VOA标准英语2010年-EU Pledges 15 Million for Central Afri
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(十)月
The European Union representative to the Central African Republic said the commission has made available more than $15 million to fund the country's presidential and legislative 1 elections. This is raising hope the polls will be held in January 2011, after a year of repeated delays.
EU ambassador to the Central African Republic, Guy Samzun, said Wednesday the European Union is prepared to more than double its original pledge of funding for the country's elections next year.
The European Union is the primary donor 2 for the elections. Samzun said initially 3 the European Union pledged about $5.5 million. After a request for the country's president and a review of a proposed electoral budget, he said the commission expected to raise its contribution to more than $13 million. With the contributions of individual EU member states, he said more than $15 million is now available.
The elections were initially planned for April, but were delayed because of budgetary issues and concerns over the security and organization of the vote. Opposition 4 members and international donors 5 supported that postponement 7.
President Francois Bozize accepted a January 23 election date. Mr. Bozize came to power in a 2003 coup 8 and won the last presidential election in 2005, but his constitutional mandate 9 expired in June of this year.
The opposition says it fears elections could be pushed back again.
Opposition leader Christian 10 Guenebem said the elections must happen. He said they are frustrated 11 with continued delays, and it is dangerous to continue to postpone 6 and disrespect the constitution.
Observers say much remains 12 to be done before the poll, including redividing the country into legislative constituencies and performing a nationwide census 13 to ease distribution of voter cards.
The resource-rich Central African Republic is one of the world's least developed, and instability has plagued the country since independence in 1960. Rebel attacks on civilians 14 in the country's north and east this year have contributed to repeated delays and fears of insecurity for the election.
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
- The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- 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。
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
- She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
- He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
- Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。
- 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。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。