VOA标准英语2010年-Zimbabwe Prepares for Constitution Out
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(一月)
Members of Zimbabwe's constitutional outreach team has begun training in Harare before being deployed 1 across the country to prepare for the writing of a new document.
Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 11 January 2010
Zimbabwe took another step towards drafting a new constitution as hundreds who make up the outreach team gathered in Harare. Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, one of the chairpersons of the parliamentary committee charged with delivering a new constitution explained what the three days of training entails 2.
"The main objective is to get them to appreciate the nature of the work they are about to embark 3 on to find common ground and also to prepare a document which will be used to elicit 4 the views of the people," Mangwana said.
Mangwana added that as agreed in the deal that brought about Zimbabwe's national unity 5 government, the country's new constitution has to be based on consultation 6 with the people. A referendum will be held after the draft constitution is written.
The members of the outreach team will be split into committees that will look at specific areas. The 600-member team is comprised of representatives of civil society groups. Legislators will also be part of the process.
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association Vice 7 Chairman Joseph Chinotimba described to VOA how the process will be a non-partisan exercise. He says he would like to see a truly Zimbabwean document, which is not influenced by any political party.
He says it would not work if the constitution is written by people doing it for the Movement for Democratic Change or for Zanu-PF because in 10 to 20 years time a new generation will come that will reject it.
Themba Dlodlo from Matabeleland province said he wants a constitution that decentralizes power.
"At the moment we have a system where one man runs the country with a few of his clansmen and a few of his party supporters, so it is a one-party one-man system," Dlodlo said. "As far as people in Matabeleland, they feel that perhaps a better system of representation is proportional representation."
The ongoing 8 exercise is the second attempt by Zimbabwe to adopt a new constitution. In 2000 a draft constitution was rejected in a referendum. The country's constitution has been in place since independence in 1980. It was a result of the agreement reached between former colonial power Britain and the nationalist groups that were fighting for independence.
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
- This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。
- He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
- Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。
- It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
- Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
- The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。