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英语课
By Barry Newhouse
Islamabad
10 November 2007


Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto joined protests in the capital against emergency rule Saturday and tried to meet with the former Chief Justice of the Supreme 1 Court. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, where state television broadcast some reports on her speeches throughout the day.  


Police relaxed the security cordon 2 around Ms. Bhutto's local residence this morning and allowed her to drive around the city for meetings with party officials and protesters.


In the parking lot of a private television station, where hundreds of journalists chanted and wore black armbands signifying the death of the independent press, Ms. Bhutto said she and her party stand for a free news media.


"The Pakistan People's Party and I are with them in their struggle for freedom," she said.


Most independent broadcast news stations remain off the air in Pakistan, and some newspapers have been censored 3. But in recent days, state television has carried reports of Ms. Bhutto's speeches, indicating the government is willing to allow some coverage 4 of her organizing efforts.


Pakistan's attorney general announced Saturday that emergency laws would be suspended within one month. But officials with Ms. Bhutto's party have insisted on an immediate 5 end to the laws and restoration of basic rights.


[U.S. President George Bush said Saturday during a news conference in Texas, that promises by Mr. Musharraf to lift the state of emergency are "positive steps." He added that the United States needs the cooperation of Pakistan to combat the militant 6 group al-Qaida.]


While police on Saturday allowed Ms. Bhutto to move freely around most of the capital, there were limits. She tried to visit the former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who has been an opposition 7 symbol since he was removed from office last Saturday.


Police blocked Ms. Bhutto's car as it approached the home of the former chief justice. 


Surrounded by supporters, journalists and hundreds of riot police, Ms. Bhutto demanded Justice Chaudhry be reinstated. 


She said rather than detaining the country's senior judges, security forces should try to detain pro-Taliban militants 8, such as Maulana Fazlullah, whose forces have overrun towns in the Northwest Frontier Province in recent weeks.


Ms. Bhutto said there is a growing coalition 9 of opposition groups against General Pervez Musharraf, the president, and his suspension of the constitution.  She appealed to all Pakistanis to join a march on Tuesday from Lahore to Islamabad. Organizers say they expect an outpouring of support that will help build an opposition coalition
 
The government's response to the march will be an important indicator 10 of how much dissent 11 it will tolerate. .


Police successfully prevented Friday's mass protest in Rawalpindi.  If the government decides to ban Tuesday's march, it is unclear if organizers will be able to draw significant crowds to the streets.




adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • 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。
n.警戒线,哨兵线
  • Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
  • There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。
受审查的,被删剪的
  • The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
  • The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
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。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • 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。
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.指标;指示物,指示者;指示器
  • Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
  • His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。
n./v.不同意,持异议
  • It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
  • He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
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-ranked
active backplane
air resource management
air-cooled cargo
alizurol ruby
anchor shaft
andre weils
andreae
angustness
ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization)
anthrindandione
anti-asthma pill
anti-elitism
ash shawbak (shaubak)
atelocentric
base ignition
Bhilai
blightingly
blowdown condenser
buried drain
buzz-bombing
canon largo
carbohydrate recognition domain
carcinoma no. 1
cash management
characteristic description
circular intensity differential scattering
Clearnose
compatibility of fuels
conter
conversation-partners
convoluotinal encoding
cyathula root
decline price
diffractive ring
double price system
driving side
edginess
electric tuning
emure
energy spectrum hardening
enkianthus
euthanatises
event planners
exception control
facsimile bandwidth
follow-up assessment
front wheel bump travel
full-powered
gap financing
gospelmongers
gotten cut
gulliford
haploidizations
Hedgerows
high pressure gas-filled cable
hold together
Hypericum crux andrae
ICI standard primaries
laboratory paper machine
magnetic particle inspection machine
maleic aicd
marzolf
mavelard
mesa bipolar transistor
Micromely
modern culture
molten metal decladding
multichamber kiln
nnn
number of eggs ovulated
nurudea shiraii
one-sided transform
outsider arts
peace initiatives
posthumanist
potential source
redent
relative bioavailability
resistance to pesticide
rhabdoblatta formosana
RVC
scutate
secure server
semi closed cycle
shift cycling
shortage cost
Sigillaroid
Spathularia
spring-finger pick-up
stacked graph
stereo equipment
swatch
themiss
treacled
tuberculosis of buccal mucosa
two-male
uk standard
unknown soldiers
vasconcelos
yo-heave