地道美语:奥运会抵制种族歧视
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本期内容介绍: 北京时间7月25日,原定将参加奥运会的希腊女子三级跳选手帕帕克里斯托(Papachristou),因在推特上发表种族歧视言论,被希腊奥运代表团除名,因此她将无缘伦敦奥运会
本期内容介绍:
北京时间7月25日,原定将参加奥运会的希腊女子三级跳选手帕帕克里斯托(Papachristou),因在推特上发表种族歧视言论,被希腊奥运代表团除名,因此她将无缘伦敦奥运会。
帕帕克里斯托在自己的推特中说:“太多的非洲人在希腊,就连西尼罗河病毒的蚊子也会吃自制食品。”她的这一言论在国内引起了轩然大波,就连政治圈也表示应该取消她参加伦敦奥运会的资格。
腊奥委会于昨日发表声明,帕帕克里斯托因发表种族歧视类文,被逐出希腊奥运代表团。这位希腊田径的希望之星也因此无缘代表祖国参加伦敦奥运会。
The Olympic Committee decided to ban [Voula Papachristou] from the games after mocking African immigrants in her country. In a tweet (微博) she posted a few days ago, Papachristou said: “With so many Africans in Greece. At least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food!”
BBC says she was actually referring to the West Nile virus and somewhat linking it to Africans living in Greece. But her tweet could be just the tip of the iceberg. Papachristou was rumored to be a supporter of the Golden Dawn party in Greece – a party that criticized the country’s stance on immigration.
重点词汇讲解:
Mock
【释义】嘲笑
【例句】Mocking others is disr
Tip of the iceberg
【释义】露水面的冰山,事物的表象
【例句】I’m afraid these symptoms are just the tip of the iceberg. We could be looking at very serious disease here.