时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)


英语课
In Zimbabwe, a proposed constitutional amendment 2 to create a unity 3 government has been published, paving the way for parliament to take up the matter. But, the opposition 4 Movement for Democratic Change says negotiations 5 over power-sharing must be concluded first.
 






Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, 11 Dec 2008



President Robert Mugabe's government says, if the opposition does not endorse 6 the amendment in parliament, he will call new elections. The two factions 8 of the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, have a majority of the 210 seats in Parliament, and a two-thirds majority is needed to amend 1 the constitution.

Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for the MDC, said Sunday 10 of the 31 ministries 9 still need to be negotiated before addressing the constitutional amendment.

On Saturday, South African President Kgalema Mothlanthe said the publishing of the amendment will pave the way for the formation of an inclusive government. Mr. Mothlanthe is also chairman of the regional Southern African Development Community, or SADC, which at a summit last month said it had resolved the remaining differences toward forming a unity government in Zimbabwe.

The African Union last week encouraged all three parties, Mr. Tsvangirai's MDC, the ruling ZANU-PF party and a small faction 7 of the MDC, whose leaders signed a global political agreement in September, to go into government as soon as possible.

Veteran Zimbabwe political analyst 10 Brian Raftopoulos said Sunday, the MDC was holding out to see if it could get more power over the security portfolios 11.

He warned that if the MDC did not go into an inclusive government, the party should expect that its structures would be further depleted 12 by repression 13 and that the economic decline would intensify 14.

Zimbabwe's spiraling economic decline has been compounded by a cholera 15 epidemic 16 that has killed nearly 800 people and infected nearly 17,000 others.



vt.修改,修订,改进;n.[pl.]赔罪,赔偿
  • The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
  • You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • 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。
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • 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。
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书,背署;批注;同意
  • No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
  • I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争
  • Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
  • I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境,在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • 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
(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期
  • 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。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • 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。
n.投资组合( portfolio的名词复数 );(保险)业务量;(公司或机构提供的)系列产品;纸夹
  • 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
n.镇压,抑制,抑压
  • 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。
vt.加强;变强;加剧
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
n.霍乱
  • The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
  • Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
学英语单词
Al Qāhirah
anchoring equipment
andaluss
Aneurolepidium
asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia
Bactrosaurus
bar bender
Baron Adrian
blow out valve
blown down
Bothenhampton
brow spot
bullivants
canzoneri
Carlanstown
chamaecristas
changer in organization
cheese heating-forming machine
clay brown loam
Colimycine
conformal curvature
congress
counsel and procure
CSSL
decolourizes
default penalty
disturbance of franchise
Dorndorf
edge tools
forty all
geometrical view factor
gilliams
go though
Gottingen wind tunnel
heat accumulation of large intestine
house-maid
howyas
in transit
indigofera spicata
internal feed water pipe
IrfanView
ischemic hypoxia
judicial evidence
kidney belt
konal
la?nnec's disease
laugh with
lay out
leather-workers
line accentuated contour
macromole
market information
mobile accelerator
multiradix index
muscle-wasting
nbdl
nephalism
nephrolytic sera
neurotoxicant
nighthawker
nitrosophenyldimethylpyrazole
nonempty subset
not too well
oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
officium
Ogarkovo
osmium tetrahydroxide
parasitic resonance
Parnassia nubicola
permanent germ
Phaius wenshanensis
phi coefficient
polarity of sunspots
razorblade
red-hot poker
reliability step
reverse cylinder valve arm
sapidnesses
sarmentosigenin
scaling multivibrator
secure communication processor
segregation of hydrocarbons
Seine, B.de la
semiconducting paper
send state variable
sialic acid
sixshooters
Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
spring temper
stepladder stage
stripping technique
styleworthy
supporting hyperplane method
surrentum
t-account
umw (ultra micro waves)
un-challenging
unbias(s)ed fuel element
underexposed
unenamored
winegrowing
woodcrofts