VOA标准英语2008年-Search Begins for New Japanese PM
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（九月）
Japan's ruling party has begun hunting for someone to replace Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who has stepped down. Mr. Fukuda had been in office just under a year. Jason Strother has more from Seoul.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party can not seem to keep prime ministers in power for more than 12 months. Yasuo Fukuda, who has been dogged by low approval ratings, suddenly announced Monday he would resign from his position.
His predecessor 1, Shinzo Abe, also stepped down as prime minister before reaching the one year mark last year.
The LDP already is beginning the hunt for a new party chief, who would become prime minister. A new party president will be elected later this month.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Secretary General Taro 2 Aso speaks during a press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, 02 Sep 2008
The party's general secretary, Taro Aso, on Tuesday said he was qualified 3 for the job, although he has not directly said he would be a candidate in the internal election.
Timothy Savage 4, deputy director of the Nautilus Institute, a regional policy research group, in Seoul, says the LDP is struggling to find a leader who can stay in office.
"Well I think it's simply the unpopularity of the LDP in general and the dissatisfaction of the general public with the ruling party," he said. "What you have going on is the LDP is trying to hold on to its long standing 5 monopoly of power by shuffling 6 in one unpopular prime minister and replacing him with another unpopular prime minister."
With the opposition 7 party in charge of the upper house of Parliament, Savage says the LDP will most likely have to call a general election in the next few months.
Should Aso become prime minister, Savage says Japan's relations with its neighbors will be rattled 8.
"Aso is defiantly 9 aligned 10 with the more nationalist right in Japan. I think actually the biggest problem could be is with North Korea, where there was recently some progress with the abduction issue under Fukuda," said Savage.
In August, Tokyo and Pyongyang agreed to re-open an investigation 11 into the kidnappings of at least 13 Japanese civilians 12 in the 1970s and '80s.
The LDP has dominated Japanese politics since the mid-1950s - leading the government for all but about a year since then. The party now governs as part of a coalition 13. However, it lost popularity over the last 15 years as Japan's economy has faltered 14. Mr. Fukuda's administration was marred 15 by accusations 16 of corruption 17 and incompetence 18 by some of his cabinet ministers. In addition, the country is divided over the government's support for the war in Iraq.
- It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
- The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
- Main grain crop has taro,corn,banana to wait.主要粮食作物有芋头、玉米、芭蕉等。
- You celebrate your birthday with taro,red bean and butter.用红豆、芋头和黄油给自己过生日。
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
- The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
- He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- 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。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- Braving snow and frost, the plum trees blossomed defiantly. 红梅傲雪凌霜开。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- 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。
- He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
- "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
- She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。