I read an article the other day in the online-version of economist.com and it talks about the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. I thought you might be interested, because the protests in Egypt are in the newspaper all over the world for the last few weeks.
Basically what it says is that Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak notified, that he is going to resign from his function. A correspondent from Alexandria described Egypt’s collective elation as the release of 30 years of bottled-up emotion. He said that he had seen birth and he had seen marriage, but he had never seen happiness like this. Another reporter described the rise of Egypt’s people and the fall of Egypt’s dictator as “everything I’ve ever hoped for”.
What surprised me most was the fact that Mr Mubarak was Egypt’s president for more than 30 years!
As for me I think it is good that Mubarak resigns from his function, because he is quite old and he was president for a very long time.
Vocabulary:
resignation – Rücktritt
The people in Egypt are happy with Mr Mubaraks resignation.
bottled-up – aufgestaut
A cause of this is the 30 years bottled-up emotion.
elation – Hochstimmung
Egypt’s collective elation is breathtaking.
