时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)


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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned to the country to lead her party in general elections, scheduled for December. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the polls are being held to restore democracy in the country, which is ruled by a military-backed administration.
 






Sheikh Hasina smiles during a press meeting at the airport after her arrival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06 Nov 2008



Thousands of Awami League supporters greeted Sheikh Hasina with flowers and cheers as she drove from the Dhaka airport to her home, after her return from the United States, where she spent four months for medical treatment.

Sheikh Hasina, who faces trial in a number of corruption 1 and extortion cases, was paroled from prison in June.

The Awami League leader says she has come to rescue her country from "a great crisis." She says elections must be held on schedule.

The December 18 elections are expected to restore democracy to the country, after nearly two years of emergency rule. But observers say the polls will only be credible 2 if the country's two main parties - the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party - participate in the polls.

Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil says Sheikh Hasina will seek bail 3 and fulfill 4 her pledge to lead her party in the elections.

"Through elections, the fundamental rights should be returned to people of Bangladesh, so that they can decide the future on their own," said Jalil. "That is her wish, that democracy in Bangladesh should get on strong footing."

Political observers say Sheikh Hasina's categorical vow 5 to take part in the polls will put pressure on the rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party to join the race.

Wednesday, BNP head, Khaleda Zia told her party workers to "avoid an unfair and unacceptable election." She wants emergency rule to be lifted before the polls and has not confirmed her party's participation 6 in the election.

Khaleda Zia also faces several charges of corruption and is out on bail after spending more than a year in prison. Both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia were released from jail to ensure that their parties take part in the elections.

Earlier this week, the military-backed government paved the way for political parties to launch election campaigns, by lifting all curbs 7 on political rallies. The government had clamped down on political gatherings 8, when it took power last year, after bitter rivalry 9 between the Awami League and the BNP led to months of violence.



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。
adj.可信任的,可靠的
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
  • If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
  • This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓
  • My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿,每星期日都去做礼拜。
  • I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
n.参与,参加,分享
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )
  • In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时,他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。 来自辞典例句
  • Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中,不久即将公布。 来自辞典例句
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
n.竞争,竞赛,对抗
  • The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
  • He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。
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alligator pt.
alternate reality game
Asset appraisal
ataraxias
be in fear of
bedazzling
Bonamiosis
bring something to someone's notice
broken-heartedness
bud-burst
bundle flange
Cambria
chellean age
chromatolyse
citizen competence
climbing lilies
compliance report
conably
console command-device up
contristated
danged
danger buoy
Data General Corp
default account
dictatorial
diphenylaminoazo-benzene
divergent nozzle of umbrella type
drip irrigation
dry friction damper
evat
felucca
ferrodistortive
final end-product
frequency stability of vision carrier
fundamental rock
geographicss
give sb a line on
giveroutorders
Glandulae endocrinae
gloeosporium aracearum p. henn.
hamu
harmonie
heboid
helium anomaly
international waterways
Itaporanga
Karimnagar
Kotak
lampworkers
lesser bulb-fly
liboi
live room
long-flame coal
magnesium hydrogen carbonate
magnitudes
middendorffii
mobile blogging
montecollina bore
moorers
multiple-wave interferometer
mydaus
nailhead bonding
nodiscala monovaricosa
non equilibrium ionization
non equilibrium thermodynamics
nonsustainable
normal-reverse transfer
obsessed with
own as you earn
oxybiotic organism
Palemonas
peat plant
pirimiphos methyl
plant damage
potassium iodide (starch) test paper
predicateless sentence
pull-up torque
punctete
railway sidetrack agreement
respiratory environment
right upper derivative
ring die
Sarekat Islam
seed colter
sequenced flashing approach light
sight device
smack-down
spring chaplet
step square rooting
sub-machines
swivel-gun
term of years
transversal crack
trioles
Vena lumbalis ascendens
venus of milo
volume moulded per shot
Væggerlφse
watsons
Williams pear
williams-sonoma
Yauyupe