2007年VOA标准英语-Aga Khan Inaugurates New Health Sciences Facult
时间：2019-01-30 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（八月）
Nairobi
13 August 2007
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (R) receiving The Aga Khan at the State House in Nairobi, 13 Aug 2007
The Aga Khan is on a 12-day visit across East Africa to celebrate 50 years as the leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims. As Nick Wadhams reports, his first stop was Nairobi, where he is meeting with government leaders and hundreds of his followers 1.
The Aga Khan inherited his title from his grandfather when he was 20 years old. Upon arriving in Nairobi, he was greeted by Kenya's foreign minister as well as traditional dancers. Hundreds of Ismailis showed up to greet him.
In a morning meeting, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki praised the Aga Khan for financing projects that he said had helped thousands of farmers along the Kenyan coast.
In the afternoon, the Aga Khan attended a ceremony at the university hospital that bears his name to inaugurate a new health sciences facility.
During the hospital event on Monday, the Aga Khan lamented 2 the state of education across the developing world and said it was private universities like the Aga Khan's that could help alleviate 3 those problems.
"It should be said in all candor 4 that the recent history of higher education in numerous less-developed countries has been discouraging," he said. "Some African countries which had strong institutions of higher learning at the time of their independence now find themselves unable to achieve even minimum global standards."
On hand at the ceremony was Kenya's education minister, George Saitoti, who watched as the plans for the new faculty 5 were unveiled. He said the Kenyan government was trying to expand Kenya's university system, which can only accommodate about 25 percent of students who want higher education.
"This ground breaking ceremony could not have come at a better time, when the ministry 6 of education is currently involved in an elaborate program that is aimed at increasing access to university education," said Saitoti. "Our public universities are able to absorb only about 10,000 students each year. This has been as a result of the limited infrastructure 7 to accommodate those who qualify."
The Aga Khan will next go to Mombasa to lay the foundation stone for a residential 8 campus of the Aga Khan Academy.
In the last 40 years, the Aga Khan has overseen 9 a massive growth in the development agencies he oversees 10. His agencies' work includes education, promoting entrepreneurship, and promoting culture and history.
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
- We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
- He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
- He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率，已使婚姻奄奄一息。
- He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
- He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
- It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网