VOA标准英语2013--Winner of Venezuela's Presidential Vote Will Face Challenges Ahead
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(四月)
Winner of Venezuela's Presidential Vote Will Face Challenges Ahead
Nicolas Maduro, the former union leader who became President Chavez's vice 1 president in 2012, ended his campaign with a massive rally in Caracas.
He has vowed 2 to continue the socialist 3 programs for the poor initiated 4 by his predecessor 5. But he has also made a number of unsubstantiated charges that the U.S. and right wing groups may have been involved in poisoning Chavez, trying to assassinate 6 him and disrupt the election.
Philip Brenner, a professor of international relations at Washington's American University, says he was surprised that Maduro, who is significantly ahead in the polls, felt the need to attack the U.S.
“To make crazy charges [about] being poisoned and about efforts for the U.S. to corrupt 7 the election without any evidence, he didn't need to make these charges, and I'm surprised he did,” he said.
The opposition 8 candidate Henrique Capriles, who lost in the presidential election last year to Chavez, held his closing rally in the central city of Barquisimeto. The former state governor has criticized the government's efforts to fight crime and deal with food shortages, double-digit inflation and frequent power outages.
But Manuel Suarez Mier, an economist 9 at American University, says Capriles has not laid out a clear alternative to Chavez' socialist agenda.
“Everything seems to revolve 10 around Chavez. The opposition to some extent is highlighting the Chavez legacy 11, which is a disaster,” said the economist.
Prior to the election, the state-owned supermarkets were well-stocked with subsidized goods. But customers says shortages of items like milk, butter and corn flour are common occurrences. Suarez Mier says the next president will have to curb 12 spending to deal with the country's growing deficits 14.
“Even with the humongous revenues the Venezuelan government has obtained from very high oil prices, the deficit 13 as a proportion to GDP, the public deficit, has hit an all time record of 15 percent,” he said.
These analysts 15 say neither candidate has the broad support that Chavez enjoyed during his 14-year tenure 16 as president. Whoever is elected the next president will be dealing 17 with a new more fractured political landscape.
- 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。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
- It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
- The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
- The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
- A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
- The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
- This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
- 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。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
- The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
- The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
- He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
- Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。