2015考研英语阅读一个衰落论者的观点_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读一个衰落论者的观点

　　A bigger objection is the book s repeated and excessive stress on the supposedlydamaging effects of Muslim immigration. Mr Laqueur stops short of subscribing to the worstfears of Eurabia once fashionable in right-wing American circles. But he overstates Islam sspread . And he is surely wrong when he argues that Muslims will not assimilate, that sharialaw may become widespread or that large parts of many European cities will come toresemble north Africa. An ageing continent needs immigrants. Moreover, both Turkey and the Arab spring suggest thatreform and liberal democracy can, albeit with difficulties and arguments along the way,be made compatible with Islam.

　　一个更大的异议是关于这本书对于臆测的穆斯林移民的灾难性影响的重复和过度的强调。拉克尔先生没有采用曾经在右翼美国群体当中盛极一时的阿拉伯化的欧洲大陆的最深的恐惧。但是他过分夸大了伊斯兰教的发展。可以确定的是，他有许多错误的地方，比如他认为穆斯林教众将不会融入欧洲大众，伊斯兰教法也许会在欧洲广泛传播，或者许多欧洲城市的大部分将变得和北非一样。一个不断老龄化的大陆需要移民。此外，土耳其和阿拉伯之春运动都表明，尽管在整个过程中具有重重困难和争议，但是改革和自由民主能够与伊斯兰教和谐相处。

　　The author s harangues against Muslim immigration disfigure what is otherwise an interestingand provocative book. So do several small errors that should have been picked up by amore careful publisher. The siloviki are not the political class in Russia, but a specific grouplinked to its security services; Greece joined the EU in 1981, not 2000, and Croatia will joinin 2013, not 2011; the former mayor of London is called Ken not Neil Livingstone and themayor of Amsterdam is Job not Jeff Cohen.