VOA标准英语2008年-Zimbabwe's Mugabe Threatens to Form Government
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has threatened to form a new government without including the opposition 1, but has not withdrawn 2 from talks aimed at forming a government of national unity 3. As VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, the opposition has condemned 4 his comments as a recipe for disaster.
President Robert Mugabe
The state-owned Herald 5 newspaper quoted Mr. Mugabe as saying that he would soon be forming a new government, and adding that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change apparently 6 did not want to be part of it.
Mr. Mugabe had been jeered 7 and heckled by MDC legislators Tuesday during his opening address at parliament. His comments reported by The Herald were made at a lunch following those events.
A spokesman for Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has condemned the comments as a declaration of war against the people of Zimbabwe. Speaking to Agence France Presse, spokesman Nelson Chamisa said Mr. Mugabe is trying to hijack 8 the leadership of Zimbabwe.
Both factions 9 of the MDC say they will not be party to the formation of a government until the conclusion of the power-sharing talks that are currently in stalemate.
But some observers note the current war of words between Zimbabwe's political parties are attempts by each side to create pressure on the other in advance of the eventual 10 resumption of the negotiations 11.
University of Johannesburg political analyst 12 Adam Habib tells VOA that Mr. Mugabe needs to halt the collapse 13 in Zimbabwe's economy. Habib adds that to do so the Zimbabwe leader needs a government of national unity and needs the MDC to be part of it.
"There is a recognition that none of the international aid is going to materialize without the MDC, at least the majority section of the MDC, being represented in government," he said.
Meanwhile, the Harare lower court has postponed 14 the treason case against MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti to November. Biti, who is also the MDC's chief negotiator was charged in June, and his lawyer says the evidence against him is fraudulent.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
- All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
- 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。
- 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。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd. 警察受到在等待的人群的嘲弄。
- The crowd jeered when the boxer was knocked down. 当那个拳击手被打倒时，人们开始嘲笑他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
- The hijack take place just after the plane take off.劫持是飞机刚起飞后发生的。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
- Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
- 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。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。