VOA标准英语2009年-Voters in Guinea-Bissau Prepare for Second
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls Sunday for the second round of a presidential election to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous 1 troops five months ago.
Candidates in Guinea-Bissau wrapped-up their campaigning Friday with closing rallies in the capital. Saturday is a day of reflection before Sunday's vote to restore constitutional leadership following President Vieira's assassination 2.
Malam Bacai Sanha (file photo)
The ruling-party's Malam Bacai Sanha won last month's first round of voting with nearly 40 percent of ballots 3 cast. The former interim 4 president and chair of the national assembly is expected to gain the support of most of those who voted for independent candidate Henrique Rosa in the first round.
Rosa won more than 24 percent of the vote but only the top two vote-getters move on to the second round.
Sanha's ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape 5 Verde controls more than two-thirds of the seats in parliament but his support within the party is thought to be somewhat soft as he only narrowly edged out current interim president Raimundo Pereira for the party's nomination 6.
Sanha is running against opposition 7 leader Kumba Yala who won the 2000 contest between the two men.
Yala may have trouble building on the 29 percent of the vote he won last month because his presidency 8 is best remembered for the arrest of political opponents and financial mismanagement which resulted in civil servants not being paid for nine months.
Though he is from the country's ethnic 9 majority which has long controlled the military, Yala was toppled in a 2003 coup 10.
Having elections in one of the world's poorest countries is not the problem. Electoral observers from the European Union say last month's vote was "well organized, peaceful, free and transparent 11."
In a country with a history of army mutinies and coups 12, regional diplomats 13 say the challenge for the new president will be forcing Bissau's military to respect civilian 14 leadership and keep out of politics.
- The mutinous sailors took control of the ship.反叛的水手们接管了那艘船。
- His own army,stung by defeats,is mutinous.经历失败的痛楚后，他所率军队出现反叛情绪。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
- 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 government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- 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。
- 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。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- 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。
- 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。
- China has seen many political coups within the ruling class. 中国统治阶级内部发生过很多政变。 来自互联网
- Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attendance since nineteen thirty-two. 泰国1932年以来有18次政变或参加政变。 来自互联网
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》