VOA常速英语2007年-Lebanese Parliament Postpones Presidential Elec
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- 1 VOA常速英语2007年-Lebanese Parliament Postpones Presidential Elec
Beirut
23 November 2007
Lebanese leaders and members of parliament have agreed to postpone 1 Friday's scheduled session of parliament for a fifth time, leaving the country, at midnight, without a president. Edward Yeranian reports for the VOA from Beirut.
After failing to reach a last-minute accord over a compromise candidate to replace outgoing President Emile Lahoud, Lebanese leaders agreed to postpone Friday's electoral session of parliament until November 30.
The decision to postpone the election for the fifth time in slightly more than a month leaves Lebanon officially without a president as of midnight.
Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt, a key pillar of the pro 2-Western governing coalition 3, explained that he had conferred with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a member of the pro Syrian Hezbollah-led opposition 4, and they agreed about postponing 5 the electoral session, so as to preserve peace between Lebanon's rival parties.
He said the parliamentarians must stick to the principle of consensus 6 and keep peace among the parties.
Most members of parliament from the pro-government March 14 majority were escorted to parliament at Beirut's Nejmeh Square, amid draconian 7 security by specially 8 trained police units. Army tanks were also positioned along many of Beirut's main arteries 9.
Few Lebanese were surprised by the decision to postpone parliament's electoral session, because French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who has been mediating 10 between feuding 11 Lebanese politicians, said on Thursday that it would, in his words, take a miracle for an election to occur Friday.
Italian Foreign Minister Massemo d'Alema, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel-Ange Moratinos and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa have also been in Beirut in recent days, helping 12 to mediate 13.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Farid Makari, who belongs to the ruling March 14th coalition, scolded the Hezbollah and its allies for opting 14 to boycott 15 Friday's electoral session.
He said the boycott by Hezbollah and its allies is not a democratic decision and is completely against the constitution, which stipulates 16 the election of a president, with no right to boycott or postpone.
The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc 17 insisted that many members of the pro-government alliance had collaborated 18 with Israel when it invaded Lebanon in 1982, and were not concerned then about following constitutional norms.
Outgoing president Lahoud is a Maronite Christian 19, as the constitution requires, and he is pro-Syrian.
The governing March 14 coalition is demanding the president leave the presidential palace at midnight.
A spokesman for Mr. Lahoud says the president will not name an interim 20 government when he leaves office. The spokesman says the outgoing president does not want to further divide the country.
Political analysts 21 say they expect Mr. Lahoud to ask Army Commander General Michel Sleiman to maintain order in the country until parliament fills the political void.
- I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
- She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
- The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
- Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军?
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- 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。
- He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。 来自辞典例句
- I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。 来自辞典例句
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
- You can't expect the people to obey such draconian regulations.你不能指望人民服从如此严苛的规定。
- The city needs a draconian way of dealing with robbers.这个城市需要一个严苛的办法来对付强盗。
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
- Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
- The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。
- Riccardo and Cafiero had been feuding so openly that the whole town knew about it. 里卡多和卡菲埃罗一直公开地闹别扭,全城的人都知道此事。 来自辞典例句
- The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations. 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了。 来自互联网
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
- They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。
- What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程? 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in RMB. 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The contract stipulates for the use of seasoned timber. 合同上订明用干透的木料。 来自辞典例句
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
- We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
- We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- 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。