时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点


英语课


 


By Lisa McAdams
After days of political deadlock 1 in Ukraine, latest reports indicate the government and pro-opposition 2 forces have come to agreement on a series of legislative 3 changes that would allow for a new presidential run-off vote by month's end.
Opposition leader Petro Poroshenko predicts Ukraine's political deadlock will be broken on Tuesday, during an extraordinary session of parliament.  At that time, he says lawmakers will pass changes to the Constitution and to Ukraine's electoral law that have so far held up plans to hold the next election.
Details about the exact deal reportedly reached remain sketchy 4, but Ukraine's independent television quotes Ukrainian officials as saying the agreement will satisfy opposition demands to fire the government of  Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the declared winner of the elections, whose victory was overturned by Ukraine's Supreme 5 Court last Friday in a landmark 6 ruling for the opposition.
The changes are also expected to include the naming of a new head of the Central Election Committee to replace the one who oversaw 7 last month's fraudulent second round run-off.
If parliament passes the legislation, it will still need to be signed into law by outgoing President Leonid Kuchma.
In return, the opposition is said to have agreed to President Kuchma's demands for controversial Constitutional reforms that could lead to an eventual 8 weakening of the presidency 9, in favor of the parliament and prime minister. 
News of the potential break came late Monday after talks between the various parliamentary factions 10.  It also coincided with a third series of roundtable talks in Kiev by international mediators at President Kuchma's request. 
The talks at Kiev's Mariansky Palace grouped EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubas, Lithuanian President Valdus Adamkus, Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski, along with President Kuchma and the opposing presidential candidates, Mr. Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.  For the first time since the mediation 11 began, Russia's views were also represented by Russian parliamentary speaker, Boris Gryzlof.
Earlier, Mr. Kuchma again asked parliament to examine the proposed changes without delay.
In a New York Times interview published Monday, Mr. Kuchma said that if he were Prime Minister Yanukovych he would not agree to stand in the third round re-run election. 
But Mr. Yanukovych appeared in public for the first time in days Monday and assured his supporters he would be a candidate.
Mr. Yanukovych said several million people voted for him in the last round of elections and that he could not let his supporters down.  He also named parliamentarian Taras Chernovyl as his new campaign manager. 
If a political deal is sealed on Tuesday, as reports suggest, Ukraine's voters are expected to head back to the polls on December 26.


注释:
deadlock 僵局
legislative 立法的
extraordinary session 特别(非常)会议
electoral 选举人的
sketchy 粗略的,大体上的
fraudulent 骗得的
controversial 有争议的
coincide with 与……相符
mediation 调停行为,干预


 



n.僵局,僵持
  • The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后,谈判陷入了僵局。
  • The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
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.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • 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。
adj.写生的,写生风格的,概略的
  • The material he supplied is too sketchy.他提供的材料过于简略。
  • Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.对于已发生事实的详细情况知道的仍然有限。
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
v.监督,监视( oversee的过去式 )
  • He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统,安然引退。 来自互联网
  • Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网
adj.最后的,结局的,最终的
  • Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
  • Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
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
n.调解
  • The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
  • The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
学英语单词
abrasive roll rice polishing macing
addicted
aleuronate
algolagnic
ammonolysis reaction
angiolymphatic
appreciation
atticsful
Bactrian camels
Bellis perennis
bill murray
bismutosmaltineb (bismutosmatite)
Bobandana
Carrowkeel
chasing behavior
chonglou
cock body
coded extension character
constitution day
coverage interest arbitrage
cowpea aphid
descriptive lexicology
diameter runout
direct current heating
double-platform
drinking water vendor
dynamic duty
elbow scissors
emergency forces
encaustics
environmental consequences
ethylene thiourea
fileout
flanchard
flux-cored welding
forfair
freescan
gallager codes
general subroutine
giggle stick
grandniece
gunroom
hematopathological
hemisystole
herringbone tooth (double helical tooth)
homosteroids
Hypocomatina
idle air bleed
ifa
intramedullary nail fixation instruments set
keep to themselves
kirpal
lamb's quarters
LeukotrieneE
Manol, R.
mercedesbenz
metalammonia
nayab
norm-enforcements
opium eater
outflew
paged memories
paracentesis cordis
Pareto law of income distribution
pineal bodies
pitter patter
pod dehiscence
postplenic
Punta del Este
push-button switch
quickopener
religionaries
remote gain amplifier
remote-control switching system
reother
rury
sector gear bearing
sex show
shaping property
sidhes
sisters-german
smelt up
sprayed-metal bonding
St-Rome-de-Cernon
star jellies
steel sheet edge folded
stick knocker
template milling
text angle
thiazepines
Tikhvinskiy Rayon
tootin
triplex chain block
uteroplacental
venture-backeds
versene-9
vertical centering alignment
walking out of mesh
water yield from snow
white-collar
wiping
yingjiangite (phosphurany)