时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)


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Ghana Political Parties Vie for Power in December Polls


As voters in Ghana prepare to elect a president and parliament in December, the rival political parties are busy canvassing 1 for votes.


Most feel political tension is not especially high.


George Lawson, the deputy general secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, or NDC party.


“If you would recall, in 2008 by now the atmosphere was really tense," he said. "[Now] people are going about their duties normally”.


However, things do not seem normal within Lawson’s party, where there is deep internal wrangling 2.


The NDC party has been involved in internal bickering 3 over various issues. Now a breakaway faction 4 has formed a new party headed by Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the wife of NDC founder 5 and former President Jerry Rawlings.


The Electoral Commission has disqualified the breakaway National Democratic Party, NDP, from the presidential election. But it is seeking parliamentary seats and the former first lady is calling for the ruling NDC government to be voted out of power.


Still the NDC’s secretary in Ghana’s Ashanti region, Amin Joseph, claims the ruling party is focused on winning. He accused the rival New Patriotic 6 Party, or NPP, of being hostile. 


“Abusive language is in our politicking," he said, "but the NPP seems to be dominating the survey that was conducted into abusive language. At least people are realizing that the NDC is more decent than the NPP”.


Ghana is seen as a model for democracy in Africa.


It has held five democratic elections since 1992, when it passed a new constitution.


However, some, like NPP communication team member and lawyer Mike Ocquaye, said December’s election could trigger changes to the electoral process.


“We have instances," he said, "where there are attempts to bring proxy 7 voting without reference to verification and that there will be a special list. We have situations of people saying transfer and we will not be using verification and coming up with a special list [under] which people may accuse and counter accuse. These are very dangerous for an election and therefore purification of the system [is needed] to be able to conduct elections.”


Some parties are also accusing rivals of supporting drug-related activities. But Ocquaye says the tagging of political parties as having links to drugs trade needs to be discouraged.


“Anybody who tries to make drugs political," he said, "is very na?ve because we all know that, even recently, the biggest haul of cocaine 8 [which arrived from Ghana] has been seized in Britain. Am I to say therefore that [President] John Mahama aided it? No, anybody who does that would be very na?ve”.


Despite some infighting and tension between political parties, they have all agreed to adopt a code of ethics 9 as guide to this year’s elections. They have promised to minimize the use of inflammatory language and to publicly denounce political violence should it occur. 




1 canvassing
v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的现在分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查
  • He spent the whole month canvassing for votes. 他花了整整一个月四处游说拉选票。
  • I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party. 我在为保守党拉选票。 来自辞典例句
2 wrangling
v.争吵,争论,口角( wrangle的现在分词 )
  • The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
  • The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具(互相)争吵。 来自辞典例句
3 bickering
v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 faction
n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争
  • Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
  • I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境,在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
5 Founder
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
6 patriotic
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
7 proxy
n.代理权,代表权;(对代理人的)委托书;代理人
  • You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
  • We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。
8 cocaine
n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂)
  • That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
  • Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
9 ethics
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
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King's Park
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Neuromyoarterial
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on a regular basis
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Portagees
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Selivanoff reaction
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Time Multplexed Switching
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Wagner's spot
waskow
WR galaxy