voa标准英语2008-New Cabinet Ministers Take Oath in Nigeria
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
Cabinet appointments part of efforts to rejuvenate 1 administration, says Pres. Umaru Yar'Adua (file photo)
Amid loud applause, President Yar'Adua administered the oath of office and secrecy 2 to each of the 16 new ministers at the Presidential Villa 3 in Abuja.
Former OPEC secretary-general Rilwanu Lukman took over as minister of energy, a position previously 4 held by the president. Other names included Dora Akunyili, who as head of the national drug administration spearheaded a crackdown on counterfeit 5 drugs. She was assigned the information ministry 6 portfolio 7.
Akunyili described her appointment as a call to higher national service.
"It is a way of the president recognizing and appreciating the job we have been doing in NAFDAC for almost eight years now and that is why he has decided 8 to give me a higher position with a wider responsibility so I can replicate 9 in a wider form what I have done in NAFDAC. And I definitely not going to let him down, or let Nigerians down or the international community that are watching," she said.
Months of uncertainty 10 over who will be in the new Cabinet has slowed government business in sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest economy.
Analysts 11 said the Yar'Adua administration has made little progress on the areas the president set as his priorities, 18 months after his election.
Yar'Adua's critics said he has moved too slowly on reforms; citing long delays in putting together a draft 2009 budget, choosing a new Cabinet and revamping the energy sector 12.
A fighter of the Movement for the Emancipation 13 of the Niger Delta 14 (MEND) at the militia's creek 15 camp in the Niger Delta, (file photo)
The administration also faces major challenges in the restive 16 Niger Delta, where militants 17 had been kidnapping expatriates and vandalizing oil production facilities, and crumbling 18 infrastructure 19 in the most populous 20 African nation of 146 million.
Godswill Orubebe, previously the minister of special duties, was picked to head the newly created Niger Delta ministry. He will be in charge of improving security in the oil-rich delta, the heartland of the country's oil and gas sector.
A presidential aide told VOA the Cabinet re-organization was part of efforts to rejuvenate the administration to better deliver services to Nigerians.
- The mountain air will rejuvenate you.山里的空气会使你恢复活力。
- Exercise is perhaps the most effective way to rejuvenate your skin.锻炼可能是使皮肤恢复活力的最好手段。
- All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
- Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。
- We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
- We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
- The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。
- 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。
- He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
- He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The DNA of chromatin must replicate before cell division.染色质DNA在细胞分裂之前必须复制。
- It is also easy to replicate,as the next subsection explains.就像下一个小节详细说明的那样，它还可以被轻易的复制。
- 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。
- 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。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
- The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
- The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
- The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。