VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistan's Bhutto Vows to Go Ahead With Protest
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By VOA News
08 November 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition 1 leader Benazir Bhutto says her party plans a massive protest in Rawalpindi Friday against emergency rule and the suspension of the country's constitution.
Ms. Bhutto said Thursday the demonstration 2 will go forward despite a ban on such gatherings 3 - and warnings that suicide bombers 4 plan to target the event.
But police in Rawalpindi have said they will not allow the protest to occur.
Earlier, Ms. Bhutto dismissed President Pervez Musharraf's announcement that general elections will take place before February 15 and that he will step down as army chief, once the Supreme 5 Court approves his disputed re-election.
Although Washington and London welcomed the move, Ms. Bhutto called the announcement "vague." She says the opposition wants General Musharraf to hang up his uniform by November 15.
Meanwhile, protests against emergency rule declared by General Musharraf last Saturday continued in several cities. In Peshawar, police used batons 6 to beat protesters and fired tear gas to disperse 7 the crowd.
Hundreds of lawyers in the capital, Islamabad, were also confronted by riot police, and a spokeswoman for Ms. Bhutto's party said police had arrested more than 1,000 party activists 8 since Wednesday.
In other news, a Pakistani court has formally charged three politicians and a labor 9 leader with treason for making anti-government speeches in Karachi.
The men are the first to face treason charges since emergency rule. If convicted, they could face the death penalty.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
- 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。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- 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。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- There were many riot policemen with batons. 有许多带警棍的防暴警察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Chinese police fight? Number one is a person with batons to fight! 满街飘的中国国旗，是一个老华侨在事发时那出来分给大家的，很感动，真的，从来一向多一事不如少一事的中国人今天团结到一起站出来反抗。 来自互联网
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》