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1、VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：Kurds-Have-New-Hopes-Amid-Mideast-ChangesTheupheavalfromthe"ArabSpring"acrosstheMiddleEasthasgiventhe30millionKurds,wholivemostlyinpartsofIraq,Turkey,SyriaandIran,newhopesoftheirlong-helddreamofindependence.Inaseriesofstories,VOAc
2、orrespondentsintheMiddleEastandWashingtonfoundthatKurdishaspirationsaremetbyacomplicatedrealityontheground.It'slunchtime,andkebabsareonthegrillatanewly-openedKurdishrestaurantintheWashingtonarea.HekmatBamarnicameherefromnorthernIraqinthe1970s,andhesitsat
3、atableintherestaurantwithamanbearingascaronhisforeheadfromashrapnelwound.BothmenwereKurdishindependencefightersknownasPeshmerga,or"thosewhofacedeath.""AsaKurdishperson,yes,wehaveadreamlikeeverybodyelse-likeaTurk,Arab,Iranian,"HekmatBamarnisaid."Wewantind
4、ependencetoo."ButKurdsinIraqandelsewherehaveenduredharshcrackdownsinpursuitofthatdream.AsthelargestethnicminorityintheMiddleEastwithoutastate,Kurdsatonetimedependedonanarmedinsurgencytopresstheircause.ButtheU.S.invasionofIraq,theArabSpringrevoltsandother
5、recenteventsintheMiddleEasthavesolidifiedtheirpoliticalambitions."ThisiscertainlyachangingmomentandanexcitingmomentforKurdsandthosewhostudytheKurdsbecauseitappearsasifthoseboundariesthatweresetatthestateformationperiodseemtobebreakingaway,"saidDeniseNata
6、li,aMiddleEastexpertattheNationalDefenseUniversityinWashington.ThatseemstobethecaseinSyria,whereKurdshavetakencontrolofmuchofthatcountry'snortheasterntipamidanationalanti-governmentuprising.MeanwhileinTurkey,Kurdsareusingunprecedentednewfreedomstoreverse
7、yearsofdiscriminationandalienation.InIran,theWesterncrackdownonTehranoveritsnuclearambitionshasgivenIranian-2-Kurdshopeforchange.AndinIraq,KurdshaveruntheirownaffairsinthenorthernpartofthecountrysincetheousterofSaddamHussein’sregime.ButNatalisaidthisself
8、-rulehasforcedIraqiKurdishleaderstofacegeopoliticalrealityinalandlockedregion."Thesurvivabilityoftheregiondependsonopenborders,andpositiveoratleastworkingrelationswithneighboringstates,"shesaid.Natalisaidtheneighboringstat
