83,Strategies of Discourse Comprehension (1)

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1、StrategiesofDiscourseComprehensionTeunA.vanDijkWalterKintsch1983NewYork:AcademicPressGUATEMALA:NOCHOICES*ComparedwiththerelativeshadesofgrayinElSalvador,Guatemalaisa,studyinblackandwhite.OntheleftisacollectionofextremeMarxist-Leninistgroupsledbywhatonediplomatcalls

2、“aprettyfacelessbunchofpeople.’’OntherightisanentrenchedelitethathasdominatedCentralAmerica’smostpopulouscountrysinceaCIA-backedcoupdeposedthereformistgovernmentofCol.JacoboArbenzGuzmánin1954.Moderatesofthepoliticalcenter.embattledbutaliveinE1Salvador,havevirtually

3、disappearedinGuatemala-joiningmorethan30.000victimsofterroroverthelasttifteenvears.“ThesituationinGuatemalaismuchmoreseriousthaninEISalvador,”declaresoneLatinAmericandiplomat.“Theoligarchyisthatmuchmorereactionary.andthechoicesarefarfewer.“‘Zero’:TheGuatemalanoliga

4、rchshatedJimmyCarterforcuttingoffU.S.militaryaidin1977toprotesthuman-rightsabuses-andtheright-wingershiredmarimbabandsandsetofffirecrackersonthenightRonaldReaganwaselected.TheyconsideredReagananideologicalkinsmanandbelievedtheyhadaspecialfriendinWhiteHouseaideMicha

5、elDeaver,whoseformerPRfirmhadrepresentedaGuatemalanbusinessmen’sgroup,LosAmigosdelPaís(FriendsoftheCountry).ButafterayearofReagan,theGuatemalanshavebeendisappointed.IfReagan’steamhasprovedfriendlierthanCarter’s,thepersistentU.S.demandsforpoliticalmoderationcontinue

6、tograteontheGuatemalans.AsonediplomatintheGuatemalancapitalputsit.U.S.leverageontheregimeis“zero.”ColdShoulder:TheGuatemalanshavesnubbedvisitingU.S.congressmen.callingsomeofthem“communists.”TheyhaveevengiventhecoldshouldertoReagan’sspecialemissary,Gen.VernonWalters

7、,whovisitedGuatemalatwicelastyear.OnthefirsttripGuatemala’sPresidentRomeoLucasGarciafinallyagreedtoreceiveWaltersatthelastminute.OnthesecondvisitthePresident’splanewaspreparingfortakeoffjustasWalters’slanded.“TheyfeeltheyarewagingourwarinCentralAmerica,andwe’renoth

8、elpingthem.”saysoneAmericaninGuatemala.“Theysay,‘We’dratherdoitwithyou-butwithyouorwithoutyou-we’lldoit’.”Thegovernmentiscertainlymakingeveryeffo