2006年VOA标准英语-19 Members of Somalia's Cabinet Resign
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Alisha Ryu
Mogadishu
27 July 2006
Nineteen Cabinet ministers in Somalia's fragile secular 1 interim 2 government in Baidoa resigned Thursday, possibly in an attempt to facilitate a power-sharing deal with rival Islamists. Meanwhile, the Islamists strengthened their grip on power, accepting the peaceful surrender of its last rival secular militia 3 in Mogadishu.
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The list of those who resigned from Somalia's U.N.-backed but powerless Transitional Federal Government includes seven ministers, seven assistant ministers, and four state ministers.
In a joint 4 letter, the ministers complained that the government lacked transparency and accountability and its leaders had failed to work toward national reconciliation 5 and development since the interim body was formed 19 months ago.
In a clear split with interim government President Abdullahi Yusuf, the ministers said that the government compromised itself by becoming too close to Somalia's much-feared and reviled 6 neighbor Ethiopia. Yusuf asked for Ethiopia's help in dealing 7 with the growing Islamist threat to his government's authority.
The regional power, which is largely Christian 8, strongly supports secular leaders Yusuf and the prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi. Ethiopia is believed to have sent its troops across the border in recent weeks to protect the interim government from a possible attack by fundamentalist Islamic militias 9, which have vowed 10 to expand their control over all of Somalia after seizing Mogadishu in early June.
Ethiopia's military involvement has been condemned 11 by Islamic leaders in Mogadishu, who say they will not attend a second round of talks with the interim government in Khartoum, Sudan until all Ethiopian soldiers leave Somalia.
Ethiopia says it will defend its interests, no matter what the cost and has accused arch enemy Eritrea of giving arms and training to the Islamists. Addis Ababa says the latest shipment of weapons from Eritrea arrived Wednesday in Mogadishu by plane.
The Bush administration has been urging the main parties in the Somalia conflict to commit to dialogue for a unity 12 government, and is calling on Somalia's neighbors to avoid any actions that might complicate 13 those efforts.
The two Horn of African countries fought a bitter border war from 1998 to 2000. They both have records of backing rebel groups to destabilize each other and Somalis fear their country could be a new front in their conflict.
To entice 14 Islamists back to the negotiating table, lawmakers in Baidoa, where the interim government is based, say a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Gedi has been presented in parliament for debate on Saturday.
If the vote passes, Somali observers say interim government representatives could offer the key post of prime minister to the Islamists as a move toward bringing them into a formal government and avoiding a major war in the region.
Meanwhile, the Islamists completed their nearly two month-long takeover of the capital, accepting the peaceful surrender of the last rival militiamen and their territory.
Clan 15 militiamen, under the command of current interim interior minister and factional leader Hussein Mohamed Farah Aideed, have held the vast presidential compound, known as Villa 16 Somalia, since the country plunged 17 into lawlessness and factionalism 15 years ago.
In a ceremony at the compound on Thursday, Aideed's representative at Villa Somalia, Abukar Ganay, told Islamic officials that Aideed's Sa'ad clan welcomed the handover of the complex as a symbolic 18 new beginning for the country.
Ganay says the clan decided 19 to hand over the Villa Somalia so that an Islamic court could be established to bring law and order at last to all Somalis.
Last month, Aideed told VOA that he would never surrender Villa Somalia to the Islamists without a fight. The factional leader-turned-politician has not said what made him change his mind.
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
- Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
- The tramp reviled the man who drove him off. 流浪汉辱骂那位赶他走开的人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The old man reviled against corruption. 那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
- The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- 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。
- There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
- These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
- Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
- I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白，为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
- The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
- We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
- We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。