VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe Leaders Review Economic Progr
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)
Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the country needs billions of dollars to pull its economy back to the levels of a decade ago when it was at its peak.
Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 24 December 2009
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Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti
Finance Minister Biti was addressing the media at the launch of a three-year economic blueprint 1. He warned uncertainty 2 over the future of the fragile unity 3 government is hampering 4 economic recovery.
Zimbabwe's economy has experienced negative growth during the past decade. But it is forecast to expand by more than four percent this year and grow by seven percent in 2010. The economy has stabilized 5 since the national unity government came to power in February and the Zimbabwe dollar was replaced.
Minister Bitty said Zimbabwe must carry out a land audit 6 following the sometimes-violent land-reform program carried out by President Robert Mugabe. The exercise saw white farmers being run off their farms for the resettlement of landless blacks.
Critics of the program say most of the land went to individuals close to the president. Some of the beneficiaries, they say, have helped themselves to more than one property. After the land reforms, the agriculture-based economy was decimated and Zimbabwe became dependent on international food aid. The new owners have no title deeds.
Meanwhile, President Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, the three leaders of the unity government met to discuss outstanding matters on the deal that brought the government together.
Afterward 7, they addressed the media in what turned out to be an end-of year review of their partnership 8 in government. Asked when the outstanding issues would be resolved, Mr. Mugabe said time frames could not be kept as negotiations 9 are about give and take.
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PM Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and President Robert Mugabe (R) are pictured at Zimbabwe International Investment Conference in Harare, 09 Jul 2009
"Arguments that take place go beyond those time frames because they are arguments not just of ourselves they are argument even of the bodies that we represent and the bodies that we represent are prone 10 to criticizing us much more than to accepting our decisions," he said.
The president said the unity government had fulfilled much more than what remains 11 to be resolved. He added that negotiations should not get bogged 12 down over the appointment of individuals such as Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Mr. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change insists the appointments of Tomana and central-bank governor Gideon Gono were in breach 13 of the unity government agreement.
Prime Minister Tsvangirai said the difficult negotiations happened before the government was formed and now it is about implementation 14, which takes time.
"It is going to be frustrating 15, but that is now about implementation, it is not about substance. The substance we have already concluded," he said.
Mr. Tsvangirai said the parties' negotiating teams should be given time to deal with the outstanding issues.
- All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
- The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
- Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。
- The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
- His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
- As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- 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。
- Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
- He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
- It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
- It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》