时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(五月)


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Egypt's Moussa Stresses Experience in Time of Flux 1



Moussa's past is both a strength and a weakness. The former foreign minister and ex- Arab League chief says he is ready to lead the nation.


"The country is in a major crisis," noted 2 Moussa. "And a major crisis would not justify 3 at all a president who will ask around 'What do I do on this point, or that point' and gaining experience as he goes."


Challenges


But how the presidential candidate got his experience is proving one of the biggest hurdles 4 of his campaign. Cairo voter Hussein Ali will not be casting his ballot 5 for him.


Ali says he doesn't want someone from the former government as president. The country, he says, needs "new blood."


At a recent debate, the urbane 6, veteran diplomat 7 defended his past by pointing to the last decade spent at the Arab League.


He said “when the regime fell, it fell with its officials.” Moussa argued he was no longer part of the government, having left 10 years prior -- nor was he part of its problems, he added.


Supporters


Moussa's supporters say it was the politician's independent streak 8 that got him sidelined to the League: a strong stand against Israel led to a burst in popularity and a hit song praising him, making former President Hosni Mubarak, Moussa's supporters say, wary 9 and jealous.


Now Moussa's competition is largely Islamist. A practicing Muslim himself, he distinguishes his platform by calling it a nationalist one that will restore order through reform.


"Egypt has been injured and Egypt has been mismanaged and Egypt should not get into an experiment that has not been tried before in order for us to enter into a period of confusion," he said.


Political analyst 10 and publisher Hisham Kassem says continued instability, more than a year after Egypt's revolution, plays to Moussa's advantage.


"There are a lot of people who are very disturbed about what is happening in Egypt and remember, this was an urban uprising, not a rural one," said Kassem. "And, the rural vote is very pro-conservative, pro-stability, so I think these are his strong points."


Walking a line between the future and the past, Moussa promises, if elected, to serve only one term, a transitional figure for a nation still in flux. 




n.流动;不断的改变
  • The market is in a constant state of flux.市场行情在不断变化。
  • In most reactors,there is a significant flux of fast neutrons.在大部分反应堆中都有一定强度的快中子流。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
  • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
  • Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 );跳栏;(供人或马跳跃的)栏架;跨栏赛
  • In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时,必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
adj.温文尔雅的,懂礼的
  • He tried hard to be urbane.他极力作出彬彬有礼的神态。
  • Despite the crisis,the chairman's voice was urbane as usual.尽管处于危机之中,董事长的声音还象通常一样温文尔雅。
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动
  • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
  • Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹?
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
  • He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
  • Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
学英语单词
affinity of aggregation
automatic measuring machine
Bacares
butalbital
by-and-by
calcinum gluconate
campsomeris (campsomeriella) annulata
Castanheira
central medial nucleus
ceratina smaragdula
chainguards
chaunax abei
cinara tujafilina
close-down case
Collinsia bicolor
coordination of fuse
core-testing circuit
cylindrical polar coordinates
define against
depro-provera
deuterogamists
direct vendor delivery
disc mill
dwelling places
eddy-current heating
electroheat installation
electron diffraction pattern
eternal recurrence
fangchengensis
frame finder
give 'em hell
glass spherule
Gray-Breasted
grinding action
hang in jury
harpulla
high- performance organization
iliophagous
interim meteorological satellite
jack up the price
Jasminum cordatulum
kluging
lancepesades
leaky ring
matching rule for general formal subprogram
metethereal
mixcrystal
moisture content after cooling
moving conductor loudspeaker
naming authority
nders
nonresident alien
off-sets
oil circuit
oil-bath type bearing
output spike
parergic
placid randomized environment
PM (preventive maintenance)
potentiometer pressure transducer
precision counter
primase
properties collection
radices plexus brachialis
reconnaissance recorder
recruitment consultant
retrofire maneuver
river crab
sand equilibrium bank height
secourse
self-exiled
sheep pulmonary adenomatosis
sikimitoxin
sinoxylon japonicum
softened water pump
soligen
statement of adjustment
statistical interpolation
sterile leaf
sterntrawler
stock market crashes
subitization
Sulphenytame
Tealby limestone
teuffenbach
theory of statistical decision function
thromboplasmin
Toutcher, C.
triple cross
tunnies
unscannable
uplisted
urat
valve stem clearance
vapor phase cracking
vidou
wedge off
Weil
What style furniture do you have
willow bells
wollan
Yasa