VOA标准英语2009-Mauritania Postpones Saturday Vote
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
Mauritania's military rulers have agreed to postpone 1 Saturday's special presidential election. The deal brokered 2 in neighboring Senegal means Mauritanian opposition 3 parties will drop their boycott 4 and join the vote rescheduled for July.
The agreement in principle to end Mauritania's political crisis divides a transitional Government of National Unity 5 between the military and its opponents.
Ten months ago, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz toppled the country's first freely-elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Now Abdallahi will lead this transitional government after formally resigning as president. Aziz will name the prime minister of that government along with 14 other ministers. The remaining 15 ministries 6 - including Interior, Finance, and Information - will be divided between Abdallahi's National Front for the Defense 7 of Democracy and the opposition Alliance of Democratic Forces.
The deal must still be signed in Nouakchott on Wednesday. It follows days of talks in the Senegalese capital backed by the African Union, the Arab League, the European Union, the Fancophonie, and the United Nations.
Ramtane Lamamra is the African Union's Commissioner 8 for Peace and Security.
"We are succeeding to bring together the stakeholders, both the military perpetrators of a coup 9, the political parties, the civil society, joining hands so that they can come back to constitutional order through competition, through democratic processes," said Ramtane Lamamra.
Mauritania's military rulers long refused African Union demands to reinstate President Abdallahi. Instead, they changed the constitution to allow retired 10 military to run for office.
General Aziz then resigned his commission to contest the special election originally scheduled for Saturday. He has been campaigning on a slogan of constructive 11 change promising 12 to fight corruption 13 and improve Mauritania's infrastructure 14.
With the opposition dropping its boycott, Aziz will face more serious challengers in the July 18 vote. But he is still seen as the front runner and now has the opportunity to contest an election more legitimate 15 than Saturday's planned polling which had been widely criticized by the international community.
Lamamra says it is a good deal for Mauritanian democracy.
"Instead of having unilaterally-led elections, they will now be having multi-party elections in a transparent 16 and balanced manner, so while overcoming the crisis, Mauritania will at the same time be deepening its democratic practices and culture," said Lamamra.
If no candidate reaches an absolute majority July 18, the deal calls for a second round of balloting 17 August 1.
- 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。
- a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
- Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白
- 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。
- 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。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- 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 old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。