VOA常速英语2007年-South African President to Meet Zimbabwe Politi
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Johannesburg
22 November 2007
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki is due to meet leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition 1 as part of a nine-month effort to mediate 2 an end to the Zimbabwean crisis. The meetings come as parties say the talks have made progress but have still not reached agreement on some major issues. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johannesburg.
A spokesman said President Thabo Mbeki's meetings with representatives of the ruling ZANU-PF party and two factions 4 of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change were to facilitate dialogue between Zimbabwe's political leadership.
Southern African leaders in March asked Mr. Mbeki to facilitate the dialogue in order to bring about free and fair elections with the participation 5 of all parties. Previous elections have been marred 6 by violence, accusations 7 of rigging and opposition boycotts 8.
Sources close to the negotiations 9 say the talks have made progress as seen by a recent constitutional amendment 10 supported by both sides.
The amendment schedules presidential, parliamentary and local elections for next March, increases the number of parliamentary seats and allows parliament to elect a successor if the presidency 11 becomes vacant.
The sources say progress has also been made on easing harsh laws governing security and the media. However, they say agreement has yet to be reached on what is termed political climate, which includes measures to ease political tensions, facilitate political gatherings 12 and prevent abuses by security forces.
The opposition is also said to be pressing for a postponement 13 of the elections saying there is not enough time to adequately prepare for them.
Mr. Mbeki's meetings are during a stopover on his way to Uganda for the summit of Commonwealth 14 states. Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 after being suspended for authoritarianism 15 and human rights violations 16.
The head of one faction 3 of the Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, told a forum 17 on the margins 18 of the Commonwealth summit Wednesday that although Zimbabwe is no longer a member, the Commonwealth should not abandon his country.
"The international community must make sure that the Zimbabwe situation is always on the international radar," said Tsvangirai.
Tsvangirai said he did not agree with the Zimbabwean government's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth four years ago.
"We want to be part of the family of nations but we have been denied unilaterally by an individual decision to be part of this family when we know you are part of our family," he said.
He said it is important to ensure that Zimbabwe becomes part of the community of nations once again.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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 gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- Their methods included boycotts and court action, supplemented by'sit-ins". 他们的主要方法包括联合抵制、法庭起诉，还附带进行静坐抗议。
- Are boycotts for other purposes illegal? 至于用于其它目的的联合抵制行动是否也是非法的呢？
- 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。
- 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。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
- During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
- He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
- Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
- Modern authoritarianism is a vestige of traditional personal rule. 现代独裁主义则是传统的个人统治的残余。
- In its latter days it was a byword for authoritarianism, incompetence, and corruption. 在后期，它是独裁、无能和腐化的代号。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。