时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


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Zambians go to the polls Thursday to elect a new president following the death in August of Levy 1 Mwanawasa who had won two elections and served six years in office. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg.

There are four candidates seeking to become president of Zambia in Thursday's poll, but analysts 2 say the race is really between two main contenders. They are incumbent 3 Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy and the Patriotic 4 Front's Michael Sata.

The candidates have now held their last rallies in what has been a vigorous two month campaign. There have been some clashes but in general the process has been peaceful. Researcher Dimpho Motsamai of the independent Institute for Global Dialogue in Johannesburg, says it is likely that polling will go smoothly 5.

"I think things are sort of under control, we got reports from the SADC observers there, and also we have COMESA there. And they are expecting things to go, in terms of people casting their votes, to go very peacefully," said Motsamai.

But there have been allegations from opposition 6 parties that the ruling party is planning to rig the poll. Motsamai says these allegations have been fueled by the fact that the Electoral Commission ordered extra ballot 7 papers.

"Out of 3.9 million registered voters, the electoral commission has printed 4.5 million ballot papers. So already we are talking about a situation where there is a lot of debate on the outcome, regardless of what the outcome is," said Motsamai.

The allegations prompted Sata and another candidate, Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development, to say they will not accept the outcome of the poll if they conclude there has been rigging. Motsamai says this is irresponsible.

"It is really irresponsible leadership on the part of the opposition parties, and I think it is already heightening prospects 8 for violence, even as we speak," said Motsamai.

The results of a poll released late last week, showed Sata leading with potentially 46 percent, and President Banda trailing behind at 32 percent. But some analysts say the outcome is likely to be very close, and that it is not possible to predict a winner.

n.征收税或其他款项,征收额
  • They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
  • A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • 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。
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
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。
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • 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。
学英语单词
a change of scenery
accumulation zone
aerothermodynamic duct (ramjet)
alloy for conductor
bactrocera (zeugodacus) nigrifacies
bad banks
Barqueros
base bid specifications
baseline configuration
biggish
bontle
boot sock
bredrin
bulbus
burstiest
CCET
centralized control over the revenues and expenditures
conical boring
cpdes of construction
dark night of the soul
delineation unit
dhurries
Diacort
dis-associating
disanimation
dropsied
dweck
dzialdowka (wkra)
dziedzic
editer
enteroclysm
espo
extensive propertys
filarees
fortheir
free-radical polymerization
frequency modulatinon index
furme
gastric mucoitin
genus pisanosauruss
hairlike
hard salting
heavy-duty traffic
honeymoon effect
inertia immunity sync circuit
integrated weapon-aiming computer
international indebtedness
intrayle
kernels
labyrinthine congestion
lapout
Leri's sign
love-it-or-hate-it
macrolactones
main engine foundation
mechanics of fracture
melanofibroma
methyl phenyl silicone resin
mobile classroom
moevable
molines
monopile
Nanzi District
occipital crest
olefine
Pak Nam
perfectly mobil component
peripheral jetskirt
poker coordinates
potato tuberworm
preferential reabsorption
pressure receptor
primary production
push tube
qingdao
random integral
roller drying
sawed-off shotguns
short-listeds
shum
Sicorten
specific pressure
spermine synthase
stroma gl. thyreoide?
suivi
T.S.A.
tangential servo
tempus edax rerum
terrifical
tiruvarur
tongue sign
tooth clinching
transsect
unbrowsable
video solar magnetograph
viridofulvin
Wallman amplifier
Warren-Root model
white blood cell count
wyrne
yellowgold