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1、《经济学家》读译参考Translated&EditedbyChenJilongTEXT7BridgeacrosstheBosporusFeb23rd2006FromTheEconomistprinteditionMOREthan80yearsafterbeing★supplanted[1]bytheTurkishrepublic,theOttomanempirewillnotdie.BloodshedintheBalkans;ArabandKurdishnationalismacrosstheMiddleEast;★Turcopho
2、bia[2]inArmenia;（1）allareechoesofadynastythatsurvivedfor600years▲andwhosedominionse____①____fromtheDanubethroughtheLevanttoAlgiers.Fewhistorianshavedaredcompressthestoryofthisextraordinaryenterpriseintoasinglevolume.“Osman'sDream”showswhy.OsmanledoneofseveralTurcomantr
3、ibes,ofCentralAsiandescent,thatwerecompetingforcontrolofAnatoliaatthebeginningofthe14thcentury.(ThedreaminquestionwasinterpretedtomeanthatOsmanwouldfoundanimperialhouse;（2）“Ottoman”istheEuropeancorruptionofhisname▲).Bythemid-16thcentury,Osman'sdescendantshadkilledoffth
4、eByzantineEmpireandt____②____itscapital,Constantinople(renamedIstanbul),intotheworld'sgreatestmosquecity.TheyalsohadcontroloftheMuslimholyplaces,MeccaandMedina,inArabia.Theempire'sexpansionwasdriveninpartbyIslamicnotionsofajustwaragainstthe★infidel[3],buttheOttomanswer
5、ealsonotablefortheirrelativetolerance.Jewsfleeingthe★Spanishinquisition[4]werewelcomedtoIstanbul.Christianconvertsbecamekeyfiguresinthebureaucracy,armedforcesandthe★harem[5].Evenattheempire'speak,however,thetideofhistorywasturninginEurope'sf__③.___ChallengedbytheEurope
6、ans'intellectualandmilitary★prowess[6],hamperedbythefiscalineptitudeofitsleaders,andpowerlesstosuppressthepettynationalismsthatinfecteditsBalkanpossessions,（3）theempirebegantounravel—attimesabruptly,atothersimperceptibly.▲Withherdoctorateinthe★fiendishly[7]complexdisci
7、plineofOttomanstudies,（4）MsFinkelisideallyplacedtomakesenseofthis.▲But“Osman'sDream”leavesonewiththeimpressionthattheauthor'sscholarship—sheincludesa30-pagebibliography—couldhavebeenputtobetteruse.Herapparentdesiretorecordeveryeventofsignificancesometimesr___④___inadis
8、piritingsuccessionofmilitarycampaignsanddiplomaticintrigues;（5）onewouldhavepreferreda★pruning[8]ofthe★thicket[9]ofeve
