2006年VOA标准英语-Zimbabwe Pays Off IMF Debt as Economic Dec
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By Tendai Maphosa
Harare
16 February 2006
Security forces detain a group after Valentine's day march aimed at advocating for affordable 1 food and social justice in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has settled its arrears 2 with the International Monetary 3 Fund. The announcement comes against a backdrop of an expected further fall in tobacco production. The crop had been one of the country's major generators 4 of foreign currency.
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Zimbabwe has made a final payment of $9 million to clear its debt with the IMF General Resource Account. A report carried by both the state broadcaster and the state-controlled daily newspaper The Herald 5 says this means the country cannot be expelled from the organization.
An IMF statement confirmed the development, saying the debt payment cancels the process for compulsory 6 withdrawal 7 of Zimbabwe initiated 8 in December 2003.
But the statement added Zimbabwe still has overdue 9 obligations to the Fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility amounting to $119 million.
The IMF has sent a number of missions to Zimbabwe, the most recent one earlier this year. It has made major policy recommendations, including the end of arbitrary seizures 10 of white-owned commercial farms.
The government's sometimes-violent land reform program launched in 2000 saw white farmers losing their farms ostensibly for the settlement of landless blacks. Some of President Mugabe's allies have helped themselves to more than one farm and production has nose-dived as the new farmers lack experience and materials such as fertilizers and seed.
The IMF Executive Board says it is to review Zimbabwe's arrears to the Fund on March 8. The meeting will consider Zimbabwe's cooperation with the Fund on policies and payments, as well as the remaining sanctions and remedial measures relating to Zimbabwe's arrears.
In another report, The Herald quoted the Tobacco Industry and Marketing 11 Board forecast of a 70 million kilogram tobacco harvest, down by four million kilograms from last year.
Before the farm seizures, agriculture was Zimbabwe's leading foreign currency earner. In 1999, 250 million kilograms of tobacco accounted for one-third of the country's foreign currency earnings 12.
Zimbabwe is facing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1980 characterized by hyperinflation at 613 percent, more than 70 percent unemployment and chronic 13 shortages of fuel and basic foodstuffs 14.
Donor 15 agencies and economists 16 blame economic mismanagement and the botched land-reform exercise for the meltdown. But President Robert Mugabe blames sanctions by former colonial power Britain and its western allies for the country's problems. He charges that Zimbabwe is being punished for reclaiming 17 land stolen by the colonialists.
Britain, the European Union, and the United States have imposed a travel ban on the president and senior ruling party and government officials, but trade ties have not been affected 18.
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
- The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.购车贷款的偿付被拖欠了三个月。
- They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.他们催讨拖欠的工钱。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
- Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
- Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
- Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了,被坏天气耽搁了。
- The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了,因为房租过期未付。
- Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因,有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句
- They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
- He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
- That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
- Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
- Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports. 食物进口仅占总进口额的一小部份。
- Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free. 许多基本食物如牛奶和面包是免税的。
- In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下,接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
- The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢? 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹