2007年VOA标准英语-Mauritania Election Heads to Runoff
时间:2019-01-10 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(三月)
Dakar
12 March 2007
In Mauritania, results from Sunday's presidential election indicate a second round of voting will be necessary. The top two vote getters are a former government minister and an opposition 1 leader. International observers say the voting process has been transparent 2 and fair in the nation's first post-coup presidential poll. Kari Barber reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar.
Mauritanian presidential candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi casts his vote in Nouakchott, 11 March 2007
Results released from the interior ministry 3 show a tight race between former minister Sidi Ould Sheik Abdellahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah. Both candidates held more than 20 percent of the vote. Following at a distance in third was the youngest contender, 41-year-old economist 4 Zeine Ould Zeidane.
A candidate needs at least 50 percent of the vote to win office and avoid a second round.
Campaign observers say the process has been free and fair. But there was one confirmed incident of violence as unidentified, armed men killed a guard at a vote counting site overnight and shot at an EU vehicle. The men escaped. It is unclear whether they intended to attack the voting station or EU workers.
Local analyst 5 Racine Sy says there were concerns early in the campaign that the military leadership, which overthrew 6 long-time president Maaouiya Old Taya in 2005, was backing Sheik Abdellahi. But Sy says he is happy with how the election has been managed.
"When they came to power they had a lot of promises, but and the end we had certain fears because of declarations we heard from the head of state," he said. "It turned out to be very good; it turned out to be a democratic election."
Campaign observer Fatimata Mbaye says she is watching closely to make sure the military junta 7 keeps their promise to stay out of the election process. She says that if a second round does not take place, it could be a sign the military is meddling 8.
"We think we will have a second round for this election, and if we do not have a second round, that means something is wrong and the people will react," she said.
Mbaye says she is pleased with the process and optimistic about the country's future as a democracy.
"Now we are tasting our democracy and we hope we will get it the right way," she said. "It is really our hope, and we think that we can do something and we can get someone who can really govern this country."
Mauritania recently became an oil-producing nation. The spending of that new windfall of revenue has been a top issue in the election.
The presidential poll represents the final step of a transition from military to civilian 9 rule in the nation. A successful democratic hand over of power has never occurred in Mauritania.
If a second round of voting takes place, it will be the first time in Mauritanian history a leader did not win outright 10 in the first round.
- 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。
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
- They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。
- The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。
- A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。
- He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
- They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野,因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句
- 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。