VOA标准英语2009年-Kurdish Election Turnout High Amid Charges
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Iraq's Electoral Commission says voter turnout in Saturday's Kurdish election was high and polling went smoothly 1, despite allegations of irregularities by Kurdish opposition 2 groups. The results of the election are not expected for several days.
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani casts his vote at polling site in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, 25 Jul 2009
Counting of ballots 3 from Saturday's Kurdish elections has begun in earnest.
Iraq's Electoral Commission, which is overseeing the vote count, says that results should be announced within 36 to 48 hours, barring unforeseen complications.
The commission's special representative, Hamziya al Husseini says voter turnout in the three Kurdish provinces was impressive, and that the voting process went smoothly.
She says that in Suleimaniyah voter turnout was about 75 percent, in Daouk it was 85.9 percent and in Irbil it was 79 percent. Across all of Kurdistan, she calculates, voter turnout was 78.5 percent. The election, for the most part, she adds, went smoothly.
Husseini told al Arabiya TV the process of tabulating 4 votes is being done in Baghdad, "due to the ability to conduct business in a strictly 5 controlled environment, according to international standards."
Kurdish opposition groups led by the "Goran", or Change block of Nusherwan Mustapha, issued a list of complaints about improper 7 electoral procedures and numerous irregularities during Saturday's vote.
Al-Sumariyah TV reported the complaints include coercion 8 of voters by ruling-coalition 9 party officials, exclusion 10 of certain voters from electoral lists, and turning a blind eye to voters who were not registered to vote.
Kurdistan's Interior Minister, Karim Zingari, who belongs to the ruling coalition between the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic 11 Union of Kurdistan (PUK), insisted that international observers saw to it that the process went smoothly.
He says that the voting process took place with the participation 12 of hundreds of international and local (election) observer, and that the event transpired 13 in a first-rate fashion in a tranquil 14 atmosphere, with no security lapses 15.
The Goran, or Change list, said on its website that it had won a majority in Suleimaniyah, the traditional bastion of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. A Goran supporter, parliament member Sirwan Zahawi, said his bloc 6 "could win up to 35 seats" in the 111 seat Kurdish parliament.
Allegations of corruption 16 and nepotism 17 against Kurdistan's ruling KDP-PUK coalition have pushed many voters to turn against them, but neither are expected to lose power.
Opposition Kurdish presidential candidate Helou Ibrahim Ahmed told al-Hurra TV the ruling coalition was responsible for fraud, giving the example of a recent international oil contract.
He says the Kurdish government allowed cronies to profit from an oil deal, which should have been strictly between Kurdistan and the foreign oil company that won the contract. He asks why did this happen?
Both of Kurdistan's ruling parties, the KDP and the PUK, ran jointly 18 against several-dozen smaller parties.
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
- 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。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Census Office did not finish tabulating the results until 1888. 直到1888年，人口普查办公室才完成统计数字表格。
- By 1890 a revolutionary electrical tabulating system was available. 到了1890年，一种具有革命意义的电动制表装置投入使用。
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
- Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
- Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
- Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions.既不诱供也不逼供。
- He paid the money under coercion.他被迫付钱。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
- He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。
- His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
- The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
- It later transpired that he hadn't been telling the truth. 他当时没说真话，这在后来显露出来了。
- The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
- The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。
- He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
- He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- The congressman lashed the president for his nepotism.国会议员抨击总统搞裙带关系。
- Many will regard his appointment as the kind of nepotism British banking ought to avoid.很多人会把他的任命看作是英国银行业应该避免的一种裙带关系。