VOA标准英语2010-ANC Youth Leader Agrees to Stop Singing C

African national Youth League leader Julius Malema points during a news conference in Johanensburg, 8 Apr 2010

Current Racial Tensions in South Africa Symptomatic of Deeper Issues, says Analyst¹
The youth leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress says he will abide² by a party directive to stop singing an anti-apartheid song that has been linked by some to the murder last week of a white supremacist. The announcement comes amid tense preparations for the farmer's funeral on Friday.

 

African National Congress Youth Wing Leader Julius Malema said he would accept a request by the ANC leadership to stop singing, "Shoot the Boer," which was recently banned as hate speech by a South African court.

"The ANC has ruled on the matter and we are accepting the decision of the ANC, but we are not accepting the decision of the court. We are continuing to challenge the matter in court," said Malema.

Malema said he would substitute the offending words with another phrase, but continue to sing it.

The phrase refers to white Afrikaners who settled in South Africa centuries ago and dominated society during the apartheid years. It emerged during the sometimes violent struggle against apartheid.

Some politicians have linked the song to the murder last Saturday of the leader of the white-supremacist Afrikaner Resistance Movement, Eugene Terre'Blanche.

Terre'Blanche was bludgeoned to death reportedly over a pay dispute on his farm west of Johannesburg. Two black farm workers have been arrested.

Police were obliged to erect³ razor wire between blacks and whites during a tense standoff Tuesday outside the courthouse where the two suspects were charged with murder.

A heavy security presence has been deployed⁴ to the town of Ventersdorp where Terre'Blanche is to be buried on Friday.

Terre'Blanche's group, known as the AWB, opposed ending apartheid and staged bomb attacks in the years leading to the country's first democratic elections in 1994.

The AWB blames Malema for Terre'Blanche's death, the latest of some 3000 murders of white farmers since the end of apartheid. It wants the government to stop the attacks.

The ANC says it considers the song part of its anti-apartheid struggle and will appeal the court ruling.

ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe Wednesday announced that the party's senior leaders had urged members to stop singing the song.

"The message that we have communicated to all our brothers including Malema himself as president of the Youth League is that, 'Restrain yourselves. Don't put yourself in a position where you become scapegoats⁵ for other agendas,'" said Mantashe.

He said such restraint will allow society to see through what he called the attempt by right-wing groups to reverse the progress made since the end of apartheid.

Although many South Africans feel the controversy⁶ has been inflamed⁷ by extremists on both sides of the issue, it has sparked intense debate.

An AWB official Wednesday stormed off a live television program after threatening a black guest with an opposing view on the issue.

And Malema during his news conference Thursday hurled⁸ insults at a white reporter and expelled him for a question he felt was an affront⁹.
 

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

3 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

4 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

5 scapegoats   

n.代人受过的人，替罪羊( scapegoat的名词复数 )v.使成为替罪羊( scapegoat的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They were made the scapegoats for the misfire of the program. 他们成了那个计划失败的替罪羊。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Only some of the guards and a minor hotel employee, chosen as scapegoats, were imprisoned. 只有一些保镖和那个旅馆的小职员当了替罪羊，被关进了监狱。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 inflamed   

adj.发炎的，红肿的v.（使）变红，发怒，过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country. 他的评论激怒了全国教师。
• Her joints are severely inflamed. 她的关节严重发炎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 affront   

n./v.侮辱，触怒

参考例句：

• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
• This remark caused affront to many people.这句话得罪了不少人。