伊拉克落成“飞鞋雕塑”

　　For the war-beaten orphans of the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, this big old shoe fits.

    对于伊拉克北部城市提克里特饱受战乱之苦的孤儿们来说，这个巨大的“鞋形雕塑”建在这里再合适不过了。

　　A huge sculpture of the footwear hurled at President Bush in December during a trip to Iraq has been unveiled in a ceremony at the Tikrit Orphanage complex.

　　美国前总统布什去年12月访问伊拉克期间遭到飞鞋袭击，以这只鞋为原型的一座巨大雕塑日前在提克里特孤儿院的落成仪式上亮相。

　　Assisted by children at the home, sculptor Laith al-Amiri erected a brown replica of one of the shoes hurled at Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by journalist Muntadhir al-Zaidi during a press conference in Baghdad.

　　在孤儿院儿童的帮助下，雕塑家雷斯•艾尔-阿米利以一只飞鞋为原型，创建了一个棕色的鞋形雕塑。飞鞋事件发生在巴格达的一个新闻发布会上，当时记者蒙塔兹•扎伊迪将鞋子砸向了布什和伊拉克总理马利基。

　　Al-Zaidi was jailed for his actions, and a trial is pending. But his angry gesture touched a defiant nerve throughout the Arab and Muslim world. He is regarded by many people as a hero. Demonstrators in December took to the streets in the Arab world and called for his release.

　　扎伊迪因此被捕，目前仍在等待判决。但他表达愤怒的举动激发了阿拉伯和穆斯林世界人们的反抗精神。很多人视他为英雄。去年12月，阿拉伯国家的示威者纷纷走上街头呼吁将他释放。

　　The shoe monument, made of fiberglass and coated with copper, consists of the shoe and a concrete base. The entire monument is 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) high. The shoe is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) long and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) wide.

　　“飞鞋雕塑”由鞋型和混凝土基座构成，鞋雕塑的材料为玻璃丝，外面镀有一层黄铜。整个雕塑高3.5米（合11.5英尺）。鞋长2.5米（合8.2英尺），宽1.5米（合4.9英尺）。