voa标准英语2008年-Southern Africa Gears up for Zimbabwe Summit
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)
The Movement for Democratic Change is gloomy about the future of the September 15 power-sharing agreement. Party spokesman Nelson Chamis says there are numerous violations 4 of the agreement, citing in particular violence against party members and civil society activists. He said the agreement has become a corpse 5 and it should now be buried.
Zimbabwe's opposition 6 leader Morgan Tsvangirai, arrives for power-sharing talks with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe, 17 Oct 2008
The MDC has a narrow majority in parliament and party leader Morgan Tsvangirai decisively beat President Robert Mugabe in the first round of presidential elections in March. Tsvangirai withdrew from the second round citing violence against his supporters and President Mugabe's victory was widely condemned 7 by African observers who said it was not a fair poll and failed to reflect the will of Zimbabweans.
In the September agreement, the party leaders agreed to the number of posts each party would hold but they did not agree on which ministerial posts would be allocated 8 to which party. Last month Mr. Mugabe, who heads ZANU-PF, unilaterally assigned the portfolios 9, giving his own party all three security ministries 10 - defense 11, police and intelligence.
Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe's civil rights activists say this is unacceptable. In addition they say that the home affairs ministry 12, which controls the police, should be an MDC position.
President Robert Mugabe (file photo)
Several top civil rights and constitutional lawyers in Harare have written critiques recently of the power-sharing agreement and say it is massively defective 13 and leaves ultimate power in Mr. Mugabe's hands, and that he can override 14 the powers of the prime minister designate, Tsvangirai.
When it was signed, the agreement was guaranteed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki on behalf of South Africa and by the Southern Africa Development Community. However, no regional authority or mechanisms 15 have been put in plaace, to police violations by a transitional power sharing government if it is indeed established.
Insiders in the MDC say, if there is no resolution at the Sunday summit, they will also ask that the dispute be referred to the African Union, and if the AU is unable to resolve the deadlock 16 that it be referred to the United Nations.
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki (file photo)
The 14 SADC member states at the summit appointed Mr. Mbeki to mediate 17 the Zimbabwe crisis in April 2007, after Tsvangirai and scores of his colleagues were injured while in police custody 18. Apart from some reform to a handful of repressive laws, that mediation 19 failed last December to produce a new constitution ahead of the March elections.
More than 120 MDC supporters were killed and thousands arrested, injured and displaced during the election period between March and June. Since then there has been a lull 20, which was broken last week when scores of people were attacked in Epworth, a Harare suburb where the MDC enjoys strong support. The party says more supporters and other activists have been arrested and beaten in rural areas north and west of Harare.
Two leaders from the Women of Zimbabwe Arise movement were released Thursday after three weeks in detention 21. They said they were held in inhuman 22 conditions and that fellow prisoners were grossly malnourished.
The SADC summit also takes place against the background of an unprecedented 23 food shortage in Zimbabwe. Humanitarian 24 agencies are struggling to overcome bureaucratic 25 delays hindering distribution of food aid. More than five million people, or nearly half the population, will need emergency food assistance by January.
- The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
- Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
- They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
- The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
- 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。
- Price risk arises in non-trading portfolios, as well as in trading portfolios. 价格风险中出现的非贸易投资，以及在贸易投资组合。 来自互联网
- How do we fatten our portfolios and stay financially healthy? 我们怎样育肥我们的投资结构和维持财政健康呢？ 来自互联网
- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
- If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。
- The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
- I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
- The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
- The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
- They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
- The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
- Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
- It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic airs.劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的官气。
- In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.在这个公司里即使是领一支新铅笔，也必须通过繁琐的手续。