2007年VOA标准英语-Riot Police, Protesters Clash in Bangladesh Ahe
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By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
07 January 2007
Bangladeshi Riot Police baton charge as protestors throw bricks during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 7 Jan 2007
At least 50 people were injured when security forces clashed with protestors in Bangladesh's capital Sunday at the start of a three-day transport blockade. The blockade - staged by the Awami League opposition 2 alliance -aims to force the government to delay the January 22 elections and to implement 3 electoral reform. Anjana Pasricha has more on the story for VOA News from New Delhi.
At least 12,000 security forces and riot police were deployed 4 Sunday across Dhaka to stop the latest protest called by the Awami League and its opposition allies.
But thousands of stone-throwing political activists 5 defied the caretaker government's ban on demonstrations 6 and packed key intersections 7 in the city, halted all transport, and shut down businesses.
Dozens of people were injured as riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse 8 the protestors, who vowed 9 to cut off Dhaka from the rest of the country.
The main port city of Chittagong was already feeling the impact with deliveries interrupted.
The protest was organized this week after the Awami League announced it would boycott 10 January 22 parliamentary elections. The Awami League-led 14 party alliance accuses the interim 11 government organizing the elections of favoring its main rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The Awami League wants the ballot 12 postponed 13 until key electoral reforms, which include a revised voter list, are complete. It also wants the president to step down as the country's interim leader.
Abdul Jalil, general secretary of the Awami League, told VOA the opposition plans to intensify 14 protests in the coming days.
He says his party must act to stop the government from organizing a rigged election without the participation 15 of the people.
In a statement late Saturday, President Iajuddin Ahmed vowed to go ahead with the elections, saying he was constitutionally bound to install a new government by January 25th and he urged all Bangladesh citizens to support the legal process.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which led the previous government, has accused the Awami League of sabotaging 16 the political process. The two parties are bitter rivals and have alternated in power in the country for the last 15 years.
Political analysts 17 say the Awami League's decision to pull out of the elections means that the country could be headed for months of political turbulence 18. More than 35 people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests organized by the Awami League since October.
- With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
- The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。
- 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。
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- Traffic lights have been placed at all major intersections. 所有重要的交叉路口都安装了交通信号灯。
- Intersections are of the greatest importance in highway design. 在道路设计中，交叉口占有最重要的地位。 来自辞典例句
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- 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 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。
- We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
- They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。
- 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。
- Mr Smith fiercely denied any question of sabotaging the talks. 史密斯先生坚决拒绝任何企图阻挠谈话的提问。
- Failed in sabotaging APEC summit in Sydney of Australia. 澳大利亚悉尼APEC会议遭遇惨败。
- 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。
- The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
- The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。