委内瑞拉，巴拿马承诺重启外交关系

       委内瑞拉，巴拿马承诺重启外交关系 　　

       CARACAS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Panamanian President-elect Juan Carlos Varela have pledged to waste no time in normalizing relations and relaunching diplomatic, economic and trade ties cut off two months ago, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry¹ said Monday.

　　Maduro spoke² with Varela late Sunday, just hours after the Panamanian presidential challenger was declared the winner of a close race, the ministry said in a statement.

　　Both reiterated³ "their firm commitment to continuing to promote Latin American and Caribbean integration⁴ within the framework of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)," the ministry said.

　　The ministry underscored that Maduro telephoned Varela within minutes of his declared victory to congratulate him and Panama on behalf of Venezuela.

　　"Their conversation allowed the two presidents to recall the time when, as Foreign Relations ministers, they worked together on the creation of CELAC," the ministry added.

　　Ties between the two countries were suspended in March by Maduro's government, after Panama's outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli, a close U.S. ally, was perceived of aiding Venezuela's anti-government factions⁵.

　　Varela was Martinelli's vice⁶ president, but the two had a falling out three years into their term, with Varela accusing the pro-business Martinelli of corruption⁷.

　　Varela, of the Panamenista Party (PP), won Sunday's elections with 39.14 percent of the votes, according to official figures released after nearly 90 percent of the votes were counted.

　　Ruling Democratic Change (CD) party candidate Jose Domingo Arias⁸, whose running mate was Martinelli's wife, came in a distant second, with 31.69 percent of the votes, while opposition⁹ candidate Juan Carlos Navarro, of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), garnered¹⁰ 27.83 percent of the votes, according to the official data.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• 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。

3 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

4 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

5 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• 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。

8 arias   

n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？ 来自辞典例句
• The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句

9 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

10 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句