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英语课

By Greg Flakus
Mexico City
01 July 2006


In Mexico the noise of the campaigns is now over and voters are preparing to make their final choices for president as well as regional offices on Sunday. Election officials expect to announce preliminary results a few hours after polls close, but the presidential race is so close it could take longer.


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Supporters of PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wave their flags before in Morelia City  
  
Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known by its Spanish initials as IFE, has polling stations and personnel in place all across the country. IFE President Luis Carlos Ugalde says all is in place for the voters.


He says the time of the electors and voters is now here. He says IFE is well prepared for the voting and that a quick count should reveal the winning presidential candidate before midnight local time Sunday.


However, IFE has plans in place to delay any announcement of results in the case of very close results. There is even one plan to delay any official pronouncement of a winner until September, something that would leave Mexico in a state of anxiety and uncertainty 1 that could harm the economy and social stability.


But government officials say they are not worried. Ruben Aguilar, the spokesman for President Vicente Fox, says order will prevail.


He says all is set for the election and that the government does not expect trouble of any sort either in the process or following the announcement of results.


But some political analysts 2 remain concerned. The last published public opinion polls show a presidential election race in a statistical 3 dead heat between the ruling National Action Party candidate Felipe Calderon and the candidate of the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.


Some political analysts note that Lopez Obrador has made statements that could lay the groundwork for complaints if the final results are not in his favor. He has promised to abide 4 by the results, but it is feared that many of his supporters could take to the streets if Calderon is declared the victor.


Forty-three-year-old Felipe Calderon served in the Fox cabinet as Energy Minister, but then defied the president by running in his party's primary and defeating former Interior Minister Santiago Creel, who was said to have the backing of President Fox. Calderon thus has the youthful rebel image that separates him from some of the failures of the Fox government, while at the same time benefiting from its successes. He has promised to carry out broad economic and political reforms if elected.


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a former mayor of Mexico City who is described by most analysts as a populist. The 52-year-old candidate has based his campaign on promises to alleviate 5 poverty. During his time as mayor he was known for grand public works projects and a welfare program for the elderly.


For most of the past year polls showed Lopez Obrador as the clear frontrunner, but he stumbled badly a few months ago when he used crude language to criticize President Fox, something many Mexicans found offensive. He fell further in the polls after declining to participate in a debate with Calderon and other candidates. He did participate in a debate held earlier this month, however, and since then his standing 6 in the polls has risen.



n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
  • 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。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adj.统计的,统计学的
  • He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
  • They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。
vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受
  • You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
  • If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部,你就得遵守它的规章。
v.减轻,缓和,缓解(痛苦等)
  • The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
acate pneumonic tuberculosis
air tanker
Allen key
amynologic
AOEL
AORTF
aperture-field method
Bactris
benzene hexachloride (bhc)
cage structure
camcorders
caraca
carved wooden necklace
ccr(current cell rate)
centerbody
charge turbulent fluctuation
circle shear
circular shelf dryer
closed cycle
coefficient of self oscillation
conjugate locus
conservations of mass
corrosion resisting property
cost utility analysis
cross-adaptation
crumpacker
cryogenic heat pipe
crystalliser
diacetyl-dihydroxydiphenylisatin
dimethyl tartrate
double punch and blank-column detection
dower and courtesy interests
Duhring's diagram
enteric bacillus
epistatic gene
EPO-R
family Lobotidae
Fleet vehicle
fuze firing mechanism
gets along
graduated hopper-charging
gynaeco-
Hall flowmeter
hindshanks
honey glands
Johnny on the spot
lehmannite
listenest
literary critics
make one's escape
marieclaude
mechanization of maintenance
miniatus
molecular absorption band
mounting metallurgical specimens
musculus extensor digitorum longus pedis
network-connected
neutral phosphate
NIH-7519
orates
paddle type agitator
papillary foramen
paris-journal
Phyllomahaleb
pitching change
platform barrier
POPSIPT
Porlezzina
propeller-regulating mechanism
pulpiform
rassling
recovery flap
remerging
resistance-weld mill
rock bolting jumbo
S.S.P.
spheriflex hub
spring gage
stopine
sturrocks
subdetector
superpredicate
switching line
tail throat of a hump yard
teeming stage
tetralogies of fallot
the Met
The sands are running out.
theater air priority number
Themar
tie-in line
tin plate printing
tinamidaes
trachodonts
transfer target
turning block
turpentine wood oil
universal cutter and tool grinder
weather search radar
zahava
Zarp