2006年VOA标准英语-Civil Rights Activist Dubious of Darfur De
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Nico Colombant
Abidjan
05 May 2006
Members of Sudan Liberation Army, SLA, walk out of meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday
A top civil rights activist 1 for Sudan's Darfur region is dubious 2 about the new deal agreed to in Nigeria, saying more time is needed.
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Abdelbagi Jibril says more time should have been taken in Abuja to reach a deal all rebels could agree to, and not just one faction 3.
"Signing a document for just the sake of signing is not helpful at all because at the end of the day, our objective is to have some kind of sustainable peace in Darfur and that cannot be really reached unless all the parties, all the parties, I mean all of them, come to terms with the kind of agreement that would be helpful," he said.
Mr. Jibril took part in several marathon rounds in Abuja previously 4, but was following the latest U.S. and British-led mediation 5 attempt from Switzerland.
He tells VOA he was surprised Sudan's government was so willing to sign at this latest round, two years after negotiations 6 began.
Still, Mr. Jibril says he is encouraged by U.S. involvement in the process. Top American mediators helped broker 7 Friday's agreement, while U.S. politicians, movie stars and journalists have recently been to Darfur.
"They saw with their eyes the misery 8 and the atrocities 9 that are being committed on the civilians 10 and definitely what they are trying to tell the world, it is very helpful," he added. "The problem is that we see resistance from many countries and I think some of them must be because they ignore what is going on, on the ground."
Some U.S. government proposals include having U.N. peacekeepers replace African Union troops with the help of NATO logistics.
The conflict which erupted in early 2003 mainly between rebels fighting for local black farmers against Arab militias 11 has left tens of thousands dead, hundreds of thousands in refugee camps, and has started provoking violence in nearby Chad and the Central African Republic.
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
- He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
- Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
- I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
- I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。