VOA标准英语2011--Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal o
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(四月)
Yemen Opposition 1 Rejects Gulf 2 Proposal on Power Transfer
Yemen's opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because the proposal appears to offer him immunity 3 from prosecution 4, while Saleh himself welcomed the Gulf plan.
Anti-government protests continued across Yemen Monday, despite the acceptance by President Ali Abdullah Saleh of a Gulf Cooperation Council proposal to put an end to weeks of popular unrest.
A statement from President Saleh's office indicated that he had agreed to a "peaceful" and "constitutional" transfer of power to his vice 5-president Abdrabuh Hadi Mansur.
The six-nation GCC did not specify 6 a time frame for the power transfer, however, and the statement from Saleh appears to indicate that he agrees to transfer power after the next elections in 2013.
GCC Secretary General Abdel Latif Zayati insisted that the group's proposal was in Yemen's best interest. He said in the GCC proposal power will be transferred peacefully and securely, preventing Yemen from falling into chaos 7 and violence, with the framework of a national agreement.
Yemen Post newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hakim Almasmari, however, insisted that Yemeni protesters are not happy with the GCC proposal because it allows President Saleh to remain in the country.
"We're seeing refusal and rejection 8 from all sides in Yemen opposing the Saleh regime, because this initiative does not clearly say that Saleh steps down," said Almasmari. "If Saleh stays in power, even though he transfers his power to the vice-president, he will still be the most powerful person in the country. He owns the institutions, the businesses, the companies, the banks. The heads of all the institutions in Yemen are loyal to him and not the vice president making this a failure before it even starts."
Meanwhile, Syrian security forces have broken up a student demonstration 9 at Damascus University in support of anti-government protesters. Activists 11 reported several arrests.
Syrian army troops were deployed 12 in the port city of Banias early Monday in an apparent bid to quell 13 bloody 14 clashes over the weekend. Al Jazeera TV claimed that the government cut electricity to the city as part of measures to put down public unrest.
In Bahrain, a top human rights activist 10 was interrogated 15 by military prosecutors 16 Monday over allegations of tampering 17 with photos of prisoners allegedly beaten in government custody 18. At least several Shi'ite protesters have died after being arrested and held by the country's Sunni Muslim rulers.
- 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。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
- He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
- Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
- The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
- He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
- Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- Two policemen were accused of tampering with the evidence. 有两名警察被控篡改证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- As Harry London had forecast, Brookside's D-day caught many meter-tampering offenders. 正如哈里·伦敦预见到的那样，布鲁克赛德的D日行动抓住了不少非法改装仪表的人。 来自辞典例句