时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(四月)


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By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
09 April 2006
 

Opposition 1 party supporters flee after police dispersed 3 them and fired tear gas curfew in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 9, 2006   
  
In Nepal, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have clashed with police after defying a dawn to dusk curfew. The latest violence comes at the end of a four-day nationwide strike called by the political opposition to pressure King Gyanendra to give up power.

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Demonstrators poured into the streets in the capital Kathmandu and in surrounding towns, defying a curfew and shoot-on-sight orders imposed by the King to clamp down on the anti-monarch protests.

Police in various cities and towns are reported to have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse 2 demonstrators.

Tensions ran especially high in the two towns where troops fired on demonstrators Saturday, killing 4 two people.

A senior leader of the Nepali Congress Democratic Party, Minendra Rijal, says a popular movement is building against King Gyanendra.

"If you look at the number of people who are coming in the streets, people are coming out, common people, general people, people from all walks of life are coming out," he said.

The king has faced growing protests since he seized power in February 2005 saying the government had failed to stem a decade-long Maoist insurgency 5.

The government banned this latest four-day strike and detained hundreds of political leaders and activists 6 in a failed effort to stem the rallies.

Nepal's seven opposition parties have joined with the Maoist rebels to oppose the king and demand the restoration of democracy.



1 opposition
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。
2 disperse
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
3 dispersed
adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的
  • The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
  • After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后,孩子们四散回家了。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
5 insurgency
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
6 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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