VOA标准英语2009年-Mozambique Holds National Elections
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
By Scott Bobb
Maputo
28 October 2009
An unidentified woman gestures after casting her ballot 1 for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial 2 assemblies elections in Maputo, Mozambique, 28 Oct 2009
Voters in Mozambique went to the polls Wednesday in national elections for president, parliament and provincial assemblies. Officials report voting was largely orderly and peaceful.
The lines at polling stations across Mozambique began forming before dawn Wednesday as voters turned out early to elect their next government.
President Armando Guebuza of the ruling Frelimo Party was one of the first to vote in Maputo. He is running for a second, five-year term.
He told national television that he is appealing to all Mozambicans to vote in a spirit of celebration, without violence.
Veteran opposition 3 leader Afonso Dhlakama of the Renamo Party also voted early. During the campaign he complained of many irregularities.
He says the main issue is that the elections be free and transparent 4. That is the only way that the loser can accept the results and the winner can govern well.
The campaign was marked by the advent 5 of a third political force, the Mozambique Democratic Movement led by Daviz Simango, the 45 year-old mayor of Beira, the country's second-largest city.
Simango says this is an important day that provides an opportunity to choose our leaders for the next five years.
Homemaker Dulce Manecas voted after a two-hour wait in the northern suburb of Laulane.
She says she is hoping for less crime, better roads, increased supplies of water and electricity, and for lower food prices, because she says things are very expensive.
Antonio Tembe is a professor at Maputo's Industrial Institute.
He says the priorities of the new government should be education and health care, because he says these areas need a lot of work.
Some incidents of violence were reported during the campaign and opposition parties complained that some of their candidates were prevented from running on technicalities. But analysts 6 say overall the process was peaceful and orderly.
Preliminary results are expected in a few days.
- 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。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
- 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 water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
- The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。