VOA标准英语2008年-Blast Targets Pakistani Air Force Truck in Nort
时间：2019-02-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
Police officials in Pakistan's volatile 1 northwest region say an improvised 2 explosive device detonated under a vehicle carrying troops and civilian 3 employees of a Pakistani air force base, killing 4 at least 13 people. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports that the attack came as political leaders in Islamabad continued a campaign to pressure President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
Pakistani air force officials examine area next to damaged truck at site of bomb explosion in Peshawar, 12 Aug 2008
Pakistan's air force said the blast struck a truck carrying supplies between the Badaber air force camp and the nearby city Peshawar. Regional police commander Malik Naveed told reporters that an improvised bomb had been placed under a bridge and detonated when the vehicle passed over it.
He says it seems this could be a reaction to operations the government has launched in the tribal 5 areas.
Since last week, the Pakistani military says troops have killed more than 100 militants 6 in the Bajaur tribal region. The military says operations have included air strikes using jet planes and attack helicopters. Local tribal elders have reported that thousands of people have fled the fighting.
In Islamabad, the political standoff between Pakistan's ruling coalition 7 government and President Pervez Musharraf continued Tuesday, with the president's opponents claiming the move to oust 8 him is gaining momentum 9.
On Monday, the provincial 10 assembly in Punjab province voted overwhelmingly in favor of requesting the president to take a confidence vote. On Tuesday, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said the provincial assembly in the northwest frontier province passed a similar measure with the support of some of the president's former allies.
"This whole exercise is an exercise for a transition to democracy and a real transition to democracy. What you have seen today in the frontier province assembly is a vote of 107 against General Musharraf and only four in his favor," said Rehman.
Pakistan's other two provincial assemblies, as well as the national assembly are expected to hold similar votes in the coming days. Mr. Musharraf's opponents say those measures will build strength for an impeachment 12 motion in Pakistan's parliament.
Some Pakistanis have taken a cynical 13 view of the proceedings 14, arguing the government should instead focus on problems such as Pakistan's falling rupee, increased fuel prices and electricity shortages - instead of settling political scores.
Numan Khan, a graduate student studying business in Islamabad, says we don't understand what the leaders are doing and they can't resolve the issue in this way. He says with this confrontation 15 we are sending the wrong message to the outside world.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (file photo)
Mr. Musharraf's allies say he has no plans to step down and will contest any attempt to impeach 11 him - starting with the so-called "charge sheet" that his opponents say will list his allegedly impeachable 16 offenses 17 under Article 47 of the constitution. The article says a president can be impeached 18 on a charge of violating the constitution or gross misconduct.
Legal scholars allied 19 with Mr. Musharraf say he could ask the supreme 20 court to rule on the validity of the "charge sheet."
Khalid Ranjha, a former law minister and current senator allied with Mr. Musharraf, says if the "charge sheet" violates Article 47, then perhaps the Supreme Court will interfere 21 in the process.
It is unclear how the Supreme Court could affect what would be an unprecedented 22 attempt to impeach a president in Pakistan. The country's most powerful institution - Pakistan's military - which has repeatedly waded 23 into political crises in the country before, has stayed silent during the current standoff.
- 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 improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
- We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- 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。
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- 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 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。
- The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
- We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
- The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
- He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- The government officer committed an impeachable offence. 那位政府官员犯了可能招致弹劾的罪行。 来自辞典例句
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
- Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
- 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。
- If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
- When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。