时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(八月)


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Rights Group: Broaden S. Africa Violence Inquiry 1


A human rights group is calling on the South African government to broaden its investigation 2 into the police killings 3 of protesting miners. Thirty-four mineworkers were shot dead August 16 at the Lonmin Platinum 4 Mine in Marikana.


Human Rights Watch says the Commission of Inquiry must be independent, impartial 5 and consider the underlying 6 causes of the violence. President Zuma announced he would set up the panel the day after the killings.


South African law requires that police use-of-force be reasonable and necessary – and the use of deadly force must be based on a serious threat of violence to police or others.


Human Rights Watch South Africa Director Cameron Jacobs said the investigation should begin quickly.


“We want to ensure that political games are not being played, that there is actual seriousness about the Commission of Inquiry. That’s the first instance. And one of the most important things therefore in terms of establishing the Commission of Inquiry is to ensure that it is a judicial 7 commission of inquiry, as opposed just to anybody presiding over the commission of inquiry,” he said.


He said the panel should look at what he calls “the broad gamut 8 of issues” that led to the mineworkers’ deaths, and not be limited to the lethal 9 force used by police.


“I think that one must also remember that 10 people prior to August the 16th were killed in the violence and ensuing strike action,” he said.


That violence is blamed in part on a dispute between rival mineworker unions. But Jacobs proposes the investigation also include social conditions in the country.


“I think equally concerning in the country is the high level of poverty, inequality and deprivation 10. The past five years in South Africa in particular, with a range of different protests around the non-delivery of services, or when it comes to striking workers wanting better wages and better conditions in employment - South Africa has seen over the past couple of years that these kinds of protests have become increasingly violent,” he said.


A parallel investigation into the August 16th violence will be conducted by the independent Police Investigative Directorate. Human rights Watch recommended steps be taken so the two probes complement 11 each other and not simply compete. Although the Commission of inquiry has been announced, it’s unclear who will be appointed as members or when its work will begin.




n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
n.白金
  • I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
  • Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
  • He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
  • Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的
  • The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
  • This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
adj.司法的,法庭的,审判的,明断的,公正的
  • He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
  • Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
n.全音阶,(一领域的)全部知识
  • The exhibition runs the whole gamut of artistic styles.这次展览包括了所有艺术风格的作品。
  • This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程。
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
n.匮乏;丧失;夺去,贫困
  • Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
  • Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足
  • The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
  • They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
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3-methoxy-4-hydroxy phenylglycol (mhpg)
Afrasian
albuminoid
alcoa
aliyu
amino hydroxy propionic acid
amorphous series
anti-vax
assyro-babylonian
autoplastic graft
backus - naur form
band instrument
Bastrykin
Baula
biased bell
bluetooth
bony dermal plate
call-in show
celestial fit
chemical seasoning
Chloranthus glaber
CNE
cone-sheets
corner sample
covalent elongation
critics
crystal chronometer
dicarbocyanine
direct screening process
discoids
dl-terrahydroharmine
drivers tool and accessories
east schelde (oosterschelde)
employment injury insurance
endergenic reactions
ensiger
esophageal hiatus
financing of foreign trade
firm brokerage
Four Paths
God botherers
gonioctena (asiphytodecta) tredecimmaculata
hairball
head fall
hierarchical planning
hindsightly
hook-check
hybrid population
independently mounted control
inwrapping
Kotawaringin
life-cycles
m-Synephrine
M.a.s
macci
magnetic disorder
malonylation
Marmara Denizi
medial intermuscular ligament of thigh
mirage-master
multi contact switch
negro vines
nimitzs
nonarithmetic statement
nondenial
Novyy Sinets
petechia mouth
phasic theory
phenol disulfonic acid
physiographic formation
pooling of risk
poursued
precipitances
probabilistic automaton
purpurogenone
qualitative colour base method
quercus muehlenbergiis
re-present
resin-soaked wood
Rulide
S-N1 mechanism
scripless
sereiaunt
Simnel Sunday
spheroidal graphite roll
steady noise
suicide prevention
sulcus for superior sagittal sinus
summer seedling
tara Tar's
tetramethylammonium chloride
theory of network structure
tho'
toothsome
trailing ground cover
tubular-bowl clarifier
uterine ostium
Vitis vinifera
wider-ranging