时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(九月)


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By Ron Corben
Bangkok
29 September 2006


 
Thai soldiers in Bangkok, Sept. 23, 2006
  
Thailand's military council says the new civilian 1 government it intends to install will move quickly to ease restrictions 2 imposed on the media after the September 19 coup 3. But Thai media associations are calling for controls to be lifted sooner.


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Thai coup leaders say they feared that reporting in favor of ousted 4 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could create "confusion," so they restricted broadcasts with the aim of, in their words - "leaving it quiet for a while."


A spokesman for the military, Major General Thaweep Maiyalarb, said Friday it would be up to the incoming civilian government to decide when to lift media restrictions.


"[I am sure] that, once we have the interim 5 government and the interim government will start working on [easing the restrictions] right away," he said.


The military moved quickly on September 19 to shut down local broadcasters and block international stations on cable TV. The cable stations are now back on the air, but local television is closely monitored.


The military also closed several hundred small radio stations in northern Thailand - a stronghold of the ousted prime minister. Many of the stations' owners have political or business ties to Mr. Thaksin.


The coup also led to the resignation of the board of state-owned TV operator, MCOT. On the night of the coup, MCOT TV began to broadcast an emergency decree issued by Mr. Thaksin - who was out of the country - but the military stopped the transmission. MCOT's board has since been replaced and the operator is back on the air.


Newspapers and broadcasters have all been warned against reporting negative opinions about the coup.


Supinya Klangnarong, from the Campaign for Popular Media Reform, says the military should lift the media restrictions and remove the soldiers stationed outside media outlets 6.


"Our standpoint is, we still believe that the military have no right, they should not give any order to shut down any media, even those [community] radio stations," she said. "It is still not fair, [it is] not legitimate 7 for the military to issue an order to shut down."


General Winai Phattiyakul, one of the coup leaders, told foreign journalists Friday that the military wanted the foreign media to "understand the real situation in Thailand."


The military says the coup was necessary to avoid violence between pro- and anti-Thaksin forces.
 


Thaksin Shinawatra (file photo)   
  
They also say Mr. Thaksin planned to use emergency powers to strengthen his control over the armed forces.


Mr. Thaksin had been under pressure to resign since early this year over allegations of abuse of power and corruption 8.


The coup leaders have promised to install a new civilian government by October 4.


Thai media are reporting that the new prime minister is likely to be General Surayud Chulanont, a retired 9 officer and a member of revered 10 Thai King Bhumipol Adulyadej's key advisory 11 body.


Human rights groups and governments around the world, including the United States, have criticized the coup. But opposition 12 in Thailand to the takeover has been minimal 13.



adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.政变;突然而成功的行动
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
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。
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 );经销店;插座;廉价经销店
  • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
v.崇敬,尊崇,敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例,现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
adj.劝告的,忠告的,顾问的,提供咨询
  • I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
  • He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
adj.尽可能少的,最小的
  • They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
  • I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家,所以我的花费很小。
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acidophilous indicator plant
airshed
alphabetic punch
angitrit
anristics
apex linguae
Astures
ball tester
bank personal loan
bastnaesite (bastn?site)
birth palsy
blind axle
breakablest
breakfast times
bright emitter valve
coldrife
complex random process
constant gradient focusing
constitutionalized
core channel
coriandrums
Coueron
cyclo
definitive care
die-away curve
dioxotetrahydropyrimidine
dreidels
exposure clock
forest for community
fresh in one's memory
Gaius Petronius
gastrointestinal pH
Goodyera bilamellata
half formed winding
heart-on-sleeve
Hellevad
herpetifrom ulceration
heteropyrithiamine
hoisting weight
horse racings
iodins
isochronous trajectory
Kaing
La Misa
lay away plan
lime slag
link emitter
macalester
macrobalance
macroregions
magnetic gage
map form
methylsulfates
modular proportion
mossy grain
motorized vehicles
move on the diagonals
muscle of uvula
non-linear equation
oand
office-supplies
olfactory stimuli
operational priority
Otoceras
overwhelms
oxygen saturation curve
parish assembly
penalty hit
puritani
rectification by leaky grid
red ringed
retrograde-vision tetrahedral prism
revolving doors
rifleman
rotating tool
rotorshaft
Sacciolepis
safranines
Savage Beast Technologies
selective opening
shaping
shock into
silver amminobromide
sinew-shrunk
Sipplingen
skin-group
slamfires
smooth bark kauri
spokesperson
sub-problem tree
template action
Tetramelaceae
three types of disease causes
torsioned
tow haired
trilithic
upper knife
vague attractor
vehicle area network
visual approach and landing chart (val)
warm the cockles of the heart