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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s camp
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s camp
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2012-02-02
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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the World were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. "
The Princess concluded, with a simple message: "We must stop landmines. " And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)".
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m trying to do is to help. "
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Porti-llo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding".
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems. (357 words)
How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
选项
A、She paid no attention to them.
B、She made more appearances on TV.
C、She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D、She rose to argue with her opponents.
答案
A
解析
本题属于词义理解题。第四段叙述了戴妃的反应:“The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: ‘This is a distraction we do not need. All I’m trying to do is to help.’”brush aside是一个词组,本意是扫除,引申为“漠视”。我们可以从brush(清扫)和aside(到旁边)的本意大体推断出这个词组含有否定意味。这样由前半句可知戴妃对批评是采取漠视态度的。而后是戴妃的原话,意为“我们并不需要为此分心。我所要做的就是帮助人们”。据此我们可以判断戴妃对批评的态度是毫不在意的,A的说法正确。
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