首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Hostility to Gypsies has existed almost from the time they first appeared in Europe in the 14th century. The origins of the Gyps
Hostility to Gypsies has existed almost from the time they first appeared in Europe in the 14th century. The origins of the Gyps
admin
2011-02-11
81
问题
Hostility to Gypsies has existed almost from the time they first appeared in Europe in the 14th century. The origins of the Gypsies, with little written history, were shrouded in mystery. What is known now from clues in the various dialects of their language, Romany, is that they came from northern India to the Middle East a thousand years ago, working as minstrels and mercenaries, metal-smiths and servants. Europeans misnamed them Egyptians, soon shortened to Gypsies. A clan system, based mostly on their traditional crafts and geography, has made them a deeply fragmented and fractious people, only really unifying in the face of enmity from non-Gypsies, whom they call gadje. Today many Gypsy activists prefer to be called Roma, which comes from the Romany word for "man". But on my travels among them most still referred to themselves as Gypsies.
In Europe their persecution by the gadje began quickly, with the church seeing heresy in their fortune-telling and the state seeing anti-social behaviour in their nomadism. At various times they have been forbidden to wear their distinctive bright clothes, to speak their own language, to travel, to marry One another, or to ply their traditional crafts. In some countries they were reduced to slavery. It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that Gypsy slaves were freed in Romania. In more recent times the Gypsies were caught up in Nazi ethnic hysteria, and perhaps half a million perished in the Holocaust. Their horses have been shot and the wheels removed from their wagons, their names have been changed, their women have been sterilized, and their children have been forcibly given for adoption to non-Gypsy families.
But the Gypsies have confounded predictions of their disappearance as a distinct ethnic group and their numbers have burgeoned. Today there are an estimated 8 to 12 million Gypsies scattered across Europe, making them the continent’s largest minority. The exact number is hard to pin down. Gypsies have regularly been undercounted, both by regimes anxious to downplay their profile and by Gypsies themselves, seeking to avoid bureaucracies. Attempting to remedy past inequities, activist groups may overcount. Hundreds of thousands more have emigrated to the Americas and elsewhere. With very few exceptions Gypsies have expressed no great desire for a country to call their own-unlike the Jews, to whom the Gypsy experience is often compared. "Romanestan" said Ronald Lee, the Canadian Gypsy writer, "is where my two feet stand. "
Gypsies are united only when they______.
选项
A、are engaged in traditional crafts
B、call themselves Roma
C、live under a clan system
D、face external threats
答案
D
解析
本题为细节理解题。短文第一段中有这么一句话:only really unifying in the face of enmity from non-Gypsies,即“只有面对非吉卜赛人的威胁时才联合起来”,由此可知选项D为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gFYO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Neartheendofafive-daytourofhighlyautomated,high-techJapanesefactories,theAmericanvisitorwasoverwhelmedandfeel
Why,youmaywonder,shouldspidersbeourfriends?Becausetheyprotectsomanyinsects,andinsectsinclude【M1】______someof
WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sromanticlovecomedies?
ThewriterofChildeHarold’sPilgrimageis______.
A、Mayoisaverywildcounty.B、InvillagesaroundIrelandcomingtothepubisaprimaryentertainment.C、It’sveryeasyforyo
Thirty-twopeoplewatchedkittyGenovesebeingkilledrightbeneaththeirwindows.Shewastheirneigh-bor.Yetnoneofthe32
DangersofUsingComputerTerminalsUndoubtedly,thecomputerhasgreatlyincreasedhumanbeing’sworkingcapacityandintel
EskimovillagestodayarelargerandmorecomplexthanthetraditionalnomadicgroupsofEskimokinsmen.Villagedecisionmaking
AirqualityinBritainhasimprovedconsiderablyinthelast30years.Totalemissionsofsmokeintheairhaverisenbyover8
ACareerinAccountingAsafieldofstudyandwork,accountingisexpandingthroughouttheworld.Ajobinaccountingpromi
随机试题
患者,男,57岁。腹痛绵绵,时作时上,痛时喜按,大便或溏,神疲畏寒,苔薄白,脉沉细。治疗取穴应首选
不合格药品库(区)的色标颜色为()。
5月10日,甲以自有房屋1套为债权人乙设定抵押并办理抵押登记。6月10日,甲又以该房屋为债权人丙设定抵押,但一直拒绝办理抵押登记。9月10日,甲擅自将该房屋转让给丁并办理了过户登记。下列说法错误的是()。
下列关于出卖人交付标的物的表述中,符合法律规定的是()。
地下管线竣工测量时,当井距大于()m时,除测出井内底管顶或井底高程外,宜加测中间点。
在由江苏省教育厅主办的首届江苏省师范生教学基本功大赛(学前教育专业)上,各项技能比赛竞争激烈,师德问题则是笔试环节的重点。参加竞赛的选手表示,虽然理论笔试没有出现最近广为人知的“温岭虐童”案例,但很多题目都与师德有关系。南京幼儿高等师范学校唐志华校长指出:
下列关于“四个全面”战略布局的说法不正确的是()。
快递员小李需要给一栋大楼的8到17层递送快递,因电梯故障,只能走楼梯,他爬到8楼用时105秒(假设上下楼速度相同),而在每个楼层都有逗留,且逗留的时间恰好为互不相同的不超过10分钟的整数分钟,问从小李进大楼到最后离开需要多少分钟(从门口到楼梯的时间不计)?
Howlongdoesaninterviewusuallylastaccordingtothespeaker?
Lookatthechartbelow.Itshowstheturnoverandprofitofeightcompanies(A-H)inthreeyears.Whichcompanydoeseachsen
最新回复
(
0
)