2007年VOA标准英语-Mauritanians Express Expectations For New Gover
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Dakar
30 March 2007
Mauritania's constitutional council has handed down official results confirming Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi as the winner of Sunday's presidential runoff, with nearly 53 percent of the vote. Kari Barber reports from Dakar that with the success of the recent elections many Mauritanians are hoping the new government will continue to lead the nation on the path toward democracy.
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi casts his vote
Mr. Abdallahi is to assume power in less than three weeks, taking over from the military junta 1 that overthrew 2 longtime President Maaouiya Ould Taya in a 2005 coup 3. Many Mauritanians are eager for a government that can unify 4 the country and move it forward.
Mbaye Sylla, a factory worker in the capital Nouakchott, says he has been happy with the military rule and he would like President-elect Abdallahi to continue the work the junta started.
Sylla says he hopes the president-elect will work toward political, social and other reforms as well as fight poverty and corruption 5.
Mauritanian teacher Fara Ba says he hopes Mr. Abdallahi will build solidarity 6 in the ethnically 7 and racially diverse nation.
In campaign speeches Mr. Abdallahi vowed 8 to fight slavery, which many say persists despite laws against it, and enable refugees to return to Mauritania.
Ba also says he wants the government to include members of the opposition 9.
Ba says the government should be open to everybody, including the opposition, because, he says, the country is at a delicate point in its formation as a democracy.
An editor at the publication Jane's Country Risk, David Hartwell, says Mr. Abdallhi's government is likely to be a broad-based coalition 10, but unlikely to include opposition parties.
Hartwell says what Mr. Abdallahi and the new government will be seeking once they enter office is more international respect.
"What Mauritania would like to do is to raise its profile a lot more and to not be seen as sort of a recipient 11 state but rather a country that is able to stand on its own two feet," he said.
Hartwell says it is uncertain how the transfer of leadership from military to civilian 12 rule will take place.
"It seems they will just essentially 13 hand over power to President Abdallahi. It could literally 14 be as straightforward 15 as that. There really is not precedent 16 for this in Mauritania," he said.
Mr. Abdallahi, an economist 17, is scheduled to be sworn into office on April 19.
- The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。
- A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。
- The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
- They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
- It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。
- 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。
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
- Ethnically, the Yuan Empire comprised most of modern China's ethnic groups. 元朝的民族成分包括现今中国绝大多数民族。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
- Russia is ethnically relatively homogeneous. 俄罗斯是个民族成分相对单一的国家。 来自辞典例句
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- 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 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。
- Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
- Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。
- 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。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
- A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
- I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。