VOA常速英语2007-Somali Prime Minister Resigns
时间:2019-01-30 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA常速英语(十月)
Nairobi
29 October 2007
The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered 1 interim 2 government has resigned, following intense international pressure for the leader to step down after three controversial years in office. But as VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, it is far from certain whether the resignation of Ali Mohamed Gedi will help the government unify 3 or cause a further split along clan 4 lines.
Speaking to VOA from the seat of the transitional parliament in Baidoa, an assistant to the speaker, Osman Bulleh, says Ali Mohamed Gedi personally delivered his resignation to interim President Abdullahi Yusuf, who accepted it immediately.
"According to his resignation, he says he has decided 5 to resign for the benefit of the people of Somalia and the government. He says he will support anybody that is appointed as prime minister," he said.
Mr. Gedi arrived in Baidoa from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where he had been meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and U.S. and other Western diplomats 6 since earlier this month.
Mr. Gedi was summoned to Addis Ababa after parliament called for a confidence vote on his government and it appeared likely that the vote would be deeply divided. Fear the vote could cause fresh political in-fighting and chaos 7 heightened after President Yusuf openly backed parliament members seeking to remove the prime minister.
Since the interim government was formed in 2004, Mr. Yusuf and Mr. Gedi have had a tense relationship, marred 8 by clan rivalries 9. But they were also allies in their support for neighboring Ethiopia whose military ousted 10 Somali Islamists from power and installed the interim government last December in Mogadishu.
Many ordinary Somalis bitterly oppose the presence of Ethiopians in their country and an Iraq-style, Islamist-led insurgency 11 has gained strength in the capital since February.
Fierce fighting broke out again Saturday and Sunday between Ethiopian troops and insurgents 12. The violence reportedly killed and wounded dozens of people, including seven Ethiopian soldiers.
Describing a scene that has become depressingly familiar in recent months, a reporter for the Associated Press in Mogadishu, Salad Duhul, tells VOA that more shell-shocked civilians 13 are leaving Mogadishu.
"Hundreds of people are fleeing today from war zones in the city. They are going to the outskirts 14 of Mogadishu. This is the situation and it is tense," said Duhul.
No clear candidate has emerged as the likely replacement 15 for Ali Mohamed Gedi as prime minister.
But credible 16 reports of a power struggle brewing 17 inside the interim government between two large rival sub-clans of the dominant 18 Hawiye tribe in Mogadishu are expected to complicate 19 the selection process.
- The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
- We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 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。
- How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢?
- It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。
- She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
- The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以,中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- 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》
- 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。
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨,把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
- The new government was torn by rivalries. 新政府由于各派对立而四分五裂。 来自辞典例句
- Rivalries could bring about pain and hatred or give rise to fighting. 竞争会带来痛苦、仇恨,或者引起争斗。 来自互联网
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
- Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
- The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
- She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
- There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
- These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。