时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(五月)


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Thailand's government hopes new legislation will curb 1 official corruption 3. But some business-risk experts say the chief concern in fighting corruption in Thailand lies in political will and government stability.


Thailand is enacting 4 tough legislation in a bid to curb corruption in public office. The new laws offer more flexibility 5 in prosecuting 6 suspects in a country considered one of the more corrupt 2 in Asia.
 
Professor Pakdee Pothisiri


Professor Pakdee Pothisiri is a member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. He says the new legislation should overcome shortfalls in earlier anti-corruption laws. He says one important step is the new law allows anyone with knowledge of corruption to file a case with his commission.


He is confident that and other changes will strengthen the fight against graft 7. "I believe so because of the new constitution and the organic act that is about to pass into law and also because of this national anti-corruption strategy," said Professor Pakdee. "What we call for [is] all the sectors 8 to work with us in dealing 9 with the corruption."


Under the current law, only those directly affected 10 by corruption are able to file a complaint.


A survey by the Hong Kong firm Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranks Thailand just ahead of Indonesia as being the most corrupt in Asia. Singapore and Hong Kong are considered least corrupt.


The firm's managing director, Bob Broadfoot, says corruption in Thailand has fueled political instability over recent years. But Broadfoot doubts whether the legal changes will significantly reduce the problem.


"They may have passed what they said back in 2007, [but] how many changes of government have happened since 2007 because accusations 11 by one side or the other by corruption? That has nothing to do with the magnitude. This has to do with corruption as an issue that can force political change and that is what investors 12 care about," he said.


Broadfoot says foreign investors are reluctant to enter Thailand because the business environment is unstable 13 politically and socially. The leaders of military coups 14 in 1991 and in 2006 said they acted to overthrow 15 corrupt governments.


Broadfoot says the main corruption problem in Thailand lies with politicians rather than the country's civil servants.


"The civil servants in Thailand are, by and large in a lot of the departments, they are doing a pretty good job, they are getting respect," he said. "But there is very, very little respect for the politicians."


The new laws are being passed as the Thai government begins spending $22 billion to stimulate 16 the slumping 17 economy. The anti-corruption commission's Pakdee says the government needs to implement 18 risk-management practices to make sure corruption does not siphon off that money.



1 curb
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
2 corrupt
v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
3 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • 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。
4 enacting
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的现在分词 )
  • Generally these statutes apply only to wastes from reactors outside the enacting state. 总之,这些法令只适宜用在对付那些来自外州的核废料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • In addition, the complexion of enacting standards for live working is described. 另外,介绍了带电作业标准的制订情况。
5 flexibility
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性
  • Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
  • The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
6 prosecuting
检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 ); 对某人提起公诉; 继续从事(某事物); 担任控方律师
  • The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
  • Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。
7 graft
n.移植,嫁接,艰苦工作,贪污;v.移植,嫁接
  • I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
  • The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。
8 sectors
n.部门( sector的名词复数 );领域;防御地区;扇形
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
10 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
11 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • 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。
12 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
13 unstable
adj.不稳定的,易变的
  • This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书。
  • The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
14 coups
n.意外而成功的行动( coup的名词复数 );政变;努力办到难办的事
  • China has seen many political coups within the ruling class. 中国统治阶级内部发生过很多政变。 来自互联网
  • Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attendance since nineteen thirty-two. 泰国1932年以来有18次政变或参加政变。 来自互联网
15 overthrow
v.推翻,打倒,颠覆;n.推翻,瓦解,颠覆
  • After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后,这个国家处于混乱中。
  • The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。
16 stimulate
vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋
  • Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
  • Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
17 slumping
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的现在分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
  • Hong Kong's slumping economy also caused a rise in bankruptcy applications. 香港经济低迷,破产申请个案随之上升。
  • And as with slumping, over-arching can also be a simple postural habit. 就像弯腰驼背,过度挺直也可能只是一种习惯性姿势。
18 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
学英语单词
AAMIH
anear
astlers
atomic dipole moment
automatic exposure compensation
autoteraploid
Aymores
bank club
Barra do Bugres
barycentric refinement
be overcome with fear
big gray wall
blade pitgh
cervicofacial actinomycosis
cesium(element)
comeuppances
concentric curriculum
damm
dow
down comforter
encoun-tered
fashion dual character
female lamb
fibroma of vagina
filicopsidas
finite arc sine distribution
flexion torsion
formaldehyde treating of gasoline
Frademicina
Gelidocalamus stellatus
goldhagen
guitaba
headless computer
herschell effect
highway tunnel
igneous breccia
in league
Indian berry
issue value
Kayumba, L.
lake baykals
landre
leaf-shapeds
Leshukonskoye
local acceptance
mader
malaria aestivo-autumnalls
mecador chart
mental health
mixed boundary value problem
moonish
moustaphas
multi-shaft arrangement
nasaa
nunation
odai
on-delay time
original beam
Osolē Shet'
P. P. von Mauser
palmar flexion crease
paracaine
park rangers
partial carry
perfect competitive market
phrenopathic
pieve
polar sequence
Policy of Protection in Shipping
PONA number
positively oriented trihedral
postmodernising
Pravoberezhnyy
privileged instruction operation
racecadotril
renoviction
reserved for land expropriation
scenic resort
situation analyzer
sky battle
socioeconomic grade
specific inventory
specification configuration
spot fine
Superfund program
sweep pattern
t-boner
tactism
taper-shank drill
telecine studio
tilt-boat
to the west of
trailing switch machine
transverse springs
tricholoma irinums
Trukese
vertical motion
viand
vibrating rod oiler
Voigt model
Vyshnevolotskaya Gryada
whip shitties