2007年VOA标准英语-Leading Nigerian Writer Calls for New President
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
Abuja
28 April 2007
One of Nigeria's best-known citizens, the writer Wole Soyinka, has given his support to calls for another presidential election. Opposition 1 leaders and international observers have described the April 21 election as fraudulent. Gilbert da Costa has more for VOA from Abuja.
A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Abuja, Nigeria
Nigerian-born author Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, is the latest to add his name to a long list of opposition and civil society groups calling for the cancellation 3 of the disputed polls.
Soyinka says the vote was characterized by such large-scale irregularities and violence it should be cancelled and a re-run organized. The opposition wants fresh elections to be conducted by an interim 4 government led by the current senate president, Ken 5 Nnamani.
The ruling party's candidate and outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo's anointed successor, Umaru Yar'Adua, easily won the presidential vote.
In addition to charges of widespread fraud, there were reported to be more than 200 election-related killings 6 during the polls, which have been described as the worst in the African nation's recent history.
But the governing Peoples Democratic Party has firmly rejected the idea of an election re-run. Abdulahi Jalloh, an executive member of the ruling party, considers the idea of a re-run an invitation to chaos 7 in the already volatile 8 nation.
"Anybody that is agitating 9 for this cancellation is just inviting 10 anarchy 11 into this country," he said. "The issue is, the election was credible 12 and Yar'Adua was duly elected and the votes he scored were not manufactured. Let us wait for the tribunal to tell us whether there was rigging or not. But as far as the PDP is concerned, there was a clear and reasonable victory which our candidates won."
The main opposition parties have resolved to file a legal challenge to the polls, but analysts 13 say some of the rigging may be difficult to prove in court.
Meanwhile, some areas where elections were cancelled are voting Saturday. Nigeria's electoral commission is conducting elections for the governorship post in the southeastern Imo state as well as more than 100 legislative 14 seats across 27 states.
The polls were postponed 15 because of the exclusion 16 of some candidates' names and party symbols during the recent general elections.
But the exercise has been overshadowed by growing calls for the outright 17 cancellation of the controversial polls.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
- Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
- 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。
- Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
- Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。
- political groups agitating for social change 鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
- They are agitating to assert autonomy. 他们正在鼓吹实行自治。
- An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
- The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。
- There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
- The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
- The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
- Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
- He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。