时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)


英语课
By Kurt Achin
Seoul
19 December 2007


Voting stations are now closed in South Korea's presidential vote, and exit polls so far show no deviation 1 from the result many have expected for weeks. Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak is projected to win about half of the popular vote, despite a last minute flare-up of corruption 2 allegations against him. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul.


Campaign officials at the headquarters of Lee Myung-bak's Grand National Party erupted into cheers Wednesday, as national news networks predicted a landslide 3 victory in the presidential election.


Exit polls sponsored by national news networks predicted Lee would receive more than 50 percent of the popular vote - a result election officials say they will be able to confirm before midnight.


Lee's closest challenger, United New Democrat 4 Party candidate Chung Dong-young, is projected to receive about 26 percent of the popular vote. Independent candidate Lee Hoi-chang is expected to garner 5 about 14 percent.


 


Lee Myung-bak, a former Seoul mayor and corporate 6 chairman, has promised to cut taxes, double per capita income, and boost South Korea's growth rate from the current four percent to seven percent. He has also said he will take a more "businesslike" approach to doling 7 out South Korean aid and investment to North Korea.


That economically focused message has proven extremely popular among South Koreans, who blame outgoing President Roh Moo-hyun for stalling the economy. Many voters say supporting Lee is all about improving their bottom line.


Ji Seung-yong, a taxi driver in his 40's, says he supported Lee because he saw "no other option" for reviving the economy.


Lee's double-digit poll leads have persevered 8 through months of allegations he once engaged in fraud and stock manipulation. South Korean prosecutors 9 cleared him last week of formal charges, but lawmakers approved an independent counsel investigation 10 of the matter this week.


South Korean officials say turnout reached a record low in this election, with only about 59 percent of the country's roughly 37 million eligible 11 voters casting a ballot 12 compared to about 70 percent five years ago.




n.背离,偏离;偏差,偏向;离题
  • Deviation from this rule are very rare.很少有违反这条规则的。
  • Any deviation from the party's faith is seen as betrayal.任何对党的信仰的偏离被视作背叛。
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。
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
v.收藏;取得
  • He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
  • Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
救济物( dole的现在分词 ); 失业救济金
  • "What are you doling?'she once demanded over the intercom. 有一次他母亲通过对讲机问他:“你在干什么? 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
  • Many scrollbars are quite parsimonious in doling out information to users. 很多滚动条都很吝啬,给用户传递的信息太少。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She persevered with her violin lessons. 她孜孜不倦地学习小提琴。
  • Hard as the conditions were, he persevered in his studies. 虽然条件艰苦,但他仍坚持学习。 来自辞典例句
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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。
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acridotheres fuscus
airola
alofis
apu fire control panel
bag job
bath-fed tube
be comprehensive of
Betti reciprocal theorem
big-cities
Buchanan
carrier program
cat tackle
chance would be a fine thing
characteristic features
charge-coupled
competitive power
convolution of two function
crawfish
crowdsensing
deed description
deja raconte
design community
design schedule
DFU
display of interest
dolly birds
double bridle
Drzonowo
Edgar Atheling
embryonic cortex
embued
environmental change approach
epithelium anteriu corneae
for external use only
Gjφrup
gwag
hogfennel root
horn-quicksilver
hotter
isolated storage
josh
Kineton
largos
lay sth waste
leontovich
little more than
low-power output reactor
lubrication systems
malender
mandate
Mantegnesque
mecklers
metallated
Nelex
nephin beg
newmaking
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
nuclei lentiformis
ocean engineering
Oralciclina
orange zest
parabenzene
passive bond
plant-growth substance
plasmodiophoraceaes
practicalness
protection area
Pycreus sanguinolentus
Real trouper
refermentation
risk retention
ruggia
rush the bill through
sambocade
Schnürpflingen
sea water regulating valve
sensitivity of follow-up system
set name
slabstock
sort in descending order
special constitutional guarantee
stationed life net
sukru
sulthiame
summary reports
superiority by direction
teessides
terriblize
thalibrine
the authority
Thicymetin
thingvalla
thoriated tungsten filament
tibiofibular ligaments
trechmannite
two-tier winding
Téboursouk
u.s.m.
unbeclouded
Unhais de Serra
vibration protection
visual omni range