After thehope of the Arab Spring.docVIP

After the hope of the Arab Spring, the chill of an Arab Winter One year after a Tunisian fruit vendor（小贩;叫卖者 set himself on fire in an act of defiance（反抗 蔑视,藐视that would ignite（点燃,使燃烧激起;使激动protests and unseat（使从马上摔下, 使失去资格long-standing（存在已久的,长年的dictatorships, a harsh chill is settling over the Arab world. The peaceful demonstrations in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen that were supposed to bring democracy have instead given way to bloodshed and chaos, with the forces of tyranny（暴政;专制trying to turn back the clock(回到过去. It is too soon to say that the Arab Spring is gone, never