2006年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Leader Vows to End Oil Violence
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By Gilbert Da Costa
Abuja
30 January 2006
President Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has vowed 1 to stamp out violence in the country's troubled Niger Delta 2. He spoke 3 late
Monday at a meeting with four foreign oil workers released by militants 4 just hours earlier.
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The Nigerian leader says his administration will not be intimidated 5 by attacks on oil companies. He says new security
measures will be introduced to stem rising violence in the area.
"I want to assure you and assure your employers, Nigerians and the international community, that we will do everything
humanly possible to try to prevent a re-occurrence of what has happened," he said.
President Obasanjo also had a word for his country's independent media.
"I want to appeal to the Nigeria press, because we have some form of sensationalism in this. Now, if you glorify 6 people who
have done bad things, you're not doing any credit to your country or to yourself," said Mr. Obasanjo. "In fact, you're
undermining the security of your country. I was told when I was in Davos, while we are working to get the people out, one
paper came out with another sensation that another four had been kidnapped, which is a lie, which is untrue, and which can
create both internally and externally the feeling of insecurity in the country."
Nigeria's largest labor 7 organization, the Nigeria Labor Congress, which represents the interest of oil workers, has also
welcomed the release of the oil workers. NLC Secretary General George Odah says improving security for oil workers should be
a priority.
"It's understandable that our members are apprehensive 8 about working in this area. Because if we are going to continue to
have a situation where we're being threatened with the possibility of abduction at the slightest opportunity, this can't
provide the necessary enabling environment to do work," said Odah. "The security of lives and property should be a primary
consideration for both oil companies and respective government agencies that are charged with this responsibility."
None of the four former captives - a Briton, Bulgarian, Honduran and American - was allowed to speak to reporters. The
release of the four has been warmly welcomed by most Nigerians. The U.S. embassy in Abuja has also welcomed their release. In
a statement Monday it deplored 9 acts of hostage taking and appealed for a solution to the problems in the Niger Delta.
- 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。
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
- The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Politicians have complained that the media glorify drugs.政治家们抱怨媒体美化毒品。
- We are all committed to serving the Lord and glorifying His name in the best way we know.我们全心全意敬奉上帝，竭尽所能颂扬他的美名。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
- He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。