VOA标准英语2009-Romania's President Wins First Round Of Cont
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)
Latest official results show that Romanian President Traian Basescu has won the first round of Sunday's presidential ballot 1 with about 32.5 percent of the vote. His main rival Mircea Geoana received about 30.8 percent. However, the poll has been overshadowed by reported election fraud and a political and economic crisis in the country.
Stefan Bos | Budapest 23 November 2009
Romania's President in office, Traian Basescu, gestures during a speech after exit polls were released in Bucharest, Romania, 22 Nov 2009
Latest official results show that Romanian President Traian Basescu has won the first round of Sunday's presidential ballot with about 32.5 percent of the vote. His main rival Mircea Geoana received about 30.8 percent. However, the poll has been overshadowed by reported election fraud and a political and economic crisis in the country.
Shouting his name, supporters have been celebrating the victory of Romanian President Traian Basescu in the first round of presidential elections that focused attention on ways to overcome a political and economic crisis.
Romania's Central Electoral Bureau said the 58-year-old Mr. Basescu received about one third of the vote. That was slightly more than his main rival Mircea Geoana, a 51-year-old former foreign minister, who now leads the left-leaning Social Democrats 2.
Conservative opposition 3 leader Crin Antonescu came in a distant third with about 20 percent.
Because no one won more than 50 percent of the vote, the two top contenders will face each other in a final round on December 6.
Mr. Basescu seemed pleased with the results so far.
He says, "Today was a victory we obtained in the first stage of the presidential race." Mr. Basescu adds he is pleased that about half of Romania's 18 million eligible 4 voters participated in Sunday's ballot, describing the turn-out as "a big motive 5 for joy and satisfaction."
President Basescu is also happy with the outcome of a referendum he initiated 6 on reducing the number of legislators.
Latest results showed that about 80 percent of voters supported Mr. Basescu's proposal to reduce the parliament from 471 to 300 seats. They also backed his call to abolish one of the parliament's two legislative 7 chambers 8.
The elections were closely monitored by the European Union and the International Monetary 9 Fund. They postponed 10 installments 11 of a $30 billion IMF-led loan to the country citing political concerns after the collapse 12 of the leftist-centrist coalition 13 last month.
Romania, one of Europe's poorest nations, urgently needs international aid to tackle its worst recession in years. Its economy is expected to shrink by up to eight percent this year. Unemployment officially stands at over seven percent.
Following the presidential elections, the IMF and EU want the president to quickly appoint a new prime minister, who is expected to introduce long postponed reforms. Analysts 14 believe they may include IMF-backed plans to dismiss 150,000 of 1.3 million state workers, reduce pensions and freeze state wages.
However Western hopes that the presidential elections will bring political stability have been overshadowed by reports of election fraud in Sunday's vote.
Apparently 15 more people than normal cast ballots 16 at 3,500 centers that were set up for Romanians voting outside their area of residence. Election officials said over 430,000 people voted at such locations, and witnesses claimed some were being bused there after already having cast ballots elsewhere.
Authorities also said two people were detained in the southern city of Giurgiu for trying to buy votes. There were widespread reports throughout Romania about people being offered incentives 17 - from sugar and oil to blankets and flowers in exchange for votes.
It was unclear to what extend this had impacted the results of the presidential election, which was described by the president and his main rival as "one of the most important votes" since communism collapsed 18 in 1989.
- 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。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
- 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。
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
- You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
- Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法