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英语课
By Peter Fedynsky
Moscow
12 September 2007

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of the entire Russian government, raising speculation 1 that an unexpected choice for new prime minister could also become Mr. Putin's successor in the Kremlin.  VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports.


Word of Mr. Putin's nominee 2 to become Russia's new prime minister came from Boris Gryzlov, speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, or State Duma.






Picture taken 31 May 2006 shows Viktor Zubkov speaking at a conference in St. Petersburg


Picture taken 31 May 2006 shows Viktor Zubkov speaking at a conference in St. Petersburg



Gryzlov says the president of the Russian Federation 3 has sent the name of Viktor Zubkov for consideration by the State Duma as the new head of government.  He is now head of Federal Financial Monitoring Service.


In that capacity, Zubkov, who is little known by the public, has investigated financial crimes in Russia.  Gryzlov notes that the nominee was also a collective farm director and Communist Party official in the Leningrad region. 


Leningrad, Mr. Putin's hometown, is now known by its pre-Soviet name, Saint Petersburg.


 Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov offered his resignation to President Putin in a face-to-face meeting broadcast on national television.  Mr. Putin promptly 4 accepted Mr. Fradkov's offer, praising him for growing the economy, raising salaries, and lowering inflation. 






Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with his Cabinet as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, left, looks on (file photo)


Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with his Cabinet as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, left, looks on (file photo)



Mr. Fradkov said he and the entire Cabinet are stepping down to give the Kremlin leader freedom to pursue necessary decisions before upcoming Russian parliamentary and presidential elections.  Those decisions, he said, include freedom to staff a new government.


President Putin's response suggests the new prime minister could also assume the presidency 5.


The Russian leader says, "Perhaps together, we should all think how to structure the government and leadership so that it better corresponds to the pre-election period and prepares the country for the period after the parliamentary and presidential elections"


Mr. Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, told the VOA the resignation did not come as a surprise.


The resignation of any government can always be expected, says Mr. Peskov.  Sooner or later it happens.


Russian political analysts 6 have long considered Sergei Ivanov and Dmitri Medvedev, both first deputy prime ministers, as favorites for the prime minister's position. 


But Andrei Kortunov, head of the Eurasia Foundation in Moscow, says Mr. Putin has been a master of surprise decisions.  Kortunov says Zubkov would be, what he calls, a technical president who could leave the door open for Mr. Putin's eventual 7 return as Kremlin leader.


Zubkov, says Kortunov, does not have his own power base, he is about 66 years old, has no personal political ambitions and Putin knows him personally from the St. Petersburg mayor's office.  So, according to Kortunov, there is logic 8 to the choice.


The Russian constitution prohibits its president from serving more than two consecutive 9 terms in office.  This forces Mr. Putin to step down next year, but he may run again in 2012.  Russia holds its next presidential election in March. 




n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
adv.及时地,敏捷地
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • 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。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adj.最后的,结局的,最终的
  • Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
  • Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
  • What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑?
  • I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
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'Babe' Ruth
AgendaTitle
alarmisms
ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis
anthoxantbin
application database
Ascaridata
austenite annealing
B-ultrasomotonography
baroque organs
bathrobes
benzodioxoles
Blue Hills
bodianus loxozonus
bridge resistance
British America
brother of death
broton
browsiac
cdm (continuous dipmeter)
chlorine generator
chlorotic disorder
clearing agency participant
co-Adamitism
corrosion- resistant titanium alloy
crab-sidle
cramming method of teaching
decimal equivalent
discriminating pin
dissipative current
double bluff
down draught producer
electro connecting pressure gauge
eutrophic type
feel trim actuator
fresh lake
general design of mining area
geometric image
grounding-keel
hairlessness
halberd shark
haldir
Hammer pants
helane
Henarejos
high water time
insupportableness
intrafirm
jouannetia cumingi
land-based source of marine pollution
lon-don
magnetodisks
main cone
main sea level
masked segment
mean spacing of local peaks of the profile
meles
Meximieux
Mitracarpus
Morofé
multi range testmeter
Mythical Man-Month
Na-spar
neou
neutron absorbing material
nonoptional
nowmber
numeric-edited character
obsigned
Oku-sangai-dake
oxazine dye
parafe
petterssen development theory
piotrs
posting reference of the journal
powder pretreatment
processing check
prop the prick
pull-strip
pulse eletromagnetic method
punishment of control
sacrocoxalgia
Santa Severina
sausage hounds
separate Stirling cycle refrigerator
sibir
site of special scientific interest
sleds
sunlight
Swan cube
tautophony
Tillan
to send
transmission-line
transposed winding
velvet-leaf
venae labiales anterioress
virl
water-retaining power house
which way the wind is blowing
yard-arm
ziben