VOA标准英语2009年-Guinea's New Prime Minister Faces Challenges
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(一月)
Banker Kabine Komara pictured upon his arrival at Conkary airport, 30 Dec 2008
Kabine Komara has returned to Guinea to help the country's new military leaders fulfill 3 their promise of democratic elections in December 2010.
The veteran of Guinea's central bank and Ministry 4 of Finance was most recently a senior director at the African Export-Import Bank in Cairo. Komara was one of four men nominated by labor 5 leaders to assume the post of prime minister following anti-government protests in 2007.
Then-president Lansana Conte decided 6 against him. But the French Ambassador to Guinea, Jean-Michel Berrit, believes Komara's previous nomination 7 makes him a solid consensus 8 choice to work toward new elections.
Ambassador Berrit says the French government wishes Komara good luck and believes that for the first time in Guinea's history, the country may be ready for a free election. He says there is considerable work to be done, but Guinea is in a better position than some of its neighbors. While Guinea appears to be on the road toward elections, the French ambassador says that road should not be a long one.
Army Captain Moussa Camara came to power last week in a coup launched within hours of President Conte's death. Captain Camara said the military was taking charge to stop what he called widespread corruption 9, impunity 10, anarchy 11, and "unprecedented 12 economic and social crisis."
Guinea is one of the world's poorest nations despite being the world's largest exporter of aluminum 13 ore.
Fighting poverty is clearly one of the new prime minister's greatest challenges, especially as most foreign donors 14 are still condemning 15 the military take-over. The African Union has suspended Guinea. The United States says the military's undermining constitutional rule can only lead to greater isolation 16.
Human rights officials say restoring international good-will is linked to delivering on promised elections, improving government accountability and fighting illegal drug trafficking.
Corrine Dufka, the regional director for West Africa for the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, says chronic 17 abuses by security forces and the previous government's complicity in drug trafficking leaves Captain Camara with a serious crisis in governance.
"There are individuals within his government that have been implicated 18 in issues related to drug trafficking and certainly in issues related to excessive use of force. So he needs to send a very clear message very soon that there will be a zero tolerance 19 for abuses by the military of any sort," said Dufka.
While military leaders say Prime Minister Komara will run the government and lead the process toward new elections, Dufka says Guinea has a long history of military intervention 20 in political affairs.
"One of the problems in Guinea is you have not had a separation between military and political life for decades. And when that happens, the military can use their influence, can use the powers of intimidation 21 to try to influence a political process. So you don't have that strict split between political and military life which is necessary in order to have free and fair elections," Komara.
Legislative 22 elections in Guinea have already been postponed 23 three times. So Prime Minister Komara will preside over a national assembly with lawmakers who are already serving well beyond their electoral mandate 24. Military leaders say legislative elections scheduled for next year will be put back again to coincide with presidential elections in 2010.
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
- 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。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
- 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。
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
- The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。
- There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察,社会就会无法无天。
- The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
- 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。
- The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
- During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段,它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
- He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后,生活比较孤寂。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。