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　　2012年12月26日雅思阅读精选：背道而驰

　　Egypts referendum

　　Going the wrong way

　　Muhammad Morsi must accommodate the secular opposition; if necessary, the West should push him

　　IT LOOKS pretty certain that the constitution which Muhammad Morsi, Egypts president, has presented to the people will win their endorsement in a referendum that is being held in two stages . On December 15th a majority of voters in the ten provinces polled said yes, though 57% of Cairos 6m voters said no. On December 22nd the remaining voters, who are likely to be more conservative, will probably grant their approval, too. Mr Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party may conclude they have a mandate to guide Egypt in an Islamist direction, away from more open, permissive ways.

　　They would be wrong to do so. This line of thinking threatens to plunge Egypt into a protracted period of impoverishing instability, which in the end will hurt Islamists as much as everyone else. The more pragmatic Islamists, perhaps including Mr Morsi, should change course while they still have time.