时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(一月)


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Guinea's new prime minister faces many challenges in returning his country to civilian 1 rule. Guinea's military leaders chose an international banker as their prime minister to lead a process toward new elections following last week's military coup 2.
 






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.



adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • 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。
n.政变;突然而成功的行动
  • 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。
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
  • 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。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • 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。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • 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。
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • 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。
n.(意见等的)一致,一致同意,共识
  • 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?
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • 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。
n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除
  • 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。
n.无政府状态;社会秩序混乱,无秩序
  • 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。
adj.无前例的,新奇的
  • 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。
n.(aluminium)铝
  • 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。
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
  • 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》
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • 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》
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离
  • 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。
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
  • 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。
adj.密切关联的;牵涉其中的
  • 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》
n.宽容;容忍,忍受;耐药力;公差
  • 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。
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • 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。
n.恐吓,威胁
  • 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。
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • 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。
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • 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。
n.托管地;命令,指示
  • The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
  • The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
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2-ethylhexyl peroxi-dicabonate
a one horse town
a-ketoacetic acid
above-stairs
abreak
acceptable conditions
air vented tumble dryer
altitude difference
Ave, R.
averse
Avogadro, count Amedeo
barrier film rectifier
ben
bias control circuit
bidirectional drive
bostrychid
ceasefires
Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind
Chechen', Ostrov
Christianization
control and dispaly unit
criticizable
dinarthrum taiwanense
discharge electrode
dp's
dust collecting plant
eileen chang
exchange words
expenditure for military establishment
Fiesta Bowl
focis
fused salt medium
FWD & REW reel stop detector
garage-sale
geniohyoids
genus Nauclea
hauns
heurn
hirdum-dirdum
homokaryons
Hueter's maneuver
hyperchrome
impulse functions
in animal body
intasuchids
interior focusing lens
isabelles
Isocarboxazide
iustices
Judaeo-Spanish
juglandifolia
katalase
kentishes
liquid cladding
marble intarsia
mechanical ground support equipment
miethe
money position
mousselines de soie
multi-mission underwater remotely operated vehicle
multiplier time division modulation
naevi of the nail matrix and bed
network of workstations
orange-wood stick
oryctocoenose
planet-striking
post-ictal
preliminary enquiry
prides of california
pseudohistory
psychojargon
puangs
read verify
rechecks
rolling-bearing
saddening
sarcocystoid
semi-controlled mosaic
service substance
space decoration
step strobe marker
submedian vein
that is the bottom line
thermologist
throat section
tidal impulse
to what extent
topkapis
transportation of live fish
ultrasonic level ga(u)ge
underground cooling
unmanifesting
ventral anterior nucleus
voice interruption priority system
washing amalgam
watchnight
water cooled impression tray
window for finance activity
wired logic control
wrasses
zero speed position
zilascorb