时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)


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Ghana Prepares for December General Elections


The National Democratic Congress, or NDC, has been at the helm for four years now, after wrestling power from the New Patriotic 1 Party, or NPP, in the 2008 general elections.


NDC leader and interim 2 President John Mahama is asking voters to choose him for president based on sound management of the economy under his party’s leadership. The former vice 3 president became interim president in July, after the sudden death of President John Atta Mills.


Amin Joseph is the ruling party’s secretary in the Ashanti Region. He said the NDC wants to retain the office to solidify 4 economic gains. “You don’t change a winning team. Looking at the developments that have gone on in the country, it is clear that the NDC should be given another chance to continue with whatever development [projects] it has started,” Joseph said.


He said one project includes the construction of schools for classes currently being held under trees. And he cites construction of a water project and hospital in the Ashanti region.


The NDC - a Social Democratic Party - held power from 1993 to 2001. It lost power to the rival New Patriotic Party in the 2000 general election, but regained 5 control in 2008 under the leadership of the late President Mills.


The December general elections will be the sixth consecutive 6 democratic polls in Ghana since it adopted a new constitution in 1992, ending years of instability and military coups 7.


Seven political parties and one independent candidate are vying 8 for president. Three parties were disqualified, including the National Democratic Party, or NDP, an offshoot of the ruling NDC. This time around the ruling party’s main rival, the New Patriotic Party, said it is sure of winning.


Nana Akufo Addo, a lawyer and former minister of foreign affairs, is the NPP’s presidential candidate. He trailed the late President Mills by only a very slim margin 9 in the last general elections.


Mike Ocquaye, a legal practitioner 10 and legal secretary for the party, said the NPP introduced social programs such as mass public transit 11, school feeding and health insurance to Ghana. And he argued the NPP’s presidential candidate Nana Addo offers people a better choice.


“We want to come into government to help the people of Ghana. Our party is known as the party that brought in social policies that helped the masses in the previous government. We are looking forward to doing more to aid the masses,” he said.


The Convention People’s Party, CPP, will also be competing in the December polls. It was originally formed by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence.


Other political groups in the race include the Progressive People’s Party, Ghana Consolidated 12 Popular Party and the People’s National Convention, which says it closely follows the more socialist 13 Nkrumahist tradition.


Paa Kwesi Plange is the executive director of non-profit organization Investigative Report Ghana. Plange said it would be better if all parties that espouse 14 Nkrumah ideals presented a united front at the polls.


“There is a lot of belief that the formation of the NDC weakened the Nkrumahist [front]. And a lot of people including the son of Kwame Nkrumah are advocating a sort of merger 15 between the CPP and other Nkrumahists for the CPP to have some relevance 16 in modern Ghana politics,” he said.


Meanwhile, vigorous campaigning continues with each political party confident of winning.




1 patriotic
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
2 interim
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
3 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
4 solidify
v.(使)凝固,(使)固化,(使)团结
  • Opinion on this question began to solidify.对这个问题的意见开始具体化了。
  • Water will solidify into ice if you freeze it.水冷冻会结冰。
5 regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻,但很快恢复了镇静。
6 consecutive
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
7 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
8 vying
adj.竞争的;比赛的
  • California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹,加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  • Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
9 margin
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
10 practitioner
n.实践者,从事者;(医生或律师等)开业者
  • He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
  • She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。
11 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
12 consolidated
a.联合的
  • With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
  • Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。
13 socialist
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
14 espouse
v.支持,赞成,嫁娶
  • Today,astronomers espouse the theory that comets spawn the swarms.如今,天文学家们支持彗星产生了流星团的说法。
  • Some teachers enthusiastically espouse the benefits to be gained from educational software.有些教师热烈赞同可以从教学软件中得到好处的观点。
15 merger
n.企业合并,并吞
  • Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
  • Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
16 relevance
n.中肯,适当,关联,相关性
  • Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
  • Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。
学英语单词
acetate cellulose fibre
aerodynamic loading
agricultural fertilizer
akebia pentaphylla mak.
altitude above sea level
automatic lubricating device
auxiliary crate controller
available capacity
bank reinstatement method
bedizenment
bituminous priming solution
black and white group
Brownville Junction
bumetopia lanshuana
capillary bronchitis
carpodes
chemical glassware
choice activity
coded automatic gain control
contra-regularity
cost maintenance
counteractions
Crataegus oxycantha
cryoprecipitating
Cynanchum bicampanulatum
dip from
dissipative material
dividends receivable account
duck belting
dye leveller
East Aberthaw
elastic hysteresis loop
electric furnace steelmaking
emission point
emptying outlet
epigastric reflex
falling step
fast Fourier transform algorithm
fault-secure
forward reflection
g?-protein
galdosian
genus Phalanger
give the law to
Gordie Howe
GP (gauge pressure)
greca
haemorrhagic septicemia
haryencephalia
hedgehoggy
high strength alloy steel
immeshing
impact loan
in large print
intelli-sense
internal void fraction
Jigawa State
laike
lobbying expenses
meters per second
middle sample
Mittellandkanal
munge
number of flutes
off-line application
Ohlenstedt
overstrows
ownership of land
Pantholin
pavetta pulcherima
pentahydroborite
pneumatolytic metamorphism
pole height
precision code
pressure gauge with bakelite case
principle of action and reaction
pseudaletia unipunctas
pseudobarbella levieri(ren et gard)nog
psychophants
public welfare payment
rainbow sprinkler
random parameter system
rectifying developable surface
Regio antebrachialis anterior
rim-jobs
sanitary disposal
selforganizing system
Sergines
shihchienfang series
spy glass
stiff-tailed ducks
strip to the waist
taken up the gauntlet
tendon tube
the worst
therapeutic serum
tree function
trenching sampling
unsweat
uphigh
X-radiation X
zebrinus