时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2005(下)--全球经济要闻


英语课

Flights Resume between France and Cameroon


法国飞往喀麦隆的航班重新开通


 


The French airline Air France has resumed flights to Cameroon, ending a dispute over France's decision last week to ban Cameroon Airlines from its airports for safety concerns. The resumption of services followed the decision by the French authorities to lift the ban after Cameroon agreed to make improvements.


 


Air France is flying again from Paris to Cameroon's commercial hub Douala, while Cameroon Airlines is now being allowed back into France by using chartered planes from Air Italy.


 


Hundreds of passengers were stranded 2 in both directions since last Friday when the French civil aviation authority banned Cameroon Airlines from France's air space for safety reasons.


 


There are now six airlines on the French black list, including two others from Africa: Air Mozambique and Liberia's International Air Service. Cameroon Airlines was put on the list after a French investigation 3 revealed a number violations 4 of international safety standards, such as worn tires, leaks in hydraulic 5 systems, transport of dangerous substances and outdated 6 safety records.


 


The ban provoked uproar 7 in Cameroon, according to journalist Francois Essomba reached by telephone.


 


Francois Essomba: It was a very big disappointment and the reaction was very bad because a lot of people are traveling over there, I mean in France.


 


Mr. Essomba says many Cameroonians received the ban with suspicion.


 


Francois Essomba: People feel as if they are not accepted in France and for some of them it was just a way from the French government to stop them to go there, so a lot of people are now fighting against immigration and talking about a racist 8 country.


 


One Cameroonian union threatened to boycott 9 incoming Air France flights, which led to the suspension of that airline's flights to Cameroon.


 


Cameroonian authorities have agreed to an independent audit 10 of its airlines' operations and implementation 11 of more stringent 12 safety requirements.


 


Cameroon Airlines has a bad reputation in Africa for frequent flight delays, sudden flight cancellations and poor service. It has already been banned from flying to Britain.


 


Nico Colombant, VOA news, Abidjan.


 


注释:


Cameroon [5kAmEru:n] n. 喀麦隆(非洲西部国家)


Douala [du(:)5B:lE] n. 杜阿拉(喀麦隆港市)


strand 1 [strAnd] vt. 使陷于困境


Mozambique [5mEuzEm5bi:k] n. 莫桑比克(非洲东南部国家)


hydraulic [hai5drC:lik] adj. 水力的


uproar [5QprC:] n. 喧嚣,骚动


boycott [5bCikEt] vt. 联合抵制


audit [5C:dit] n. 审计,查帐


stringent [5strindVEnt] adj. 必须严格遵守的


reputation [7repju(:)5teiFEn] n. 名誉,名声



vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地)
  • She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
  • The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的
  • The boat has no fewer than five hydraulic pumps.这艘船配有不少于5个液压泵。
  • A group of apprentics were operating the hydraulic press.一群学徒正在开动水压机。
adj.旧式的,落伍的,过时的;v.使过时
  • That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了,许多地址已经改了。
  • Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸
  • She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
  • His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
v.审计;查帐;核对;旁听
  • Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核,以确保其真实无误。
  • As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样,年度审计将在十二月份进行。
n.实施,贯彻
  • Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。
adj.严厉的;令人信服的;银根紧的
  • Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
  • Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。
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-kind
acid-resistant sheet material
actualizers
alternate exception action
Ampanihy
Arablinskiy
ariamnes cylindrogaster
armature keeper
Atlantic pomfret
auxiliary device
be enamored with
bechamel-sauce
bring someone into disrepute disrepute on something
brushless machine
Calandagan I.
Cameroon franc
camouflage-print
cartellino
coil type pan
cold roll
cucinas
deminex
durangites
escape pathlength of cosmic rays
federal communication act
Ferula bungeana
first vein
fission-product activity
flanged port
fluted bulkhead
Fricke dosimeter
functional parallelism
gas forming
gripe about
hand-operated vertical hydraulic press
heatley
high impact
historicizations
infrared-sensing
intermediate trend
international rubber hardness degree test
interstitial gas flow
isoporous ion exchange resin
Kaja, Hill
Kaneh, Rūd-e
komlans
long-nosed potoroo
love-lies-bleeding
make no pretence with
management data
microcircular technique
microprogrammed compiler
Mokhovaya, Gora
motorblower
NCITS
non-tangential crossbedding
nondamageable
nonstudying
occursion
ocean bonito
operation manner
overkeeping
pergesa actea
pixels
plagens
playtoy
policy scientist
presentation time stamp
promotion terminology
prydain
reingests
relief paint
retinyl
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scale blower
seasonal weight
self-cleaaing of water
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septorial blight of tomato
single-leg manometer
sloping bottom tank
smorg asbord
sulfide core
sun pan
swineries
tableware detergent
tangential wheel
teapotlike
tectonic activization
tendinea inscriptio
thermal fission yield
three-terminal system
tidier-up
to twat
toones
trachyspermum scaberulum(franch.)wolff
trainmen
tripe cambered aerofoil
uncompetitive
unconquering
Villaharta
Young's Schutz's