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英语课

By Gilbert da Costa
Abuja
12 May 2006


Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (File photo)  
  
There have been some rowdy scenes in both houses of the Nigerian parliament in recent days, as lawmakers review a bill to change the constitution and allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to run in elections next year.

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Already, strong signs are emerging that the proposal to rewrite the constitution to allow President Obasanjo to run for a third term may not receive the required two-thirds in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

Wunmi Bewaji, a member of parliament and a leading critic of the bill says opponents are being threatened.

"We receive anonymous 1 calls from people warning us to desist from opposing the perpetuation 2 of President Obasanjo in office. It's a common occurence, it's a daily occurrence," said Bewaji.

Nigeria's constitution allows two terms of four years for the president and state governors, but powerful allies of Mr. Obasanjo are campaigning to extend it to three terms.


Cletus Upaa, a House of Representatives member, who belongs to the so-called pro-third term group, says Mr. Obasanjo has achieved tremendous results, and deserves another term.

"I think President Obasanjo has done a good job, and I personally think that he has done a good job in the area of the fight against corruption 3. Whether selective or not, I support his fight against corruption. ... the people he assembled to help him in administering this country, they are producing results," said Upaa. "We are seeing changes. So, I believe he has done a very good job."

Mr. Obasanjo's election in 1999 marked the end of 15 years of military rule in Africa's most populous 4 nation. Next year's vote should mark the first time in Nigeria's history that one civilian 5 president hands over to another through elections.

Local newspapers have published allegations of bribes 6 by Mr. Obasanjo's supporters to win support for the third-term amendment 7. Government officials have denied such allegations.



adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
n.永存,不朽
  • Are there some on going policies that encourage its perpetuation? 现在是否有一些持续的政策令这会根深蒂固? 来自互联网
  • Does the mental perpetuation exist? 存在心理的永恒吗? 来自互联网
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
学英语单词
abdominal part
absolutely stable
absorbing state
adrenochromes
aluminium foils
asymmetric transformation
banded stilts
basivertebral vein
battologized
be let in on the ground floor
body feed
Buridan's ass
cash invoice
Chorzelów
chronographer
clip off
combined vibrating roller
compensating feedback loop
conus planorbis
cost objective
cotton production
cylinder by-pass valve
D-frame
data over voice
days of rest
deglamorization
derestrict
dextrotorsion
dispersion-equalization
ditching attitude
Dohans
electrical characteristics
externally-braced monoplane
fall-out of synchronism
forecaddies
golden eagle
Goldstein-Scheerer tests
graduated string
half-hunter
Haplopappus spinulosus
have analogy to
heating system
heliotridylamine
hildebrand
hotlines
hyuck
indirect type central air-conditioning unit
Internet suffix
Izena-jima
Kurdistani
lampyridaes
leukoplania
liquid waste receiver tank
local acceptance
lsi-cml circuit technology
magnetoresistance magnetometer
merions
metal surface plasmon and second harmonic generator
minimum graph
mohs scales
natural environment management
nervi ampullaris lateralis
neverless
occasional light
once and a way
ordinary life assurance
oscillator padding
Osipa
photocell matrix
piston curl
pivot hinge
pontes
prequalified tenderer
puffest
queueing system structure
reflux column
repair of side ditch
Revere, Paul
sample-reset loop filter
Scirpus rosthornii
scornliche
separation of spinal cord and arachnoid adhesions
silicon diode array
sope
speed through the water
stellite-faced valve
Subprime Meltdown
tee-times
toll free number
toroidal discharge
transitive law
trichomonal urethro-cystitis
under constraint
undistributed score
virus diarrhea
waltz through
white cypresses
wide anode
win ... over
Yak-141
yellow-necked mice
zygomorphic pea flower