时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:VOA慢速英语2009年(二)月


英语课

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.


Iran is observing the thirtieth anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution with a ten-day celebration that began last Saturday. The nineteen seventy-nine revolution forced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi out of power and made Ayatollah Khomeini the country's leader. The revolution replaced the country's monarchy 1 with an Islamic religious government. Between two and three million Iranians left the country during and after the revolution.
 
An Iranian military member by a picture of the revolutionary founder 2, Ayatollah Khomeini near Tehran (file photo)


The revolution was meant to end a repressive rule. Yet pro-democracy reformists say the changes have not brought the freedom and justice for which many had hoped.


The anniversary celebration is called "Ten Days of Dawn." It comes about four months ahead of the nation's presidential elections in June. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking re-election for another four-year term.


Also this week, the country launched its first Iranian-made satellite into space. President Ahmadinejad reportedly called the satellite launch "a message of brotherhood 3 and peace" to the world. But the satellite launch caused international concern.


Western nations are concerned that Iran could use the missile technology to launch a nuclear weapon, which Iran is suspected of building. Iran says its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. The United States government said it will use "all elements" of its national power to deal with Iran.


On Wednesday, diplomats 4 from six major powers met in Germany. They discussed steps to take in dealing 5 with Iran and its nuclear program. The representatives from France, Germany, the United States, China, Russia and Britain said they would seek a diplomatic solution. They also urged Iran to honor the United Nations demands to stop enriching uranium and open its nuclear program to international inspectors 6.
 
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki


Also this week, early results were announced from provincial 7 elections held in neighboring Iraq. The results from last Saturday's elections show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition 8 won a strong victory over Shi'ite religious parties. Prime Minister Maliki is Shi'ite. But he has taken action against religious extremist military groups.


Fourteen of Iraq's eighteen provinces voted for ruling councils. It was the nation's first election since two thousand five. United Nations officials were heavily involved in planning the elections, which took place without any major violence. The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.


In Washington, President Obama said the provincial elections were very important. He said they showed that Iraqis are ready to take over more of their own security.


And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake. Get transcripts 9 and MP3s of our programs, and watch Special English on TV, at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.



n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国
  • The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
  • The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的,无甚实际意义。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过,通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
n.抄本( transcript的名词复数 );转写本;文字本;副本
  • Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样,都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
  • You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书,你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a catch
additional stresses abutment
age-based maintenance
as grown crystal
Astronomical Society of Australia
attedit
automatogen
averaged light measuring
body-piercings
bonville
calixarenes
capping the t
catch title
chinese society
clipper-clapper
countryfying
creative team
dairy-woman
date of large corrections
Denige's reagent
dichloronitroethane
duyker
edge rail
El Berrón
electric welded short link chain
electroencephalophone
empirical survival function
English proof agar
enman
expenditure encumbrance
eyewashing
Fahrenholz rule
faulty dental
finite free module
flatcompositron
fore-brain
gun car
harlock
immersional wetting
incised leaf
intermenstraal fever
interzooecial
IRS deadline
keitol
kokoretsi
light-bulb
liquid flow
mainline section
malocas
matriees
medianoche
meteorological element series
misknowledges
modified control limits
Mokhtārān
mollenkott
mowatts
Muang Ham
ni hao
non-weather-protected location
nonwives
Norlelobanidrine
normal tax rate
Ore Bay
overload recovery
partial pressure vacuum gauge
phonon-phonon collision
pigeoning
pollymite
polydiene rubber
proteidogenous
prune off
Punnett square method
receiver operating characteristic curve
relessors
rent-collector
restraint of marriage
ring hollow
rochambeaux
rouquet
run of river turbine
screw pair
sinisterness
skinmags
steady irrotational flow
Striatran
supersquare
tectonite
terminating network
the freedom of
thiocol
thrash something out
tongue joint with lug
traditional-styles
traffic utilization
transcription repression
tumuluses
unguiltiness
uniformly bounded above
video track straightness
Wehlerian