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1、中考英语阅读理解（一）ThestrivingofcountriesinCentralEuropetoentertheEuropeanUnionmayofferanunprecedentedchancetothecontinentsGypsies(orRoman)toberecognizedasanation,albeitonewithoutadefinedterritory・Andiftheyweretoachievethattheymightevenseeksomekindofformalplace一
2、atleastatotalpopulationoutnumbersthatofmanyoftheUnion'spresentandfuturecountries・Someexpertsputthefigureat4m-plus;someproponentsofGypsyrightsgoashighas15m・UnlikeJews,Gypsieshavehadnoknownancestrallandtoharkbackto.ThoughtheirlanguageisrelatedtoHindi,their
3、territorialoriginsarcmisty・Romanianpeasantsheldthemtobebomonthemoon.OtherEuropeans(wrongly)thoughtthemmigrantEgyptians,hencethederivativeGypsy.MostprobablytheywereitinerantmetalworkersandentertainerswhodriftedwestfromIndiainthe7thcentury.However,sincecom
4、munisminCentralEuropecollapsedadecadeago,thenotionofRomancstanasalandlessnationfoundedonGypsyculturehasgainedground・TheInternationalRomanyUnion,whichsaysitstandsfor10mGypsiesinmorethan30countries,isfosteringtheideaof"selLrallying,Itistryingtopromoteastan
5、dardandwrittenformofthelanguage;itwavesaGypsyflag(greenwithawheel)whenitlobbiesinsuchplacesastheUnitedBations;andinJulyitheldacongressinPrague,TheCzechcapital.WherePresidentVaclavHavelsaidthatGypsiesinhisowncountryandelsewhereshouldhaveabetterdeal.Atthec
6、ongressaSlovak-bornlawyer,EmilScuka,waselectedpresidentoftheInternationalTomanyUnion.LaterthismonthagroupofelectedGypsypoliticians,includingmembersofparliament,mayorsandlocalcouncilorsfromalloverEurope(OSCE),todiscusshowtopersuademoreGypsiestogetinvolved
7、inpolitics.TheInternationalRomanyUnionisprobablythemostrepresentativeoftheoutfitsthatspeakforGypsies,butthatisnotsayingalot.Oftheseveralhundreddelegateswhogatheredatitscongress,fewweredemocraticallyelected;oddly,nonecamefromHungary,whoseGypsiesareperhaps
8、theworldsbestorganized,withsome450Gypsybodiesadvisinglocalcouncilsthere.Theuniondid,however,announceitsambitiontosetupaparliament,buthowitwouldactuallybeelectedwasleftundecided・Sofar,theEuropeanCommissioniswaryofencouragin
