VOA标准英语2008年-Zimbabwe Police Beat Demonstrators on Way to Le
时间：2019-01-10 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（一月）
Southern Africa
23 January 2008
Zimbabwe police clamped down hard on protesters, beating them as they made their way to a rally, following the brief detention 1 of the founding president of the country's political opposition 2. As Peta Thornycroft reports, the demonstration 3 was to be the first test of new security laws intended to ease restrictions 4 on protests in the leadup to elections set for March.
Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Tendai Biti says he applied 5 well within deadline for permission to hold an anti-poverty and pro- democracy 'freedom walk' in accordance with new security laws which came into effect January 11.
But police immediately stopped the demonstration, telling state-controlled radio the protest had "sinister 6" intentions. A police spokesmen said it was feared the opposition MDC would incite 7 violence in the streets.
The MDC went to court to overturn the ban and was granted permission to hold a rally on the outskirts 8 of Harare.
According to eyewitness 9 reports from central Harare, police fired tear gas and beat up a few people walking peacefully towards the rally on the western edge of the city. A few walkers held placards.
The founding president of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, was detained before dawn, but police relased him hours later and he addressed the rally.
Zimbabwean police have used heavy-handed tactics to prevent or break up opposition rallies in the past. Last March, security forces severely 10 beat Tsvangirai and other opposition leaders as they tried to hold a mass rally in Harare.
Several amendments 11 to existing media, security and election laws became effective January 11.
These reforms were the result of negotiations 12 that began last April between the two main political parties, the MDC and the ruling Zanu-PF, mediated 13 by South African president Thabo Mbeki.
The talks broke down in December. The opposition has demanded a new constitution, agreed to in the talks, be in place before the election and said polling should be delayed to allow people time to understand the new laws.
President Robert Mugabe has insisted elections take place as scheduled and has said he will not allow the new constitution to be implemented 14 before the polls.
President Mbeki went to Harare last week to try to persuade President Robert Mugabe to stick to agreements made during the negotiations, President Mugabe refused.
Zimbabwe is mired 15 in an economic crisis, with an annual inflation rate of several thousand percent as well as shortages of food, fuel, and foreign currency.
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- 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。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- 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
- 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。
- There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
- Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。
- I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
- Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
- The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
- Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
- The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。
- This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句