VOA标准英语2010-Nigeria's Acting President Says New Cabin
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(四)月
Nigeria's Acting 1 President Goodluck Jonathan shakes hands with new minister of finance Olusegun Aganga in Abuja, 6 Apr 2010
Nigeria's acting president says his new Cabinet will improve security in the volatile 2 Niger Delta 3, where years of violence have reduced Nigerian oil production.
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan says his Cabinet reflects the federal government's commitment to take bold steps to solve the nation's problems.
Chief among them is insecurity in the oil-rich Niger Delta as Mr. Jonathan named a former minister of state as the new Niger Delta minister and chose a new oil minister who is from the Delta.
Just last month, militants 4 set off two bombs outside a meeting in the Delta that was meant to discuss an amnesty program through which thousands of gunmen have laid down their weapons in exchange for monthly payments, clemency 5, and the promise of employment.
Militants are frustrated 6 with the pace of the program and say the government has not done enough to help people living in the area that generates the bulk of Nigeria's oil wealth.
The Movement for the Emancipation 7 of the Niger Delta claimed responsibility for the bombings in Warri, warning of renewed attacks against Nigeria's oil industry if the government does not move quickly to improve conditions.
Raymond Gilpin, an associate vice 8 president for sustainable economies at the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the Jonathan administration must reconsider its approach to the Niger Delta.
"First and foremost they should pay some attention to the political and socio-economic needs of the communities in the oil states," Gilpin said. "That would go a long way to defuse tensions and would go a long way to reduce the number of people who are involved in and benefit from piracy 9 and oil theft."
Four years of sabotage 10 and killing 11 in the Niger Delta cut Nigeria's oil production by more than one-quarter. That production began to rebound 12 following last year's amnesty program. Mr. Jonathan's challenge is keeping former militants engaged while preventing renewed violence from spreading.
The acting president travels to Washington next week for talks that are expected to include increasing cooperation on Niger Delta security.
When U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Abuja last August, she said Nigerian defense 13 officials made "very promising 14" specific suggestions about how the U.S. military could help bring peace and stability to the Niger Delta.
The two countries this week renewed a binational commission that Secretary Clinton says will help strengthen their partnership 15 on security and good governance.
"The commission will help us work together on issues of common concern and shared responsibility, and we hope it will support the aspirations 16 of the Nigerian people for a peaceful, prosperous, stable democratic future," Clinton said.
President Umaru Yar'Adua brokered 17 the Niger Delta amnesty plan. And his prolonged medical absence is one of the reasons it has stalled. Acting President Jonathan says he is committed to reviving that momentum 18 to show the people of the Delta that the federal government is serious about improving their lives while protecting the flow of oil.
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题，将由国王决定。
- They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
- They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
- They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
- The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
- Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
- The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
- a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
- Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白