时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(二月)


英语课

By Peta Thornycroft
Harare
20 February 2006

The recent split in Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change has the country's opposition 1 in disarray 2. However, a potential new leader has moved into view.

Arthur Mutambara is a former student leader who is now recognized as one of Africa's most prominent scientists.

Fifteen years ago at the University of Zimbabwe he lead the student opposition to the ruling Zanu PF.

According to records at the university he was a brilliant engineering student, who won every scholarship he applied 3 for.

After completing his doctorate 4 at Britain's Oxford 5 University he went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and became professor at several other universities in the United States. Unlike many African academics, Mutambara was always determined 6 to return to Africa.

Over the weekend he arrived back in Zimbabwe from Johannesburg where he heads up an African scientific institution for talks with leaders of one faction 7 of the MDC. Some in this faction want him to make himself available as a candidate for the top job, as president.

Late Monday he confirmed his re-entry into Zimbabwe politics, and said he hoped the enthusiasm of a new leadership which he said was untainted by current disagreements, would make unification of the two factions 8 of the MDC possible.

According to the MDC's constitution any one of the 12 provinces would have to nominate him and authorized 9 delegates to the party's congress next Sunday will vote for a new president.

Should he get the necessary nomination 10, and win the vote, analysts 11 say his political past, intellectual prowess and reputation as a leader, would do much to revive Zimbabwe's stalled opposition politics and could lead to the two factions re-uniting.

The faction of the MDC lead by party president Morgan Tsvangirai declined to comment on Mutambara's sudden re-entry into Zimbabwe's opposition political scenario 12.

Tsvangirai's faction is holding its congress next month, but he is certain to be the only candidate for the top job.

The MDC split last October over adherence 13 to the party's constitution.

Tsvangirai said that even though a narrow majority of party executives voted to participate in the first ever elections for a senate last November, the MDC should not take part.

He said participation 14 was a waste of time and money and the electoral playing field was not level.

Most of the MDC's top leaders rebelled against him, saying he had defied the party's constitution.

The party split into two factions with both declaring themselves to be authentic 15.

A senior MDC official, legal secretary David Coltart, who has remained outside of either faction is trying to arrange what he describes as an "amicable 16" divorce between the two sides.



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。
n.混乱,紊乱,凌乱
  • His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.妻子离去后,他的个人生活一片混乱。
  • Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.铁路罢工打乱了我们的计划。
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
n.(大学授予的)博士学位
  • He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.他的学分不够取得博士学位。
  • Where did she do her doctorate?她在哪里攻读博士?
n.牛津(英国城市)
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争
  • Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
  • I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境,在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
a.委任的,许可的
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • 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。
n.剧本,脚本;概要
  • But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
  • This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。
n.信奉,依附,坚持,固着
  • He was well known for his adherence to the rules.他因遵循这些规定而出名。
  • The teacher demanded adherence to the rules.老师要求学生们遵守纪律。
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。
a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的
  • This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
  • Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
adj.和平的,友好的;友善的
  • The two nations reached an amicable agreement.两国达成了一项友好协议。
  • The two nations settled their quarrel in an amicable way.两国以和睦友好的方式解决了他们的争端。
学英语单词
absolute judgement
acrolejeunea pusilla
all right on the day
alsek
as easy as falling off a log
average kilometrage per vehicle-day
blood-borner
Brown-Eye
Buckingham 2,George Villiers
busting a gut
center coupled loop
charmlike
civil wrong
count up to
counter thrust
create jobs in every possible way
Curtis stage
delay thermal over-current relay
desert ecosystem
Detonieren
dissected
drylayup
EFPW
epitomization
Expected return-beta relationship
Experince
external meaning
fast recovery silicon rectifier
firm-to-firm variation
fleshlight
gantry-type robot
gas-off
guidemember
guitarist
harmotomic
hasparren
heat bodied oil
Hippocampinae
Homaliodendron
hwits
interstitiated
Kamikochi
Kirkaig, Loch
Komarom
Kushkopola
land smoothing machine
lincomycinum
longitudinal static-stability augmentation system (lssas)
Lopphavet
loss torque
Lusophile
maximum degree
maximum non-dimensional damage length
Middle Precambrian
mnla
Mordvinian
MRAN
muhak
nested type reduction gear
network discovery
offshore tug supply ship
orifice equation
orthosomatic
overscreen
ox-bot
parameter analysis
Phillipsastraea
power take off shifter shaft
precision tools
pseudo wet-bulb temperature
pulmonary gangrene
reactive agent
remote-control circuit breaker
rib-tickler
Rowell
sagaxes
scheduler module
scotch (whisk(e)y)
selective receiving circuit
set type (in network model)
short-stressed mill housing
Siemens-Halske process
single-fire
single-phase induction shifter
slow in
splay end
spot speed
start statement
sulfamidobarbituric acid
sum of square of deviation
tetradecyl mercaptan
tetrahydrofurfuryl propionate
the mid-atlantic states
toilet roll cutter and perforator
transmission finished
ulcerated carcinoma
validation study
vibrionic abortion
virtual trade shows
well-conditioned vehicles
winding us up
Zapata County