时间:2019-01-04 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2004(上)--各类新闻


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UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections


Kirk Troy


A United Nations fact-finding team arrived in Iraq Saturday to decide if the country would be ready for general elections this summer.


As the U.N. team arrived Saturday in Baghdad, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in New York the team will consult with American and Iraqi authorities, and try to listen to all Iraqi views and perspectives. He said he hopes it will then provide a way to resolve the impasse 1 over how sovereignty is handed over to Iraqis, scheduled for June 30.


The U.S.-led coalition 2 in Baghdad says it will give support for the fact-finding team, while it is in Iraq and provide any cooperation the U.N. may need. Dan Senor, the coalition spokesman in Baghdad: "The U.N. will be operating as an independent entity 3 in Iraq. We will be here to provide them with logistical and security support. We fully 4 understood and fully supported the Governing Council's decision to request the U.N. to come in and take a closer look at the situation."


Mr. Annan sent the team to Iraq upon the request of Iraqi groups and U.S. officials, after leaders of the country's Shi'ite majority rejected a U.S. plan for an appointed interim 5 government. The United States maintains there is not enough time to prepare for elections before the scheduled handover.


Leading Shi'ite Cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani encouraged his followers 6 to oppose the U.S. plan. The Ayatollah demanded that direct elections be held as soon as possible. Thousands of his followers took to the streets in support. He has hinted, however, that he may meet with representatives of the U.N. team and accept their decision.


Details of the team's schedule have been kept secret, due to security concerns following last summer's devastating 7 bomb attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, which led to the U.N.'s withdrawal 8 from Iraq.


 


注释:


fact-finding [5fAkt9faIndIN] n. 寻求事实


Baghdad [5bA^dAd] n. 巴格达,伊拉克的首都及最大的城市。


perspective [pE5spektiv] n. 观点,看法


impasse [Am5pB:s] n. 僵局


sovereignty [5sCvrinti] n. 主权,主权国家


schedule [5Fedju:l] v. 预定,安排


coalition [kEuE5liF(E)n] n. 联盟


entity [5entiti] n. 组织,机构


logistical [lEu5dVistikEl] adj. 后勤的


Governing Council  管理委员会


Shi'ite [5Fi:aIt] adj. (伊斯兰)什叶派的


interim government  临时政府


handover [5hAndEuvE] n. 移交


cleric [5klerik] n. 牧师,传教士


take to the streets  走上街头(游行等)


hint [hint] n. 暗示,示意


devastating [5devEsteitiN] adj. 破坏性的,毁灭性的


headquarters [5hed7kwC:tEz] n. 总部,指挥部


withdrawal [wiT5drC:El] n. 撤退,退回


 



n.僵局;死路
  • The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
  • Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
n.实体,独立存在体,实际存在物
  • The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
  • As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体,公司必须纳税。
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
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actuating lever
ageing hardening
air launched cruise missile
Amphicoelia
approximation by operator
Atherolipin
athletic communication psychology
back out
baggage-rooms
beef-witted
bimorphic male
bottle track
brachyeardia
catch ratline
central tegmental tract
climatic stability theory
communication modem
counterguerilla
couplets on pillar
cylindruria
derne
design-construction team
dirty Sanchezes
Edlitz
electrolytic gravimetry
electronic inductivity
enterocardiovirus
Every bean has its black
exit jewel
fast loading
fault tolerant routing algorithm
feature-based design
fenestellae
filicanes
fluid state
full circle girder erecting crane
future light cone
grieve
histrionic
i-wived
identification of immature infant
Insiza
integrated trajectory system
issue in
kilogal meter
left internal spermatic vein
lifoes
low pump suction pressure
low-voltage capacitor discharge
make your bread
Mankayan
Mexican stand-off
National Association of Precancel Collectors
navarea warning service
nickums
nonmythic
North Fareham
octonare
Olorani
Oseen force
outcools
paciest
padbolt
panoptically
pinest
plane bed
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polytropic expansion
promotion and transfer
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protanabol
quarter moon
radiatio
radio environment
regular epitaxy
road level
rotating contactor
sales representatives
sell't
shifting shaft
slugginess
soil bearing value
spice mixture
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stitch line
subdermal vascular plexus free skin graft
subintrance
technically strong market
temperature expansion of pipes
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thyroid hormone evaluation
tongbok (dongbog)
trigyric
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verbal creation
Vilna Gaon
vitamin b12 monocarboxylic acid
wako
Wiesentheid
wound heart wood
yahe (papua new guinea)
yoy