VOA标准英语2008年-US Official Says No Meaningful Change Under Way
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（五月）
By Michael Bowman
Washington
18 May 2008
The Bush administration says Cuba remains 1 a repressive state despite the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul. VOA's Michael Bowman reports form Washington, where a high-ranking Cuban-American official of the Bush administration is drawing attention to the plight 2 of political prisoners on the communist-run island.
Since taking the reins 3 of power in Cuba, President Raul Castro has made headlines by allowing ordinary citizens to purchase cellular 4 phones and personal computers. Some analysts 5 see the moves as evidence that Raul Castro is more reform-minded than his older brother, and that over time Cuba may gravitate away from the communist orthodoxy that has gripped the island for nearly five decades.
But the Bush administration says it sees no evidence of meaningful change on the island. Cuban-born U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez spoke 6 on CNN's Late Edition program.
"Everything we hear is that it is the same exact repression 7, fear, brutality 8 that has existed over 49 years,” said Carlos Gutierrez. “We believe the people deserve to know, and we believe that the political prisoners in those dungeons 9 deserve to know that the international community is paying attention to them."
Gutierrez said several hundred Cubans remain imprisoned 10 for having criticized the government, and that the conditions of their incarceration 11 are deplorable. He said this Wednesday will be a day of what he termed "international solidarity 12 with Cuba" to focus the world's attention on the prisoners' plight.
The Cuban government maintains that many of the island's political prisoners are, in fact, counterrevolutionaries acting 13 as agents of the United States in an attempt to subvert 14 and overthrow 15 Cuba's communist system. The government has long maintained that many of the hardships its citizens endure are the result of the long-standing U.S. trade embargo 16 of Cuba, a charge U.S. officials reject.
In recent years, the United States has loosened the embargo to allow cash sales of food and medicine to the island.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
- She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
- She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
- The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
- She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
- Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。
- 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。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
- This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
- The captured rebels were consigned to the dungeons. 抓到的叛乱分子被送进了地牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. 他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。 来自辞典例句
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
- Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.反叛军队企图颠覆政府统治。
- They tried to subvert our state and our Party. This is the crux of the matter.他们是要颠覆我们的国家，颠覆我们的党，这是问题的实质。
- After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
- The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。