时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)


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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned to the country to lead her party in general elections, scheduled for December. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the polls are being held to restore democracy in the country, which is ruled by a military-backed administration.
 






Sheikh Hasina smiles during a press meeting at the airport after her arrival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06 Nov 2008



Thousands of Awami League supporters greeted Sheikh Hasina with flowers and cheers as she drove from the Dhaka airport to her home, after her return from the United States, where she spent four months for medical treatment.

Sheikh Hasina, who faces trial in a number of corruption 1 and extortion cases, was paroled from prison in June.

The Awami League leader says she has come to rescue her country from "a great crisis." She says elections must be held on schedule.

The December 18 elections are expected to restore democracy to the country, after nearly two years of emergency rule. But observers say the polls will only be credible 2 if the country's two main parties - the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party - participate in the polls.

Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil says Sheikh Hasina will seek bail 3 and fulfill 4 her pledge to lead her party in the elections.

"Through elections, the fundamental rights should be returned to people of Bangladesh, so that they can decide the future on their own," said Jalil. "That is her wish, that democracy in Bangladesh should get on strong footing."

Political observers say Sheikh Hasina's categorical vow 5 to take part in the polls will put pressure on the rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party to join the race.

Wednesday, BNP head, Khaleda Zia told her party workers to "avoid an unfair and unacceptable election." She wants emergency rule to be lifted before the polls and has not confirmed her party's participation 6 in the election.

Khaleda Zia also faces several charges of corruption and is out on bail after spending more than a year in prison. Both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia were released from jail to ensure that their parties take part in the elections.

Earlier this week, the military-backed government paved the way for political parties to launch election campaigns, by lifting all curbs 7 on political rallies. The government had clamped down on political gatherings 8, when it took power last year, after bitter rivalry 9 between the Awami League and the BNP led to months of violence.



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.可信任的,可靠的
  • 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?
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
  • If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
  • This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓
  • My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿,每星期日都去做礼拜。
  • I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
n.参与,参加,分享
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )
  • In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时,他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。 来自辞典例句
  • Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中,不久即将公布。 来自辞典例句
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
n.竞争,竞赛,对抗
  • The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
  • He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。
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aaliyah
achillea nana l.
agogo
algorithmic processor description
American Samoa
aphis pomis
aquaticine
azimuth polarimeter
battered child
Bellator
bit interleaving
black frost
Bobadilla
bromine 82
brusher rinser
bulk oil carrier
cameo printing
cargo gear arrangement
cavitas coronalis
certificate of origin form B
charterer's operater
coenzyme
copperplate etching
cotton paper oil filter
day to day test
Defense Council
defocused reflector
delaying state
deoxynucleosides
dihydro
dollops
elastically positioned wheelset
Emdex
end-of-history
fermionizing
fixed-bar stoker
floreted
fork oscillator
fossilized wood
framing mask
Goldwater Republican
hand scoop
hurkin'
inserted tooth cutter
inter-scholastic
internally heated bath furnace
ispmr
judson
knockoff head
Koenimbin
lady-killers
laying breed
lead off with
lower hydrate
lubbockia squillimana
magnetic pulley
malhi
maritz
mismodel
motherdom
mountain glacier region
mountain mints
Myocardiotomy
nearest-neighbor (sequence) analysis
object property
oecumenic
ombratropism
para aminophenol hydrochloride
paste down
patent list
piece of foreign exchange
playing the game
radiant level
recaptures
robber flies
San Lucas Sacatepéquez
scarleteer
scientific subroutine library
screeders
situational stress test
smudged
snak-quench technique
soakings
spivack
starting symbol
supplicators
swinging cross
throughout the country
time scheduling
torpedo attack ship
treble stave
triadic mean
trimethyltransferase
tush
unask
unclassed european eel herpesvirus
Urochloa
wave environment
well-changed
were in good condition
workaholic
wort filter