时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)


英语课

By Edward Yeranian
Cairo
09 November 2009


 
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (file photo)
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering 1 and a five month political vacuum since parliamentary elections. The breakthrough comes at a price, though, since Mr. Hariri has had to give the Hezbollah-led opposition 2 key ministerial positions. 


The list of members in Prime Minister Saad Hariri's new government was announced at the presidential palace in Baabda, Monday night, after a day of marathon deal-making and last-minute courtesy calls to both allies and adversaries 3.


Lebanon has been without a government since June 7 parliamentary elections which Mr. Hariri's coalition 4 won. Mr. Hariri had failed during a previous attempt to form a unity 5 government.


Mr. Hariri addressed reporters gathered at the palace for the announcement, saying that he was pleased that a difficult page was now being turned, and urging Lebanese to unite to build a better future for their country:


He says that he doesn't wish to repeat the difficult period of negotiations 6, again, and that it is time for Lebanese to move forward and build a better future for their country.


 
Lebanese Christian 7 leader lawmaker Michel Aoun arrives at Parliament in Beirut (File)
One of the final obstacles that was overcome during Monday's behind-the-scenes bargaining among Lebanon's fractious political parties was how many seats to award to populist Christian leader and Hezbollah-ally General Michel Aoun.


Aoun told reporters, Monday, after meeting with Mr. Hariri that he was pleased that recent snags had been ironed-out.


The pro-Syrian Hezbollah, which was given key positions in the new government, including the Ministry 8 of Foreign Affairs, indicated earlier that it hoped for a government platform which endorsed 9 the party's role as Lebanon's national "resistance."


Lebanon's presidential spokesman told reporters that the members of the new government would meet with President Michel Suleiman, Tuesday, for a roundtable discussion.



v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
n.对手,敌手( adversary的名词复数 )
  • That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
  • Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的,始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • 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。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • 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。
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • 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。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
  • The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abnormal oxidation state
acanthotaxy
adci (americam die casting institute)
agly
aid agency
alexander the greats
almirantes
amount of an annuity due
Amurang, Tk.
Anaphalis busua
angel altogether
average contrast
basketing
be struck down
belamcanda chinensis lem
bell-buttons
blue beech
Bougoumen
broadcast encryption
bugdet plan
carousel type moulding lay out
casting stress
check the level
closure-venosus
cockrum
compatible crosspoints
competitive coupler
connected at the hip
coperfect module
counterfeeds
cries wolf
diplophyllum taxiflium sill
endless round belt
energy availability factor
exploration instrument for geochemistry
external piloting
falcated
fancy filleting
flat rate tax
floating point routine
floating pontoon wharf
four-cycle internal combustion engine
framing anchor
free period
frequency entrainment
genus Strelitzia
glycochemist
gouge out
GRMJ
healde
high strength low-alloy steels
homing bombing system
horizontal draw-out metalclad switch gear
human eye
in the arms of Morpheus
inadept
industry-oriented
inverted cadence
irrigated crop
jan steens
kamapua'a
Kbps - kilobits per second
lacquer diluent
Longestrol
low-labor-cost
lymphodemous
Mandzala
marine autotrophic microorganism
metapneustic type
mirsky
moral degeneration
newspaper editor
normal strata
ophirs
paltery
peculiarized
perfect sight
premium priced fuel
programming flow diagram
Putzar
raschels
roberge
s-wrench
sach counterweight
sand-blast barrel mill
scale design
search memory
self-extinguish
shepherd's pouch
stiffen-bodied
subscribe for a newspaper
swim upstream
syncretic decision
takes stock in
thesterly
tree-farmers
trematopsids
two-section
vena orbito-nasalis
veratrifolia
wolle
WRSSR