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　　TEGUCIGALPA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Juan Orlando Hernandez, of Honduras' conservative National Party (PN), was sworn in Monday as the country's president amid tight security at a ceremony in the capital Tegucigalpa.

　　At the ceremony at the Tiburcio Carias Andino National Stadium, Hernandez, who was elected on Nov. 24, 2013, received the presidential sash from Mauricio Villeda, president of the National Congress, amid applause from the crowd of some 30,000 people, including top officials from the United States, diplomats¹ from more than 56 countries and delegations² from the country's 18 departments.

　　Hernandez addressed the crowd, pledging to deal with the country's high crime rate.

　　"The Honduran state is responsible for guaranteeing the security of the Honduran people," said the 45-year-old who is succeeding fellow PN member Porfirio Lobo for a four-year term.

　　He also urged the society to collaborate³ with authorities, but acknowledged that the fear of reprisal⁴ prevented such cooperation, adding "we must develop a culture of safely denouncing (crime)."

　　He also called on the region to vigorously fight drug trafficking and the shipment of drugs to the U.S. from South America.

　　"Some 80 percent of the drugs that head north pass through here, leaving us with a trail of death," said Hernandez.

　　"It's not fair that for the U.S. drugs are only a matter of health and for us they are a matter of death," he noted⁵, calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress to accept their responsibility for the drug scourge⁶.

　　To the country's business sector⁷, he extended a "friendly hand" to continue constructing a better Honduras.

　　On the country's considerable wealth gap which sees some 70 percent of the population living in poverty, Hernandez said "we cannot continue being indifferent to injustice⁸ in Honduras," proposing comprehensive education reform, a regional policy in favor of immigrants and a restructuring of the state apparatus⁹ to make it more effective.

　　Hernandez also proposed a plan, beginning Tuesday, to generate 25,000 jobs in 2014, and 100,000 by the end of his term, as part of a program called "with a job, you live better."

　　The new president reissued a call for a Great National Pact¹⁰ that would include all sectors¹¹, regardless of political ideology¹².

　　Hernandez's presidential term will end on Jan. 27, 2018.

1 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 delegations   

n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派

参考例句：

• In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

3 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

4 reprisal   

n.报复，报仇，报复性劫掠

参考例句：

• There is no political alternative but a big reprisal.政治上没有旁的选择只能是大规模报复。
• They bombed civilian targets in reprisal.他们炮轰平民目标作为报复。

5 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

6 scourge   

n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏

参考例句：

• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
• The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

8 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

9 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

10 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

11 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。