2006年VOA标准英语-Muslim Leaders Remember Holocaust Victims at US

By Ernest Leong
Washington, DC
22 December 2006
 
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Muslim leaders gathered at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week to honor and remember Holocaust victims from World War II.  For those attending, the remembrance was moving and necessary, especially after certain developments in the Middle East. 

 
Eternal Flame located in the Hall of Remembrance at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC
Opening ceremonies took place in front of the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Remembrance at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.  The Eternal Flame burns in commemoration of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust.

Local Muslim leaders asked to come to the Holocaust Museum in response to a conference hosted in Tehran by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in early December.  The conference questioned whether the Holocaust, the genocide of Jews in World War II, ever took place.  Previously², Ahmadinejad had called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." The conference elicited³ strong responses worldwide. 

 
Elie Wiesel
Writer and Holocaust survivor⁴ Elie Wiesel spoke⁵ in New York. "President Ahmadinejad is a disgrace.  To his people and all people.  To his nation and to all nations."

To open the ceremony in Washington, Sarah Bloomfield, the Holocaust Museum's director, called the Holocaust one of the most documented crimes in human history.

"We stand here with three survivors⁶ of the Holocaust and with our great Muslim friends, to condemn⁷ this outrage⁸ in Iran.  And let us be clear.  What is going on there is not about history.  It is about hate.  About hate."

Imam Mohamed Magid of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS), spoke of the common ground he finds with followers⁹ of the Jewish faith.

"There's a verse in the Torah, Old Testament¹⁰, as well as in the Holy Koran, where God Almighty¹¹ says, ‘Whoever takes one life, [it is] as if [he/she has] taken life [from] all humanity.  And whoever saves one life, [it is] as if [he/she has] saved life [for] all humanity.’"

 
Joanna Newman
Holocaust survivor Joanna Newman remembered her family being saved from the Nazis¹² by Muslims in Albania. "Everybody knew who we were.  And nobody would ever even have thought of denouncing us, giving us away for what we were.  Not at all."

Later, beneath a wall with names of death camps in Poland, Muslim representatives lit candles as part of the remembrance.  They visited the museum's Tower of Faces -- photos of Jews from Macedonia who were eventually killed by the Nazis, and stood in a railway car in which hundreds of Jews were once crammed¹³ as they were transported to death camps.

Holocaust survivor Louisa Israels called the grim display a necessary reminder¹⁴ in order to prevent such an occurrence again. "We all have the same goal, and that is to fight hatred¹⁵."

Israels also said the Eternal Flame symbolizes¹⁶ more than the millions of Jews who died.  Ultimately, she said, it is also a flame of hope.

1 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 elicited   

引出，探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Threats to reinstate the tax elicited jeer from the Opposition. 恢复此项征税的威胁引起了反对党的嘲笑。
• The comedian's joke elicited applause and laughter from the audience. 那位滑稽演员的笑话博得观众的掌声和笑声。

4 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

5 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。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

7 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

8 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

9 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

10 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

11 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

12 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

14 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

15 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。

16 symbolizes   

v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
• She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》