时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:VOA慢速英语2007年(十)月


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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.


 
The opening ceremony of the 17th Communist Party Congress in the Great Hall of the People
China's Communist Party is meeting this week in Beijing. More than two thousand delegates are electing party leaders and deciding policies that will guide China for the next five years. The seventeenth party congress comes at a time of increasing social unrest in China.


The meeting opened on Monday and will end on Sunday. Party congresses are held every five years. Much of the discussion is held in secret.


The delegates are expected to elect President Hu Jintao to a second five-year term. The results of the party congress will intensify 1 predictions about China's next leaders after Mister Hu and Premier 2 Wen Jiabao retire in five years.


 
President Hu Jintao
In his opening speech on Monday, the president included among his goals a promise to fight corruption 3. Some political observers, however, noted 4 that corruption can be especially difficult to fight in a one-party form of government. There are few checks and balances on local officials.


Other problems caused by twenty years of fast economic growth in China include pollution, high prices and disputes over land. Violent protests and riots have taken place in rural areas.


Officials heavily increased security in Beijing for the party congress. Human rights groups say several dissidents and other activists 5 have been detained or questioned in recent weeks.


Last week, twelve thousand people signed an open letter demanding reforms and help for their problems. Activists say the leader of the group was detained.


Past congresses have resulted in major changes in the party.


For example, at the seventh party congress in nineteen forty-five, Mao Zedong's "thought" became the official thinking of the party. At the nineteen eighty-two meeting, Deng Xiaoping’s form of socialism started the economic reforms that continue to drive China’s growth.


The Communist Party has ruled China since nineteen forty-nine. That was when the People's Liberation Army defeated the Chinese Nationalists in a civil war. The Nationalists fled to Formosa, now called Taiwan.


In recent months tensions between China and Taiwan have increased following Taiwan's latest attempt to join the United Nations. China considers Taiwan a part of Chinese territory awaiting reunification ‿by force, if necessary.


In his speech Monday, President Hu warned Taiwan against declaring independence. But the statement differed from past speeches. It did not directly threaten the use of force to bring Taiwan under Chinese rule.


President Hu also called for negotiations 6 on a peace agreement if Taiwan accepts the idea of "one China."


A Taiwanese spokesman said Taiwan will not talk with a government that suppresses Tibet, kills its own citizens and supports the military rulers in Burma. And President Chen Shui-bian said a peace treaty based on the "one China" idea would really be a surrender agreement.


And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake. I’m Steve Ember.



vt.加强;变强;加剧
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
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。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • 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。
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