时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(八月)


英语课
By Nick Wadhams
Nairobi
22 August 2007

A new study of corruption 2 in Kenya shows there has been little progress despite repeated promises by President Mwai Kibaki's government to crack down on graft 3. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, everyday Kenyans can expect to pay bribes 5 at least a couple of times a year.


The report from Transparency International's Kenya branch says that Kenyans have largely come to accept the petty corruption that is part of their lives. They can expect to pay at least 2.5 bribes each year, double what they paid in 2005.


The trend is a setback 6, because President Kibaki came to power in part on his pledges to eradicate 7 corruption in Kenya, which ranks 142nd among 163 countries on Transparency International's global corruption list. Posters have been put up in offices and on billboards 8 to raise public awareness 9, but to little effect.


Yet the anti-corruption drive has slowed, and many government ministers have been embroiled 10 in allegations of graft.






Richard Leakey, head the Kenya chapter of Transparency International briefing journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 Aug 2007


Richard Leakey, head the Kenya chapter of Transparency International, briefing journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 Aug 2007



"Looking at the statistics that we received from this report, the situation is as bad as it was four years ago," said Richard Leakey, the head of the Kenya branch of Transparency International.


"The Kibaki government seems to have been totally unable to address corruption at the basic level. It's clear that you can deal with corruption and an awful lot of it has to do with making people more aware and participatory," he continued.


According to the survey, the biggest bribes were paid when high school students sought to enroll 11 in Kenya's overcrowded university system. People also reportedly paid large bribes when seeking jobs. And Kenya's police force was seen as the most corrupt 1 agency in the country, the sixth year in a row it has attained 12 that dubious 13 honor.


The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, which will soon release its own figures, says the public is partly to blame because people who are stopped by the police will often offer a bribe 4 to avoid long court proceedings 14.


The Anti-Corruption Commission's spokesman, Nicholas Simani, says people must learn to say no to paying bribes.


"Majority of the general public, they're the ones who basically induce this kind of activity. So we need to have a two-way understanding here," said Simani. "You can say the police are the most corrupt, but they are being corrupted 15 because the public actually are the ones who are also giving it out. So the public also needs to be educated on this. Then we are saying that both of them are guilty. The giver and the taker is guilty of an offense 16."


Transparency International did not touch on larger issues of government corruption. For the report, the group asked 2,400 ordinary Kenyans across the country about their perceptions of corruption and whether they thought it had eased.




v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
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。
n.移植,嫁接,艰苦工作,贪污;v.移植,嫁接
  • I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
  • The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。
n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通
  • He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
  • He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
n.退步,挫折,挫败
  • Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
  • She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
v.根除,消灭,杜绝
  • These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
  • They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )
  • Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
  • Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上,却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
adj.卷入的;纠缠不清的
  • He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
  • John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵,但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.招收;登记;入学;参军;成为会员(英)enrol
  • I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
  • They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况)
  • She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。
  • Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
(使)败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏
  • The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
  • The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。
n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪
  • I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
  • His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
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acedia
acoustic conductance
ad-lib,adlibbing
Akmyane
Aktanysh
anaphylatic reaction
angular length
Arago's disk
assembling cost
aulic
bamboo borer
be crazy for
belvedered
blast ditching
blockading
C9
calandrella rufescens cheleensis
chicory plant
close ice
compiler interface
continental lithosphere
ctenomys talarum
DCTPA
digital fluxmeter
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electrostatic detection
fenarimol
fertility treatment
filings choerer
Fram Bank
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gasoline buoyancy system
geel
gravure
Heracillin
house poor
immoderancy
infiltrating lipoma
internal salivary glands
justice's court
lasing fibre
Latinly
Lepisorus
linguistic terrain
low delay code excited linear prediction
Luis Moya
medial border
metastannates
microperfusion
motor structure mass
Naya, R.
negative impedance region
nformation
nomina propria
non-orthogonal coordinates system
nontotemic
nozzle air bleed
ophiochitons
pendulum bob
persiles
phytophthora syringae klebahn
pipe organ
portable ph meter
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich
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recommend special tools
reinhartz
Sanall
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shuttle mechanism
sifu
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soemita
sparing of words
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Staryye Yurkovichi
steam air forging hammer
sume
Swertia fasciculata
tab key
Tai-p'ing
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terne coating
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the orientals
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unvariednesses
Vicq centrum semiovale
viscose solution
weapons of mass destruction
wearing thin
wearish
wooftahs
worsed
year-end summarization