VOA标准英语2012--Libya to Hold First Free Election in 60 Years
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(七月)
Libya to Hold First Free Election in 60 Years
Nine months ago, Libyans were celebrating in a square in central Tripoli. They renamed it Martyrs 1' Square, in memory of the fighters who died in the revolution that ended 42 years of rule by Moammar Gadhafi.
Today, the square is busy with traffic and decorated with campaign posters for Saturday's election.
Tripoli cafes are buzzing about the election. Student Amin Siyala is home for the summer from school in Britain.
“Stuff hasn't become suddenly a lot better. That's just truth right now. But obviously we know it will get better because there still needs to be time for the elections to happen and for a new government to come and bring change,” Siyala said.
Not far away, at a more traditional cafe next to a Roman ruin, several older men also want to talk politics. Mohammed al-Hadi bin-Noba says many Libyans don't really understand what they are voting for. But he says in a way that doesn't matter. “The election is of secondary importance compared with the blood that has been spilled to make the revolution a success,” he said.
There are still concerns about security, amid tribal 2 clashes, fighting among militias 3 formed for the revolution, and regional disputes about power sharing. An Amnesty International report this week says those problems must be brought under control.
British analyst 4 Anthony Skinner, at the Maplecroft risk assessment 5 firm, shares the concern, but he told VOA via Skype the overall trajectory 6 in Libya is positive.
“It's inevitable 7 that these various groups will want to ensure that their interests are protected. And they will continue to jockey for power. And unfortunately because of the level of armament and because the various militias have not been absorbed into the military, this will translate into further gun battles, I expect,” Skinner said.
But the problems are far from the minds of this family having a day out in Tripoli.
Dr. Mohammed Reda Mangoos and his wife Naima Al-Taher are excited about the vote, and the doctor remembers Libya's last free election in 1952. “That day, I was about six years old. I still remember, like a dream. There was voting in my city. I still remember, like a dream. Now, we are proud to see this again,” Mangoos said.
“It's enough for us that we see all the posters of the candidates all around, colors and faces from all kinds of personalities 8. It used to be just one picture of one man filled the whole area. You didn't see anyone but Gadhafi,” Al-Taher said.
There are more than 140 parties and small factions 9 campaigning for the election, and hundreds of independent candidates. Islamists are expected to do well, as is a secular 10 group of officials who were involved in last year's transition. But Libyans from all walks of life say the country will plot a moderate course regardless of who is elected.
- the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
- They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
- The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
- 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。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
- It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
- The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
- There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
- Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
- 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