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英语课
By Selah Hennessy
Dakar
18 October 2007

Preliminary legislative 1 election results in Togo show the long-time ruling party winning an absolute majority out of 81 seats. But the largest opposition 2 party, the Union of Forces for Change, vows 3 to dispute the early results, saying polling problems cheated them out of votes. Selah Hennessy reports from the VOA West and Central Africa bureau in Dakar.


Official results say the ruling Rally of the Togolese People has so far won 49 seats.


The main opposition, Union of Forces for Change, has 21. Another opposition party, the Action Committee for Renewal 4, has four.


Results for seven remaining seats have yet to be announced.


Esso Solitioki, the secretary for the ruling party, says this is a triumph for the Togolese people. He says they have shown their support for a strong and responsible party.


He says elected representatives will work towards reconciling all Togolese, and towards developing new projects that will set Togo on the path of reconstruction 5, after years of unrest and poverty.


But opposition parties say the ruling party must first confront serious errors in the election process.


Long-exiled Gilchrist Olympio, the son of Togo's first president, leads the opposition Union of Forces for Change. He says this election has no statistical 6 value, because thousands of opposition votes were uncounted.


He says his party, which has boycotted 7 elections for more than a decade, will organize peaceful marches to call attention to problems with the electoral process.


"From the actual electoral system I do not think it is too different from what we have known - the same level of fraud, the same level of wrong results being broadcast," he said.


But he says the election has seen some improvements on previous ones.


"The only positive thing we find is there has been no violence, there has been virtually no bloodshed, so from that point of view it has been interesting," he said.


Olympio says the electoral process in Togo still has a long way to go.


"Do not forget. The same people, the same family, the same structure has been in power for the last 40 years. And it is not very easy to tell a million-ton tanker 8 to turn over night," he said.


International observers, including the European Union, have said the election was largely free and fair.


Togolese journalist Modeste Messavussu says reactions to the results have been mixed, but the streets of Togo's capital, Lome, are quiet.


Noel Aze says he is happy the ruling party won the majority of seats because they will give more power to Togo's president, Faure Gnassingbe.


"I feel happy because we want to help the party to get up the president to try and make the projects he wants to do in Togo because we know that is the one who can save us," he said.


But Eves Baco, a Union of Forces for Change supporter, says the ruling party has rushed claiming victory and is already showing signs of aggression 9.


"At present the soldiers are on the road, they say they are republicans - they do not have the right to send the soldiers on the main road to disturb the public," he says.


Turn-out for the election was high, with about 85 percent of eligible 10 voters casting a ballot 11.


The ruling party was founded by former president Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled the country for 38 years. His son, current president Faure Gnassingbe, took power after elections in 2005.


Aid to Togo has been limited since 1993 due to the country's poor political record. The European Union has said it will restore full aid to the country if the elections are deemed free and fair.




n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿
  • Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
  • The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来
  • Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
  • Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
n.重建,再现,复原
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
adj.统计的,统计学的
  • He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
  • They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。
抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
  • The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程,要宫路下台。
n.油轮
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害
  • So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结,就不必惧怕外来侵略。
  • Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
学英语单词
a man with plenty of guts
absorption mechanism
acoustic detection
active star networks
adaptive response
adenosine-5'-triphosphate
algophilists
American gallon
andromorphs
anye
be purposed
bedrift
bimolecular layer
black label
caninoes
cellulosic plastics
compfil
crater pit
current cycle
Deep Sea Drilling Project
deep water wave
Delphinidin-monoglueoside
dermacentor variabiliss
dihydroxy benzhydrol
doughnut chart autoformat
ECITO
endorse a check
energy spectrum analysis
first etching
form data
full valuable consideration
gargouillade en dehors
heatwave
Hoenderloo
honeycomb-weave
interpretative trace program
Jaredites
kaua'i
kirson
lateral fovea
Laurie I.
licorice sticks
Loxogramme
Lozzo di Cadore
lushe
merit consideration
minimum-latency coding
multi-level precedence and preemption
multigyms
Neidpath Castle
network of observation
nitrazepams
non-luminous flame
normal operating speed
Offertorium
Options Backdating
outgoing broadcast channel
overhead lockers
pack cloth
palmyra (tadmur)
Pedro Muňoz
Peles
phonon-assisted tunneling
piping bags
plough steel
poppings
post crane
power off contact
pre-cited
projector station
protected cell company
Pseudomugilidae
Q-value of antenna
quaternary ocean
raghead
rarefyine osteitis
repainted
rotatory condenser
rubber tape
Rubenists
Rzgów
sactibiotic
sand conditioning machine
Setaria yunnanensis
short log
skill at
sodium sulfocyanide
special purpose range
spiroceratids
stogdill
support microprocessor
swallow hard
taris
Tendou
thermal transfer fax
thronged
transformer
tyre shoulder
ungroaning
unwordily
value before notching
wild-track