strengthen the platform of the party, which is hostile to ethnic minorities," he says. "So it is to send a signal to these persons who have obtained citizenship that we do not want you. It is a mistake that you obtained citizenship."

Mr. Kaerum says with local and parliamentary elections scheduled in the next six months, immigration is likely to be one of the main issues dividing Danes.

Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen has already made his position known, calling publication of the list "unacceptable". But the Danish People's Party hopes the issue will have enough 15)resonance with voters to push them above the seven-percent mark they achieved in the last election.

 

 

(1)      uproar[`QprR:(r)]n.喧嚣, 骚动

(2)      immigrant[5ImI^rEnt]adj.(从外国)移来的, 移民的n.移民, 侨民

(3)      obtain v.获得

(4)      exploit[Ik5splCIt]vt.开拓, 开发, 开采, 剥削v.使用

(5)      racial[5reIF(E)l]adj.人种的, 种族的, 种族间的

(6)      circulation[s:kjJ5leIF(E)n]n.循环, 流通, 发行额

(7)      ethnically adv.人种上, 民族上

(8)      homogeneous[hRmEJ5dVi:nIEs]adj.同类的, 相似的, 均一的, 均匀的

(9)      inundate[5InQndeIt]v.淹没

(10)      acquire[E5kwaIE(r)]vt.获得, 学到

(11)      makeup[ `meIkQp ]n.组成, 结构, 补考, 体格

(12)      adjust[E5dVQst]vt.调整, 调节, 校准, 使适合

(13)      howl[haJl]v.嚎叫, 怒吼,喝住, 号叫n.嚎叫, 怒号, 嚎哭

(14)      context[5kRntekst]n.上下文, 文章的前后关系

(15)      resonance[`rezLnEns]n.共鸣, 回声, 反响,共振

 

 

 

1 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

4 ethnically   

adv.人种上，民族上

参考例句：

• Ethnically, the Yuan Empire comprised most of modern China's ethnic groups. 元朝的民族成分包括现今中国绝大多数民族。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• Russia is ethnically relatively homogeneous. 俄罗斯是个民族成分相对单一的国家。 来自辞典例句

5 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

6 unreasonably   

adv. 不合理地

参考例句：

• He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean. 他还是个气量狭窄，无事生非，平庸刻薄的人。
• Food in that restaurant is unreasonably priced. 那家饭店价格不公道。

7 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。